Drilling mud pumps are used on rigs for mud circulation. The pumps suit the best for processing drilling oil wells. Shale Pumps offer different types of used, remanufactured, and new drilling equipment for international and domestic drilling companies.
There are three different basic kinds of drilling pumps, each with their own unique set of parts and components.
- Quintuplex
The pumps are perfect for pumping fluid at the time of drilling operations. It works best as a continuous duty piston. It is used in terms of the external bearings to offer crankshaft support to ensure the proper functionality of the sheaves.
- Triplex
The pump is used for drilling applications needing high pump pressure. The model works after decreasing the working fluid volume getting discharged to generate demand for the production of the flow. There are three pistons in the triplex, with the middle one creating a lot of pressure on the crankshaft. High piston load can lead to the failure of the crankshaft and excessive pressure if the components are appropriately sourced.
- Duplex
The pumps ensure that the circulation of mud reaches the bottom of the well from the mud cleaning system. These pumps have binocular floating seals and safety valves.
Mud pump parts: Features
Drilling mud pumps can be differentiated in single and double-acting pumps as per the completion time of the drainage and suction action in a cycle of the reciprocal motion of the piston. The pumps are available in different sizes, additionally to the types, viz., duplex, triplex, or quintuplex. The latest developed ones are the hex pumps having six vertical pistons and quintuplex with six horizontal plungers.
Mud pump parts
The fluid end offers liners, valves, and pistons for the process of pumping. These are the high wear items needing frequent replacement of the parts. Severe vibrations caused by the process of pumping necessitate a discharge and suction pulsation dampening component. Power end of the mud pump transitions power of the driveshaft to the reciprocating motion of a piston.
Smooth operations will be possible when the right quality drilling mud pump parts are sourced.
