Shaker screen
Shaker screen is the screen panel on shale shaker. It is important part for shale shaker. Screen panels remove/filter particles larger than opening size. Under shaker vibration, the coarser drilled solids will be separated out of drilling mud. So, shale shaker screen plays important role during solids control or fluids process system.
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Shaker screens type
At oilfield all over the world there are thousands of shaker screens. Mainly including
- Un-bonded hook strap screen
- Hard hook strap shaker screen
- Steel framed screen panel
- Composite framed screen
- Up side tensioning screen
- Back side tensioning shaker screens
According to the material of screen, there are followings screen
- Stainless steel wire mesh shaker screen
- Polyurethane screen panel
- S.S wedge wire screen
Shaker screen size
- Different shaker will be installed with screens sized differently on length, width.
- The mesh size or opening size is determined by practical working condition
Shaker screen use
Shaker screen is same as shale shaker, widely used in various of drilling mud process or solids control system. Including the
- Oil and gas drilling
- Horizontal directional drilling project
- Water or geothermal well drilling
- CBM exploration
- Drilling waste management
- Oil sludge treatment
- Other filtration or solid separation industry
Shale shaker screen failure
The failures including screen surface broken, rubber sealing peeled off, the screen frame cracked, screen cloth peeled off from back plate and so on.The possible cause is as below
- Illegal operation on screen panel
- Improper screen size selection
- Poor working condition of shale shaker
- Improper maintenance or repair
- Incorrect installation on screen
- Poor shaker screen quality
No matter face any problem or failure, please consult your supplier for more professional solutions.
Shale shaker screen selection
- Refer to existing screen panels you hold. Tell manufacturer model number, mesh size you need now. If you are not end user, please make sure inquired ones are the right one requested by the user. At least, you can send one picture if possible.
- Confirm the potential supplier can provide high-quality shaker screens. The right fits dimension, high-quality picture, any feedback or user reference if possible.
- If necessary and time allowed, you can ask samples for test.
- Go through shaker screen data provided by manufacturers, simply judge the screen quality and conformance on API.
- Don’t select screens at the lowest price.
Shaker screen manufacturers
There are tens thousand of screen manufacturers all over the globe. In China, USA, Canada, UK, Russia, and so on. However, top brand and famous ones are as below. Kindly suggest select manufacturers hold the API RP13C compliance report and API certification.
NOV Brandt
M-I SWACO
AXIOM
DFE
