Shale shakers are the core component of the oil drilling solids control system, and are often used as a first-level solids control equipment to filter large-diameter solid particles in the drilling fluid. In the beginning, when the shale shakers were first invented, they had only one deck of screen. By using screens with different meshes, the coarse impurities in the drilling mud were filtered. Therefore, the shale shakers have always been used as tools for coarse screening. The mud filtered by the shale shakers needs to be continuously filtered again in the second and third stages.
Triple-deck shale shaker manufactured by Brightway
With the continuous advancement of shale shaker production technology and screen production technology, in the field of oil field drilling solids control, double-deck shale shakers and even triple-deck shale shakers have begun to emerge. Double-deck shale shakers and triple-deck shale shakers are not simply having more layers of screens, but also are innovated and redesigned from many aspects such as the motor, electric control, and box structure. The purpose is to turn the traditional shale shakers into integrated mud separation systems and replace the traditional three-stage solids control system (shale shakers, desanders, desilters). The result is that cost is greatly reduced, while the efficiency of drilling mud processing is elevated. However, the question is: Can double-deck and triple-deck shale shakers really replace traditional drilling solids control systems?
Double-deck shale shaker manufactured by Brightway
First, let’s look at the differences between double-deck shale shakers and triple-deck shale shakers and the traditional single-deck shale shaker. The overall processing capacity of the double-deck shale shakers and triple-deck shale shakers is much larger than that of the single-deck shale shakers. At the same time, the motors and electronic control modulars are much more advanced than the traditional single-deck shale shakers. and the processing capacity of the entire equipment is also very strong. Take a triple-deck shale shaker as an example. The meshes of screens of the upper, middle and lower decks are configured from large to small, and the function of each deck can achieve the function of traditional single-deck shale shaker.
New double-deck and triple-deck shale shakers have become the development direction and trend of new solids control equipment. With the improvement of drilling technology, in the future, multi-deck shale shakers will replace the current first three stages in the solids control system. Shale shakers will become the core equipment for drilling solids control.