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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 11

centrifuge, which was the "poor man's" centri- drilling. They also developed the use of a chart
fuge where water was readily available, but to determine the turnover rate (TOR) which was
maintenance was probably extremely difficult. copied by a number of users throughout the
industry. One of the early versions of a cuttings
1976-1977 G&C Enterprises, Inc.—The "Shimmy cleaner is also depicted.
Shaker" was an air-powered shaker that re-
quired an extremely large volume of air to op- 1978-1979 Picenco International, Inc.—Pioneer
erate and, in most cases, an additional com- did a tremendous amount of research and test-
pressor was added to rig equipment when it ing with hydrocyclones separation in its desanders
was in operation. This unit worked quite well and desilters. Additionally, they were leaders in
but was inefficient in maintaining operations. the use of internal coatings. Their units con-
sisted of cast iron bodies that were later re-
1976-1977 Medearis Oil Well Supply Corp.— placed by polymers using various elastomers for
This advertisement takes another look at the the bodies. This reduced erosion, increased the
Medearis unit using extremely high angle shak- life, and reduced the cost so that parts could be
ers and still using elliptical motion. replaced more efficiently.

1978-1979 The Brandt Company—Brandt de- 1978-1979 Sweco, Inc.—The Sweco Sand Sepa-
veloped the use of a canted blade impeller for rator became known as the "mud cleaner" and
agitation of mud in mud tanks during oil field was the first introduced into the oil field in 1971.

INDEX TO ARCHIVAL COMPOSITE CATALOG PAGES

Composite Catalog
Year (Page No.) Manufacturers See Page

1932 (46) Baroid Sales Company 15
1934 (468) Shaffer Tool Works 16
1935 (74) Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. 17
1936 (817) Link-Belt Company 18
1937 (708) Gulf Engineers, Inc. 19
1937 (709) Gulf Engineers, Inc. 20
1938 (1150) The Jeffery Manufacturing Co. 21
1938 (1262) Lucey Export Corporation 22
1938 (2049) Vernon Tool Company, Ltd. 23
1939 (1142) The International Nickel Co. Inc. 24
1939 (1346) Link-Belt Company 25
1939 (2226) W-K-M Company, Inc. 26
1940 (613) Chain Belt Company Of Milwaukee 27
1940 (885) Gulf Engineers, Inc. 28
1940 (1117) Hutchison Engineering Works 29
1943-1944 (1342) Hutchison Engineering Works 30
1943-1944 (2297) Overstrom & Sons 31
1946-1947 (2119) Link-Belt Company 32
1946-1947 (2122) Link-Belt Company 33
1946-1947 (3638) Sunshine Iron Works 34
1946-1947 (3639) Sunshine Iron Works 35
1946-1947 (3736) Thompson Tool Co. 36
1946-1947 (3738) Thompson Tool Co. 37
1948-1949 (4124) Thompson Tool Co. 38
1948-1949 (4125) Thompson Tool Co. 39