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LINK-BELT COMPANY 7580
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LINK-BELT VIBRATING ROTARY MUD SCREEN
Reconditions—Degasses—Cleans—Maintains Uniform Weight of Mud
Made in Two Sizes, 48" x 60"
and 24"x48", for Shallow, Me-
dium and Deep Well Drilling.
Mud cleaned with the Link-
Belt vibrating screen—-
Makes a better and smoother
wall, and lessens the likelihood
of cave-ins; and will help to
drill a straight hole.
Lengthens the life of pump
parts, swivels, drill pipe, rotary
hose and stand pipe connections.
Also bits and reamers.
Permits better control of gas
pressures. Should a blowout de-
velop, the clean mud always
available in the pit can be
pumped back into the hole, and
drilling operations continued
with minimum delay.
Saves drilling time. After com-
ing out of the hole to change
bits, it is much easier to get
back on bottom through prop-
erly screened rnud. In the case
of unscreened mud, heavy shale
particles "settle out during the
course of the round trip when
circulation cannot be main-
tained, making it necessary to
sometimes drill as much as sev-
eral hundred feet of settled
shale before new hole can be
resumed.
MANY UNIQUE FEATURES
Uniform vibration of the en-
tire screening area. No dead
spots. The Link-Belt Vnitised Vibrating Screen for Rotary Mud includes Screen Box, fitted
All rotating parts are carried with single piece, hollow-rubber cushioned stainless steel cloth with tension members;
on anti-friction self-aligning Belt Drive; Mud Tank with two-way outlet, made self-contained for supporting screen
roller bearings enclosed in a box and motor (we recommend the use of 2 horsepower, 1800 r.p.m., splash proof
single dirt and weather-proof electric motor but a steam turbine may be used when required); Distributing Chute
housing. with control gates and necssary tools.
Screen cloth rests on hollow
gum rubber tubes. An important, exclusive, patented and A small, compact, self-contained unit requiring minimum
proved feature which assures maximum service, and as- head room, and readily transportable from one location to
sists in preventing loss of good mud in the rejects. This another.
feature permits the use of finer mesh screen cloths than Change of screen cloth can usually be made in not more
ordinarily could be used. than fifteen minutes.
The screen cloth is of fine mesh, enabling it not only to
reject large, heavy cuttings, but also sand, thus thoroughly
cleaning the mud.
Large screening area results in maximum capacity. The
Link-Belt screen will handle more mud for a given size
screen cloth opening.
The unusually long life obtained from the screen cloth
is one of the reasons for the low operating cost of the Link-
Belt unit.
Comparatively low speed at winch the Link-Belt screen
operates, results in longer life of all parts.
The feed chute is an integral part of the Link-Belt unit.
This eliminates all guesswork in setting, to get the proper
flow of fluid to the screen surface.
USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
Link-Belt Vibrating Mud Screens have been and are being
used successfully in practically every oil field in the world
employing the rotary system of drilling: United States,
Mexico, Canada, Argentine, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela,
Where an abnormal shale problem justifies,, as the job pic- Trinidad, Austria, German}'-, Italy, Jugoslavia, Rumania,
tured here, a Link-Belt double screen hook-up is employed. Iran, Irak, India, Japan, Persia, etc.