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26 SHALE SHAKERS AND DRILLING FLUID SYSTEMS

W-K-M COMPANY, Inc. HOUSTON, TEXAS

W-K-M ROTARY SLIPS turbines, motors or generators. Nor is there any destructive
vibration to cause frequent shut-downs for repairs or screen
Type 35—Friction Slips cloth replacements.
Good clean samples of cuttings may be taken at any time,
The latest advance- as they are thoroughly cleaned of mud before being dis-
ment in rotary slips charged.
comes from the pioneer
slip manufacture r in For extremely heavy going, a mud motor, connected to
this improved design, your mud pump, provides that extra power or accelerated
thoroughly field tested rotation to discharge unusually heavy loads of shale, or to
quickly clean out the screen.
and now protecting the
longest pipe strings. All parts of the W-K-M. Mud Screen are designed for
Allows more gripping ease of operation and long life. Frictionless bearings carry
area, greater holding
capacity, and a soft ac-
tion. Takes hold or re-
leases instantly , and
will not slip, cut or bot-
tleneck your pipe. Ex-
treme light weight per-
mits ease of handling.
Highly flexible. Should
wear occur on seg-
ments, they're readily replaced on the derrick floor, or
redressed, at a nominal cost, making slips same as new.
Long life assured by highest quality one-piece, drop-forged
and heat-treated segments. all moving shafts and are fitted for Alemite lubrication.
Driving gears run in a bath of oil.
All bearings are thoroughly sealed off against the en-
W-K-M TUBING SLIPS
trance of mud or other foreign matter.
Final drive for drum is by a rigidly mounted, cut steel
The original flexible, sprocket, meshing with a special high-grade roller chain,
one-man tubing slip is fur- which lasts indefinitely.
nished in all sizes to 4J/2-
inch inclusive. Slips are
forged steel throughout; Write for fully descriptive literature*
and spider is top - grade
steel casting. Segments
may be redressed any W-K-M KING PIN BRAKE LINING
number of times. Made in
Regular type, for depths Designed particularly to dissipate the extreme heat gen-
to 3000 feet, Deepwell erated in the brake flanges, and to avoid scoring or groov-
type, for depths to 6000 ing of brake flanges, naturally increasing the life of both
feet, and the newest and latest Series 12,000, for depths to lining and flanges. The pins spaced throughout the lining
12,000 feet. not only conduct the heat away from the flanges, but pro-
vide a thin film over the braking surface, preventing scor-
ing, and maintaining a constant friction. Pins are forced
into the lining by special, patented machines, under terrific
hydraulic pressure, where they are expand" ' r.fter the
manner of a rivet, and become an initial part of the
lining. Prices of King Pin Lining are no higher than for
ordinary lining.

W-K-M MUD SCREEN — SERIES 1100
The W-K-M Mud Screen employs a very simple means
of operation; the flow of returns from the well under a
pelton wheel rotates in turn the screening drum. This is not
a whipping action, and consequently screen cloths last
indefinitely,
Operating expense is exactly nothing . . . maintenance
cost is negligible due principally to the total absence of