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M*»» BAROI D DIVISION NATIONAL . LEA D C O M PA NY

The BAROID MUD CENTRIFUGE cots mud costs by The BAROID MUD CENTRIFUGE is available in two
efficiently recovering valuable barite, rejecting unwanted models: Standard and Compact. Either model can be
solids and providing better control of viscosity, gel, filtra- mounted on any mud pit or tank. The Compact unit can be
tion rate and cake thickness. When used as a desander, on installed in an area as small as 27" high, 45" wide and 90"
low weight mud, the centrifuge will remove solids without long. Both units are powered by a diesel, gasoline, natural
wasting valuable fluid, gas or butane engine that is separately skid mounted and
A large throughput mud volume can be efficiently pro- can be placed anywhere within fifty feet of the centrifuge
cessed with accurate control of output weight. Flow-raters unit. The mud to he processed is pumped to the centrifuge
allow direct reading of mud and water volume, A tach- unit by a small portable pump that can easily be handled
ometer provides continuous speed readings and total oper- by two men. The pump can be placed in the mud tank, pit
ating hours. All equipment has been specially designed to or reserve pit.
reduce maintenance and increase efficiency. More information is available on request.

The Baroid Automatic Gas Detection and Alarm System for com- wide and 22" deep. Panels and chassis are of anodized aluminum.
pie^sor ifa'ion protection was d«nrl»prd !n Baroid to meet an Power requirements: 105 to 130 volts, AC, 60 cycle, 500 watts.
fxpiesvd need for a reliable, automatic -.}M<"ii thai will not generate Explosion proof units are available.
false alarm warnings of gas lrak> and pis ront irmnation build-up in
gas> compressor -stations.
The instrument ran be built to lpj»t air samples from any number
of loe, turn-, up So cightr* n. Ih*' 1<>»| t\i\t do*-* not exceed 15 sec/
sanplmK point regardless of the numbs r of simple points. If gas
is, tlt-tft ted at any point, the test < M le may be interrupted and a
hand sasn;d«-i used to determine thr sourrt of the leak manually,
On<»* '!>** le.ik i« located, tin* instrument tan i*> switched back to
auta»«a»« uperation If for any reason this is nof done, the instru-
men l tetur-w itM»lf to nutoniatK ojicration aftT one hour.
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\n air puinnmy s>st« in dt'h\ef» thf -ample, to the detector element
anl vOi<tim:ous!\ put^r-. a'l vampl» hues \ -t indbv aii-junnp auto-
niatK illy svkitohr*! into operation if she ptimaiy ait jmrnp fails,
HM* pa-i detertton unit !«>ts the instnunr-iit daily and before r**jti—
taring an atttni. It feifuie^ .intotiiatir /oroiti|t, automatic sensitivity
cluck.115;, jiUmntfie filanu nl turnout dctM tion and autoniafir s^itcli-
tup, M» a jf'andliv del* ctor ii'iir if lite puiui'v unit !•» ino|>nab]<.
Four output «"ignals jiro\id< . ll > watnmK \\htn pa;> roiitenf of tlte
a» sample n»ad»s a pse dejcirninrd !e\t I. {_') alarm when g.H con-
tent reariu s> the dangfr h\el, (3} «-iciuK when the system needs
t>mii», and (I ) when the system i* mo[ierabl»'.
The entire unit is mounted in enameled steel cabinet, 70" high, 24"