Shaker screen life is treated as critical issue to tell quality of the screen usually. However, the performance of filtration and efficiency should be treated seriously, too.

Shaker screen life impacted by factors below

Shaker screen quality itself

Shaker screen rightness for drilling phase (Cuttings content, Geology condition)

Shale shaker condition (Any broken on shaker deck? Tensioning tool?)

Drilling mud property (density/gravity/viscosity)

Mud engineer professionality

Mud workers' operation is legal or not

Shaker Screen life

How to improve screen life?

Making sure that correct selection on screen mesh size and screen panel type for shaker. Let the operators be trained before operate shaker or screen. Especially for some screen replacement and handling. They should use the installation tools properly and legally.

Then, consult the engineer on screen operation or replacement during well drilling. Such as the mesh size, the hole pattern, and even the cut point (D100). More accurate selection provides better performance and better screen life

How to evaluate screen quality?

Not only consider the screen life but we should also consider the screen performance. Then how to evaluate screen performance? The filtration or cut point accuracy. We can test the mud after an operation while. Analyze the cuttings or solid content. Doing the test on drilling fluids property.

Or, we can evaluate mud loss or saving then calculate mud cost. If we have saved cost or increased cost. Of course, we need to do such evaluation at a certain same condition or similar condition

Have you ever faced problem on screen quality and performance? You may use the original NOV Brandt screen but last only 10 hours or less. You may use the screen made by Derrick but only last about 4 hours.

Screen life is not the only issue to evaluate screen quality. Please consider the factors completely and get the optimal products and suppliers.

Let us know if you need more information.

Shaker screens life is the essential issue among quality. Shaker screen life affects consumption cost directly and the whole efficiency of drilling and time indirectly. What are the issues affecting the screen life and performance?

Shaker screens life

Simplified speaking, screen life is how long screen last during operation without any failure. For example, one of our user use our screens without any broken even cloth surface till to 350 hours that means the life is 350 hours

shaker screens life

Actually, shaker screen life vary from each other. Same model screen with same API size in China and Kuwait may reflect different life time. And the same screen used in Singapore and USA may get different service life, too. Even the same screens all operated in one country or region, thanks to the different drilling condition, the life may vary from twenty hours to five hundred hours.

Why there is such a big difference? What are issues impacting screen life?

Issues affecting screen life

Based on same quality screen, same model and same size, what the objective factors may affect screen life?

1. The drilling mud property. Such as gravity,  viscosity
2. Shale shaker flow rate
3. Shaker condition or the compressing system condition
4. Operators expertise
5. Proper selection on mesh size
6. Proper shaker vibration strength

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Factors affecting screens performance

Besides shaker screens life, the performance is another important issue of screen quality. Many users find, even the screen last very long they lost much and the cost increased, too. Why is it like this?

1. The inaccurate mesh size operated and let useful material flow away
2. Improper mesh size selection lead screen blocked or mud lost
3. Shaker itself design problem
4. Vibration motor performance or specification
5. Some troubles on shaker. Such as tensioning system loosen
6. Deck angle need to be adjusted

Please contact us freely if you are facing such problems now. You will get all issues solved at AIPU.