How to choose the right shale shaker screen?

Shale shaker screens are an essential component of the drilling equipment used in the oil and gas industry. They are used to separate solids from drilling fluids and prevent clogging of downstream equipment. Selecting the right shale shaker screen is critical to achieving efficient solids control and maximizing drilling performance. In this article, we will discuss the factors that need to be considered when selecting a shale shaker screen.

1, Screen Type

The type of screen is an important factor to consider when selecting a shale shaker screen. There are three main types of screens: woven wire, perforated plate, and synthetic screens.

-Woven wire screens are made of stainless steel wire mesh and are the most common type of screen used in the oil and gas industry. They offer good durability and are suitable for most drilling applications.

-Perforated plate screens are made of steel plates with holes drilled through them. They are more durable than woven wire screens but are less effective at separating finer solids.

-Synthetic screens are made of polymer materials and are designed to offer higher separation efficiency and a longer lifespan than traditional metal screens. They are particularly suitable for drilling in harsh environments and can be used in place of metal screens for improved performance.

2, Screen Mesh Size

The mesh size of the screen is another critical factor to consider when selecting a shale shaker screen. The mesh size refers to the number of openings on the screen surface per linear inch. The larger the mesh size, the smaller the openings, and the finer the solids that can be separated.

For drilling fluids with larger particle sizes, a lower mesh size is recommended. For fluids with finer particles, a higher mesh size is required to achieve efficient separation.

3, Screen Configuration

Shale shaker screens come in various configurations, including flat, pyramid, and hook-strip screens. Flat screens are the most common and are suitable for most drilling applications. Pyramid screens are designed to increase the amount of surface area in contact with the fluid, which improves separation efficiency. Hook-strip screens are easy to install and remove, making them ideal for drilling operations that require frequent screen changes.

4, Screen Quality

The quality of the screen is an essential factor to consider when selecting a shale shaker screen. Poor-quality screens can result in reduced separation efficiency, increased downtime, and increased operating costs.

High-quality screens are made from high-grade materials and are manufactured to tight tolerances to ensure consistent performance. They should be able to withstand the high pressures and temperatures encountered in drilling operations and resist wear and tear.

5, Screen Quantity

The number of screens required depends on the drilling conditions and the type of shale shaker being used. Most shale shakers require between two and four screens. Using more screens can increase the capacity of the shaker and improve separation efficiency.

6, Price

Price is also a consideration when selecting a shale shaker screen. While it is essential to choose a high-quality screen, it is also vital to select a screen that fits within the budget. Synthetic screens are generally more expensive than traditional metal screens but can offer better performance and longer lifespan.

In conclusion, selecting the right shale shaker screen is critical to achieving efficient solids control and maximizing drilling performance. The factors to consider when selecting a shale shaker screen including screen type, mesh size, configuration, quality, quantity, and price. By considering these factors, drilling operators can select a screen that is best suited to their specific drilling conditions and requirements.

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Features of KOSUN Composite Material Screen and Iron Frame Screen

Composite screen is a commonly used type of screen for drilling Mud Shaker. It is made of stainless steel wire mesh, plastic flat mesh and galvanized sheet. Its common specifications are 1165x585mm, and the mesh number is 20-320 mesh. The composite material screen has the advantages of long service life, good screening effect, low screen use cost, convenient disassembly and assembly, large liquid conductivity, good sand (slag) discharge effect, and long life. Composite material screen is the Ideal accessory on shale shale, desanders, desilters.

The iron frame screen is mainly composed of 2 to 3 layers of stainless steel mesh with the steel frame tightly combined on the frame. The frame is welded by high-strength square steel pipe or flat steel, and has a plurality of reinforcing support ribs. The mesh can be combined with the frame through metal glue, or directly bonded to the frame. The high-strength steel frame and support ribs, as well as the moderately tensioned screen, form a reliable whole, which greatly enhances the flow, strength and service life that the screen can withstand. The mesh number of each layer of mesh cloth is different, and the accurate and reasonable matching can make the screening effect more detailed. The mesh is divided into multiple independent small mesh surfaces to prevent excessive expansion of localized damage. At the same time, it is equipped with a special rubber stopper to repair the damage, which can save time and reduce the cost of use.

iron frame screen
iron frame screen

As a professional manufacturer of drilling solids control equipment, KOSUN not only designs and manufactures conventional solids control equipment, including: shale shaker, desilter, centrifuge, agitator, and mud tank, but also supplies these equipments various accessories, including: various specifications of screens and vibration motors for mud shale shaker, cyclones for de-sanding and desilting, drums and screw propellers for centrifuges, tank bottom valves for mud tanks Various types of guns, etc.

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Advantages of petroleum shale shaker screen for oilfiled

Petroleum shale shaker screen is used in mud purification equipment (mud shale shaker) for oilfield drilling. The function of petroleum shale shaker screen is to separate the rock debris and other impurities generated during drilling from the mud through the high-speed shale shaker to achieve mud recycling and reuse. Mud is divided into water-based mud and oil-based mud. The use time of the screen in oil-based mud is shorter than that in water-based mud.

shale shaker screen

Advantages and Classification of petroleum shale shaker screen

Petroleum shale shaker screen are roughly divided into: flat shaker screens, wave shaker screens and composite shaker screens (also called hook-edge soft shaker screens).

Petroleum shale shaker screen production process: punching plate-shearing plate-sandblasting-cutting mesh-mesh and steel plate bonding (wave type screen is firstly dipped 2-3 layers of mesh together and pressed drum, and then bonded with steel plate )-Make side hook-boxing. The composite shale screen is: cutting mesh-two-layer mesh bonding-hooking-packing.

The advantages of the flat shaker screen: low cost, low freight (4 sheets per box), easy to repair the damaged mesh surface (the company has mesh repair patches).

Advantages of wave shaker screen: large screening area.

Frame type shaker screen, frame type shaker screen is divided into injection frame screen, steel frame screen, aluminum frame screen

Advantages: easy to install, easy to repair if the mesh surface is damaged.

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M-I SWACO ( MANGOOSE) replacement shale shaker screens

We are shale shaker screen manufacturer form China which can produce the replacement shale shaker screens for Derrick, NOV Brandt, M-I SWACO, Kemtron, Scomi and FSI.

-Derrick, FLC, Hyperpool, PWP, PMD are marks of Derrick Corporation.

-NOV Brandt, VSM, Cobra, King Cobra, D380, D285P and LCM are marks of Varco I/P, Inc.

-M-I SWACO, ALS-2, MD-2, MD-3, MEERKAT PT, MONGOOSE PRO are marks of M-I LLC.

-Scomi, SCM-PrimaG 3P, 4P, 4PDD, 5P are marks of Scomi equipment INC.

-Kemtron 48, Kemtron 28, KTL, KPT are marks of ELGIN separation solutions.

-FSI 5000 series is the mark of Fluid Systems Inc.

shale shaker screen
shale shaker screen

How to order shale shaker screens? The shale shaker brand and model you have ? The API no. of the shaker screen you need? The quantity of the shaker screen for each item? Knowing that, We will make you an quote immediately!

Shale shaker screens are becoming the most shaker parts as demands on the shale shaker have increased and developing. How Important Shale Shaker Screen is in Solid Control System? If the drilling mud is compared to blood, the shale shaker acts as a kidney. In that way, shale shaker screen is the necessary filtering component for the whole solid control system. Choose right shaker screen for your drilling slurry purified equipment, result in a high efficiency of mud recovery and decrease drilling cost.

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Kosun KDS-500 Shield Slurry Treatment System

Since the introduction of slurry balance shield, the slurry separation and treatment system and equipment have appeared.During the construction of slurry shield, slurry treatment is one of the important factors affecting the normal tunneling of the shield, and directly affects the construction schedule, construction cost and environmental protection.The application of slurry shield, along with the tunnel construction, is gradually developed from the city edge to the city center.Due to the limitation of the construction site, the mud water treatment equipment must cover a small area and have a high treatment rate, so an efficient and integrated slurry treatment equipment has become the first choice of the owner and the construction unit.

Xi’an Kosun Environmental Engineering co.,LTD,It is a professional company providing integrated solutions of solid waste treatment in the field of energy conservation and environmental protection, focusing on the development and service of complete sets of technologies and equipment such as sludge reduction and resource utilization.

Kosun Environmental Engineering co., ltd. helps customers with sludge reduction and disposal services, including: general contracting of sludge treatment, sludge treatment mobile site services, sludge treatment package solutions.

Kosun KDS-500 shield slurry treatment system is a modular design system.The system is designed for mud purification in medium sized slurry balance shield construction projects.The KDS-500 system is composed of a coarse vibrating screen module and two sets of sand removal modules. The coarse vibrating screen module is equipped with a coarse screen for removing large particles, and the sand removal module is equipped with a desander hydrocyclone and a fine vibrating screen.

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The slurry falls into the collecting box through the coarse vibrating screen, and then is separated and transported to two sets of sand removal modules through two connecting pipes. The sand removal module is equipped with a desander hydrocyclone, which can remove the sand in the slurry.After two levels of treatment, the effect of repeated circulation can be achieved.

Shale Shaker Screen Mesh Sizes Table

Many clients asked us that how to revert API To Micron for Shaker screen mesh,even most of shaker screens manufactures in China do not have this knowledge. Some manufacturers use the API number as mesh directly, this will be incorrect, if clients do not have professional knowledge, they will use the wrong mesh screens and can not get the ideal result.

Shaker Screen Mesh
Shaker Screen Mesh

Shaker screen is a very important part of shale shaker spare parts and also valuable parts. There are different of type screens like holk type/frame type, flat screen or pyramid screen, however there is screen mesh that same standard to separate solids particals by miron. How to translate screen mesh to micron ?

Please check the following chart is the relationship between API mesh and microns. There are slight different with API mesh and the standard mesh. If you make 15000 divided the mesh size, it will be microns. For example, if mesh is 100 and then it’s separation micron will be around 15000/100=150micron .

Shale Shaker Screen Mesh Sizes Table
Shale Shaker Screen Mesh Sizes Table

KOSUN is a proffessional manufacturer for shale shaker and shaker screen. We  know uch better on how to enhance screen performance or efficiency. Our screens size are conform to API RP13C. Furthermore, right here you will get one-step solutions. No matter what type of Shale Shaker Screens you need, you will get the high quality items at very reasonable price. Please refer to our brief brochure for more reference. Select right shaker screen, select right shaker screen manufacturers.

KOSUN is a professional manufacturer even over 25 years. KOSUN are engaged in offering a wide range of shale shaker screens. We manufacture and operates a complete line of advanced balanced-elliptical and linear-motion Shale Shaker Screens for all onshore and offshore applications. All our products are designed and developed using premium quality raw material and latest technology to ensure that final output meets with industry guidelines. Moreover, we stringently check all the products on several parameters to assure zero defect.(Editor:Kosun Lily.Wang)

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610 Pieces of KOSUN Shaker Screens Sold to Iran

As we all know, Shaker screen is the largest consumable wearing device for solids control equipment.A Cost-effective shaker screen can not only ensure the screening quality of drilling mud, but also can extend the trial life of shale shaker. Shale shaker screens consume a portion cost of drilling, so a cost-effective shaker screen is needed by many drilling contractors.

KOSUN developed a high-quality shaker screen through years of research and trial. Recently, KOSUN has produced a number of screens for the FLC2000 shale shaker. It has been tested by third parties and fully compliance with international standards. 610 Pieces of KOSUN Shaker Screens are ready to delivery to Iran.

shaker screen
shaker screen

KOSUN has been the leading China OEM supplier of quality, high performance screening surfaces for over 20 years. Our entry into manufacturing screens for kinds of shakers has come at the request of numerous operators who desire to improve the performance of their shakers by taking advantage of Kosun’s screen manufacturing technology. KOSUN now has screens available for kinds of internationally renowned shale shakers.

Features and Benefits of KOSUN Shaker Screen:

-Available for Derrick, Brandt, Swaco and KEM-TRON brand shakers.

-API RP 13C compliant

-Long life stainless steel screen cloth

-Triple screen layers

-Bonded to perforated panel

-Quick and easy to repair

-Consistently manufactured, rugged construction

-Mature technology, competitive price

-Ability to handle high flow rates

-Cut point integrity

-Longer screen life

-Minimize nearsize particle blinding

KOSUN is a large-scale enterprise specializing in the production of solids control equipment and solid-liquid separation equipment. After decades of rapid development, KOSUN has developed into a well-known solids control equipment manufacturer at home and abroad. (Editor:Kosun Lily.Wang)

Kosun- China Solids Control Leader&Drilling Waste Management Expert

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How to Select Shale Shaker Screen Sizes?

Shale Shaker Screen is wear part of the shale shaker, mainly classified into soft sieve screen, sieve plate type screen,and frame plate type screen.Product characteristics are wear resistance, wearability, rating of temperature, low cost, easy disassembly, conductivity ( powder ) liquid, good trapping ( dreg ) effect, etc.

shale shaker screen
shale shaker screen

Shale shaker screen sizes selection is based on original shaker screen size. Such as the overall dimension. Shaker screen dimension, usually means the overall size of screen panel. If the screen is framed one, dimension include length, width, height or thickness. If the screen is hook strip, dimension means the length, width, and hook height or hook size.

Besides screen overall size, there are detail size on screen panels. Such as holes shape and size. The screen cloth mesh size. Effective screen area, the non blanked area, and so on.Users should also consider the certain drilling condition or mud property. The main function or achievement we need.

shake shaker screen sizes
shake shaker screen sizes

Almost shaker screen demand is the replacement shaker screen for present shaker. Screens replacement should be completely interchangeable with original or existing one. If user are not sure about screen mesh size or API size selection. Please toward to mud engineer, shaker screen manufacturer. Take their suggestion as reference or guidance.

Usually, at the beginning of well drilling the screen cloth request coarse opening. Thus we’ll enjoy higher frequency. When the well drilled deeper and deeper, we request finer and finer screen. As the drilling mud property and cuttings are different.

The popular shale shaker screen sizes including 700x1050mm, 630x1250mm, 585x1165mm, 710x1250mm, and so on. Mesh sizes for oilfield solids control shaker are usually from API 40-API325.

What does Shale Shaker Screen mean?

A Shale Shaker Screen is a component of a drilling rig that acts as the first point of contact or first phase by which drill cuttings come in contact while entering into the shale shaker equipment. A shale shaker is a solid separation tool that helps in the removal of the large portions of cuttings from drilling fluids. Shale shaker screens are important to the shale shaker equipment used in the mining, oil and gas and coal cleaning industries for grinding and controlling drill cuttings from mud.

shale shaker screen
shale shaker screen

Shale shakers are considered to be vital components of drilling equipment. These are not only used in the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry, but also in other industries, such as ore mining and cleaning, coal mining and cleaning, etc. A shale shaker forms the very first phase of the solids control system on a drilling rig.

shale shaker
shale shaker

A typical shale shaker tank consists of the following components:

-Hopper

-Feeder

-Screen Basket

-Basket Angling Mechanism

-Vibrator

Shale shaker screens come with a variety of frames such as steel frames, composite frames, hook strip flat type screens, pyramid shaped screens, etc. The specification of a shale shaker screen varies as per the mesh size and the mesh size is designed as per the various API screen number specifications. For example, mesh size >7801.0 TO 925.0 microns is designed as per API 20 and mesh size > 550.0 TO 655.0 microns is designed as per API 30 and so on.

KOSUN  Shale shaker screen are wear part of the shale shaker, mainly classified into soft sieve screen, sieve plate type screen,and frame plate type screen.Product characteristics are wear resistance, wearability, rating of temperature, low cost, easy disassembly, conductivity ( powder ) liquid, good trapping ( dreg ) effect, etc.

Oil Drilling Fluids Shale Shaker Screen-KOSUN

In China oil drilling fluids solids control industry, KOSUN is a pioneer and leader, we has been providing solids control equipment for more than 20 years, the products include shale shaker, shale shaker screen, desander, desilter, vacuum degasser, centrifugal pump, submersible slurry pump, shear pump, mud agitator, mud gun, drilling fluids mud cleaner, decanter centrifuge, jet mud mixer, mud tank, diesel tank, water tank and complete solids control system, etc.

shale shaker screen
shale shaker screen

Shale Shaker Screen is main spare parts for shale shaker. Shale Shaker Screens are easy to be broken during the shaker operation when drilling well.

Drilling fluids shale shaker is a kind of filterable mechanical separation equipment, compared with other mechanical solids control equipment, its unit cost is kinda of economic. And it is a highly efficient separation equipment which obtains solid removal amount. Drilling fluids shale shaker is made of screen body, machine rack and gearing. Accordingly, mechanical vibration will make solid phase which is bigger than screen hole and the adhesive attraction will screen the solid phase particles which is smaller than screen hole. But all mud can’t be processed in circulating process because of the limit of shale shaker mud permit.

Usually the material of drilling fluids shale shaker is stainless knitted. Usually this kind of screen uses mesh to express the specification. Mesh is the number of screen holes, for example, a square screen that has 12 holes is called 12-mesh screen. Screen with a special outfit screen holder will screen into flake tension type fixed on the screen frame. Screen body is fixed to the rack based on spiral spring, and rubber articles’ bumper adopts the bottom-fixed type.

The Parts of the Shale Shaker Screen Panel

Oil Rig Shaker Screen Frame-Much like a canvas for painting a screen has to be supported on a frame in order to do its job, this frame differs between manufacturers in both material and shape. Screen frames can be made from materials, such as, square steel tubing, flat steel sheets, plastic type composites or they can just be supported on the ends with strips of steel ( similar idea to a scroll ). These frames consist of a rectangular shaped outer perimeter which is divided into small individual inner panels. These smaller panels differ in shape from manufacturer to manufacturer and have been known to come in shapes such as square, hexagonal, rectangular and even triangular.

shale shaker screens
shale shaker screens

These differing panel shapes are used in an attempt to reduce the quantity of panels on each frame but still provide maximum rigidity and support for the mesh attached to them. The purpose of reducing these panels is to maximize usable screening area as the walls of each panel get in the way of the mesh and prevent it from being used, this is known as “blanking”. The non-blanked screening area of a shaker screen is widely used as a selling point, the more screen surface you have available to work, the more efficient your shaker becomes and therefore can handle a higher quantity of fluid.

Screen Mesh-Just like thread is woven together to create cloth, metal wire can be woven to create a metal cloth. Screen Mesh has evolved over many years of competitive screen manufacturing resulting in very thin yet strong cloth designed to maximize screen life and conductance as well as to provide a consistent cut point. To increase the conductance of a mesh screen you have to minimize the amount of material in the way, this is done by either reducing the wire diameter or weaving the cloth to produce rectangular openings. Rectangular openings increase the screens conductance while minimizing the effect on its cut point where as square openings provide a more consistent cut point but offer a lower conductance.

To maximize screen life most manufacturers build their screens with multiple layers of mesh over a very sturdy backing cloth to further protect the cloth against solids loading and wear. The multiple layers of mesh act as a de-blinding mechanism pushing near sized particles, which may get stuck in the openings, out of the mesh reducing blinding issues and keeping the screen surface available for use.

Binding Agent-The binding agent is the material used to bind the mesh to the screen frame, it is designed to maximize adhesion to both materials while being able to handle high heat, strong vibration, abrasive cuttings and corrosive drilling fluids.

Plastic composite screens tend not to use adhesives but rather heat the mesh and melt it into the screen frame to form a bond.

3D Screen Technology-One of the more recent advances in oilfield screen technology has brought us the “3D screen”, this technology is an innovative method for increasing the screening area of a shale shaker without the need to build larger machines. When seen from the side, these screens look like corrugated cardboard, having a flat bottom and wavelike shapes on top. These waves are designed to increase the surface area of the screen panel by building up instead of out, thereby maximizing the surface area of the screen without the need to build larger shaker screens and in turn larger, heavier and more expensive shakers.