1200GPM 75hp Drilling Fluids Swirl Hopper Mud Mixing Pump

APSLH Jet mud mixing pump for drilling fluids compounding in the mud system

General Description of Jet mud mixing pump

The jet mud mixing pump is also referred to as a jet mud mixer or mixing hopper pump. It's a combination of hopper and pump. The hopper type can be Venturi or swirl type. The mixing pump is widely used in the oil and gas drilling fluids process. It is used to compound new drilling fluids and mix the active mud when necessary. For some civil construction applications, the mud mixing pump is widely used for bentonite mixing, too. Compared to mud agitators, the mixing pump can mix the fluids through the whole mud system by connected lines and transfer compounded mud to any tank or compartment. 

In some mud system, the mud mixer is fit as integration on the mud tank skid. Some of them will be fit as a separate pump and hopper. Some hoppers are set on the tank top and connected with a pump by the pipe. While the other mixing pumps are an assembly of pump and hopper on a separated base set beside the mud tank. Different configurations meet the different requirements or demands of users. But the final result and effect are the same. They need to produce new proper drilling fluids or drilling mud. 

How to select the mud hopper pump

Mud hopper pump capacity is defined by mud hopper size and pump. For example, the hopper including 4'' or 6'' port one. And the diameter is 400mm-700mm. For pump, the normal type for mixing hopper including APSB8X6, APSB6X5, and APSB5x4 driven by 75HP, 50HP, 30HP motor. The flow rate is about 400-1200GPM. To select a proper mixing pump, please consider the flow rate of the whole mud system. Almost of clients prefer the Venturi hopper to the swirl hopper because of high capacity and dust-free design. Furthermore, the Venturi hopper is more compact than the swirl hopper 

Different configuration on mud mixing pumps. In almost a mud system, the mixing hopper pump is set at end of the mud tank. They are an assembly of hopper, pump, skid. In some systems, there are 2 complete sets of mixing pumps. That means 2 hoppers and 2 centrifugal pumps. For some clients, they prefer the separated mixing skid in a frame. The hopper can be in a separated frame or just a single hopper connected with all lines input and discharge. The pipings connected with mixing pump including the input line, discharge line, some are fit with T port for convenient mud transfer among tanks and compartments

In a complete mud system, how many sets of mixing pumps do we need? It's depending on the mudflow rate of the whole system. And the mixing pump can be assembled together with the shearing pump we call it the jet shearing pump. Furthermore, different users prefer different configurations on the mud system. The mixing pump skid can be fit the only one mixing hopper pump or 2 sets of mixing hopper pump. And usually the 2 sets of mixing pump work simultaneously for sufficient fluids productivity

Besides the oil well drilling, the mud mixing pump is widely used in HDD mud recycling system. The difference is usually the HDD mud mixing pump smaller than the oil drilling one.

Moreover, the APSLHseries Jet mud mixer is flexible on pump motor configuration. The motor certified by IEC, ATEX, and so on

Please check below technical specification for your reference. And some configurations is customizable. Please contact us for more details

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