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10 Different Types of Shale Shakers Used in Drilling Rigs
In today’s oil drilling operations, the shale shaker is the first and most critical part of the 5-stage drilling fluid purification. Its main job is to quickly and effectively remove drill cuttings from the returning mud. This helps protect downstream equipment, improves fluid recycling, and lowers drilling costs. But here’s the catch—there are many types of shale shakers out there. Each one performs differently in terms of capacity, clog resistance, and maintenance. A poor choice can easily drag down your whole system’s efficiency.
It starts with the basic working principle of a shale shaker, then breaks down 10 common types based on screen structure, vibration mode, frequency control, and smart features. Whether you’re handling high-flow mud, HPHT wells, or aiming for dry discharge, this guide will help you choose the right shaker for your operation.
Basic Structure & Working Principle of a Shale Shaker
A typical unit consists of three primary components: the base (hopper), the screen basket, and the vibrator motor unit. Drilling fluid enters the system through the mud inlet line and is directed into the inlet tank, where it is evenly distributed onto the shaker screens mounted within the screen basket.
10 Different Types of Shale Shakers
- Single-Deck Shale Shaker
- Double-Deck Shale Shaker
- Triple-Deck Shale Shaker
- Linear Motion Shale Shaker
- Elliptical Motion Shale Shaker
- Balanced Elliptical Motion Shale Shaker
- Dual-Motion Shale Shaker
- Fixed Frequency Shaker
- High-Frequency Shaker
- Variable Frequency Shaker (VFD-Controlled Shaker)
Type of Shale Shaker
There are many type of shale shaker. It is generally classified according to the mode of movement and classified according to the structure. At present, the linear type of shale shaker is very popular.
The following are the type of shale shaker
Balanced elliptical motion shale shaker:
This type of shale shaker, if tilted downward towards the discharge end, is as effective as a straight line in removing viscous material. And because of its increased physical size (and consequent increase in the surface area of the screen plate), finer screens can be used than in circular or elliptical motions.
Linear motion shale shaker:
The vibration mechanism of linear motion helps to effectively separate solid and liquid, and is one of the common motion modes of shale shakers. In drilling operations, this motion can steadily separate cuttings from the drilling fluid.
Single deck shale shaker:
The structure is relatively simple, and it is suitable for some cases where the solid separation requirements are not particularly high or the drilling conditions are relatively simple.
Double-deck shakers:
SLB’s double-deck and flat-deck shakers, for example, can quickly adapt to changing drilling conditions and effectively separate solids under different drilling conditions.
Three-deck shaker:
Three-deck shakers like the SLB meet the requirements of efficiency, flexibility and rig space in a compact construction for a variety of drilling environments.
Some of the company’s types of shale shaker products
M-I SWACO (Schlumberger)
Various types of shale shakers are available, such as double deck and three deck shakers. Its products provide consistently high quality solids control performance on land or at sea.
Halliburton (Halliburton)
They carefully select and qualify every shale shaker in their comprehensive product range and work directly with customers to determine the best solution for their operational needs to effectively remove solids and maintain reliability.
NOV (National Oilwell Varco)
The AX-1 shale shaker has excellent raw processing capacity and solid separation efficiency to handle high circulation rates and is suitable for fast surface drilling. And can improve the separation effect by sequential screening, extend the life of very fine mesh screen.
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