mud pump parts commissioning factory

We know that cost savings on identical spare parts is important for offshore rig Companies today. Therefore we provide our services and spare parts at considerable cost reductions compared to sourcing from the major OEMs. Tratec can guarantee identical parts with all required part certificates. We maintaing the highest quality, using state-of-the art service facilities and experienced, specialist mud pump engineers for service work.

Tratec has supplied more than 20 mud pump spare part, overhaul and recertification projects the last 5 years. References include rig companies Odfjell Drilling, Maersk Drilling, Archer, Saipem, KCA Deutag, and others.

Tratec is an experienced specialist supplier of overhaul, SPS, parts and service for rig and drilling equipment. We can provide Norwegian quality and decades of experience, while maintaning sensible prices and flexible solutions.

Tratec have delivered solid cost savings to our customers. This is due to our lower cost base, system with access to identical parts directly from manufacturer, and utilizing our experienced drilling equipment employees at very competitive rates.

Tratec can supply overhaul and parts compatible with the following Mud Pump makers and trademarks: National Oilwell Varco (NOV), MHWirth, Continental Emsco, Gardner Denver, Lewco, Drillmec, and others. Tratec is an independent supplier of drilling equipment parts. Tratec is neither a licensee, nor is affiliated with any of the named original equipment manufacturers (OEM). The manufacturer’s names, equipment names, or trademarks used herein are solely for identification purposes, and are not intended by Tratec to cause confusion as to the source, sponsorship, or quality of the parts supplied by Tratec. The original equipment manufacturers named above and throughout this website do not sponsor, promote, warranty or endorse Tratec’s supply of parts.

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ZPEC Equipment Group’s designed and created Mud Pump Commissioning Device was recentlycompleted at the Shanghai Lingang Manufacturing Base. The Mud Pump is a key piece of well drilling equipmentand, in order to improve the manufacturing level of these products and toachieve mass production, experts from the Shanghai Plant completed the designand creation of a Mud Pump Commissioning Device. Its rich experience and effective innovationquickly and efficiently tests various performance levels of products to providea basis for optimizing its design and improving its performance.

Thedevice is divided into two parts: the Commissioning Control Room and the Drive System. It is suitable for the test run of mudpumps of various specifications such as F800 to F1600 and P2200 with safe andconvenient operation. The completion ofthe device realizes real-time detection and measurement for the variousparameters of the mud pump and can realize real-time collection and recordingof measured data. Thus, customers canwatch the whole process of the mud pump remotely via the network.

For the successful execution of your projects, it is important to find an appropriate company with a good track record. We help you in connecting with the top mud pump manufacturers and companies and get the best quotation.

The most widely used mud pumps across the industry are Triplex Reciprocating Pumps. Their application has gained immense popularity with time because they are 30% lighter than duplex reciprocating pumps with relatively less operational cost. Moreover, through these pumps the discharge of mud is smooth and they are capable of moving large volume of mud at higher pressure.

Yes. We help you find the best mud pumps irrespective of your location. We simplify your search by connecting you with top mud pump manufacturers and mud pump companies in your location, according to your budget and business requirement.

The most widely used mud pumps across the industry are Triplex Reciprocating Pumps. Their application has gained immense popularity with time because they are 30% lighter than duplex reciprocating pumps with relatively less operational cost. Moreover, through these pumps the discharge of mud is smooth and they are capable of moving large volume of mud at higher pressure.

The different parts of a mud pump are Housing itself, Liner with packing, Cover plus packing, Piston and piston rod, Suction valve and discharge valve with their seats, Stuffing box (only in double-acting pumps), Gland (only in double-acting pumps), and Pulsation dampener. A mud pump also includes mud pump liner, mud pump piston, modules, hydraulic seat pullers along with other parts.

The wearing parts of a mud pump should be checked frequently for repairing needs or replacement. The wearing parts include pump casing, bearings, impeller, piston, liner, etc. Advanced anti-wear measures should be taken up to enhance the service life of the wearing parts. This can effectively bring down the project costs and improve production efficiency.

We specialize in complete Emsco restoration of internal wear parts Offering thermal spray coatings and specialty welding processes OD & IS Grinding & Machining To OEM Size.

Periodically we"ll inspect for wear, cracks and damage to critical components such as bearings, bull gear and pinion, conrods and crossheads. We"ll check the condition of your seals and other rubber goods and look for oil contamination. We"ll inspect your frame and ensure your pump is set up as per the manufacturer"s recommended tolerances, providing feedback and detailed reporting.

Emsco parts including the fluid end, power end, stuffing boxes, plungers, seals, bearings, diesel engines, and natural gas engines. We also have blasting and painting facilities as well as a machine shop. We have many years of experience rebuilding mud pumps

Where Emsco overhaul is required we"ll take care of complete disassembly, cleaning and NDT. Repairs will be made to machined components as necessary. Bearings, seals and other components will be replaced in line with our inspections. Motors will be overhauled, lube systems serviced and pulsation dampeners recertified. We"ll also check your fluid ends are in spec and can repair or replace. Your pump is then fully reassembled and commissioned.

We specialize in complete TSC restoration of internal wear parts Offering thermal spray coatings and specialty welding processes OD & IS Grinding & Machining To OEM Size.

Periodically we"ll inspect for wear, cracks and damage to critical components such as bearings, bull gear and pinion, conrods and crossheads. We"ll check the condition of your seals and other rubber goods and look for oil contamination. We"ll inspect your frame and ensure your pump is set up as per the manufacturer"s recommended tolerances, providing feedback and detailed reporting.

TSC mud pumps and drilling mud pumps. We can rebuild all TSC parts including the fluid end, power end, stuffing boxes, plungers, seals, bearings, diesel engines, and natural gas engines. We also have blasting and painting facilities as well as a machine shop. We have many years of experience rebuilding mud pumps

Where TSC overhaul is required we"ll take care of complete disassembly, cleaning and NDT. Repairs will be made to machined components as necessary. Bearings, seals and other components will be replaced in line with our inspections. Motors will be overhauled, lube systems serviced and pulsation dampeners recertified. We"ll also check your fluid ends are in spec and can repair or replace. Your pump is then fully reassembled and commissioned.

These workhorses keep the mud flowing and your rig running. If theyʼre not working, youʼre not working. We make everything from the crankshaft to the liner seal to the skid. Each one is precision engineered for your rig so you can get back to turning.

Since 2001, TSC Manufacturing and Supply, LLC has been a leading global manufacturer and supplier of fluid end expendables, as well as mud pump spare parts for oilfield applications. Today, we continue to keep our proud tradition of excellence going, as we strive to better ourselves in order to better our customers" experience. Our global network of inventory locations provides unrivaled quality, customer service, on-time delivery, and unmatched technical integrity.

When it comes to mud pump fluid end expendable parts, TSC Manufacturing and Supply, LLC, has it all. TSC can, and will, match your needs, so that you won’t be lacking in anything. TSC mud pump liners are designed and manufactured to meet or exceed original equipment specification and API standards for almost all types of mud pumps in use today. With advanced technology, metallurgical control, and rigid inspection, we offer unmatched performance and durability, according to customer testimonies, in the most severe drilling conditions; both triplex and duplex liners are available in a wide range of sizes.

As a senior inside sales engineer, Kirill Zimin is in charge of sizing pumps and selecting and acquiring quotes of its accessories. This requires meeting with customers as a technical expert. Working closely with the sales force at Ruhrpumpen Global, his team must accurately transfer orders to the manufacturing business unit in the oil and gas, power, chemical, metallurgy, and water industries.

“It attracts me to update information from different sources like design engineers’ communities, pump magazines, international reports, and books,” he said. “My experience starts from university classes where I took lessons in hydraulics with process and apparatus, focusing on theory. At the end of the bachelor program I had to search for work.”

“During this period, I spent less time on the investigation of industrial equipment and environment,” he said. “That’s the cost of sitting in two chairs. I passed my exams on sedimentation in electric dehydrators. Then I moved on to working for my master’s degree. This is where I started to learn equipment like valves and pumps. I took part in the repair of this equipment. The pumps were manly OH2, BB1 pump types as per designation to API 610. I mostly worked with gate and regulating wedge-type valves. Regulating valves are pneumatically governed.”

“I was in charge of repairing pumps, valves, and other equipment,” he said. “In my new role of leading mechanical engineer, I was in charge of the technical extension of existing facilities in the subdivision. Equipment types varied, but there was now a new type of pumps and valves for further learning. After a few years I was invited to a group of the commissioning of a new facility. It was luck. It was the most efficient time for working with a team and learning new complex equipment.”

In this role, he worked with screw and reciprocating pumps—also BB1, BB2, BB5, OH1, OH2, VS1, VS4, VS6 types as per designation to API 610. In addition to wedge type valves, there were ball types with an external quench system, and sliding gate valves hydraulically operated for coke drum chambers and relief valves.

The design of piping is connected to the specific valves and pumps, he continued. “It’s very important to evaluate as there can be bottlenecks like vapor locks, dead legs, etc. Also, the design of pits, vessels for vertical pumps, is an essential topic and described basically in the standard of the Hydraulic Institute.”

“Harmful effect is a major part of evaluation if you consider the negative impact to personnel,” he explained. “It can be noise features delivered from the pump. Or it can be metals contained in pump materials which can collect a nuclear radiation, if it’s nuclear industry equipment. Non-asbestos gaskets are mostly used for sealing pumps and valve joints. For this stage a piece of advice is to know about such conditions and requirements from the beginning.”

All goods supplied to customer’s site should be checked technically before being accepted, he suggested. “During transportation, equipment can be damaged or be in inappropriate conditions. When it comes to the customer, whether it’s a check list or the manufacturer’s manual, it will help to find out about problems with valves or pumps in advance. Foundation works are very important as proper filling of anchors holes and the frame itself by concrete will lead to the long life of dynamic equipment. There’s a tip about the consistency of concrete—there shouldn’t be any rubbish or exceeded quantity of water in it. In this case, the anchor can be rotated around its axis or move under by tapping it by a small hammer. It should be checked while framing the installation.”

During erection, appropriate tools and measures should be used, Kirill said. This information can be available in the equipment manual or its standard or industry regulation. For example, centrifugal API pump installation is in compliance with API 686. Hydraulic Institute, ISO, DIN, ANSI and manufacturer standards also define some specific requirements for these works. In some cases, industry regulations can be more stringent than the pump or valve manufacturer manual.

“Very important topics to consider are the pump baseplate alignment and horizontal positioning,” he said. “This should be checked by level/construction instruments. After these works are completed, anchor bolts are tightened with a pull-force gauge. After the piping is connected to the pump, the next step is to check the parallelism of pipes flanges and its gap. These values are indicated in the pump manual or documents listed above. If these parameters are exceeded, then high loads will be transferred to the pump, which will cause vibration and shutdown.”

It is customary during many installations for different materials to be used for pump flanges and pipes. “Mostly it’s connected with different grades of steels of castings and rolled products,” he said. “Methods of production are varied for pipes and accessories like pump and valves. In such cases it is recommended that flanges joints shall be from the same or closest possible materials. After welding is done, all qualification documents and laboratory tests shall be issued to operating personnel. If the wrong welding is made, then the weld joint will be damaged under different thermal expansion (where operating temperature is high) and lack of homogeneity.”

This stage is the final one before equipment is put into continuous operation. “This step shows the precision of production of the delivered pumps and valves. That’s why it is a major stage for the examining of erected equipment and utilities–lube oil station, water cooling and heating lines, electricity, control systems, and process lines.”

In the next step, the lube oil systems are installed, and interconnecting piping cleaned and put in place. “During commissioning, it is useful to operate with flowing oil to the pump bearings inlets (plugged) and via bypass line to back to oil reservoir,” Kirill explained. “During the re-circulation of oil, strainers are to be checked and cleaned in a timely manner, so the entire system would be free of solids and contaminants. Instruments will show the correct values. Water cooling and heating lines can be with the weld hearth cinder. So these utilities must be re-circulated by the appropriate agent via temporary filters, as well in order to clean up whole system.”

“At this stage all pumps and valves are to be clean from solid contaminants, bearings are filled by grease or oil, the seal system is filled by barrier fluid,” he explained. “It’s time to fill the pump and valve with fluid for commissioning. It is recommended that filling is made from the suction/inlet line via recommended installed temporary strainers. Then pumps can be started for re-circulating fluid via all process lines and back to the pumps. Strainers are to be checked and cleaned in a timely manner. Issued parameters from instruments should be checked for compatibility.”

At this point, the whole system is ready to be launched. “We need to remember that commission conditions differ from operational (pressure, temperature and other features of fluids). Therefore, for pumps it is important to re-check alignment during start-up by changing operating and standby pumps.”

With regard to safety, personnel should wear suitable working clothes. Safety glasses can protect from leakages and other relative sweeping. “Leakages from a high-pressure line (over 150 bar pressure) can pass through the pump flange connection and be very destructive, even it trickles,” Kirill said.

“All dynamic equipment causes noise which shall be evaluated to consider frequency of personnel being near the equipment. Therefore, earphones can be a reliable protection from its harmful impact. Safety gloves and helmet are obligatory things. Pump and valve rotating parts which are exposed to personnel access must be covered by safety guard.”

If repair is required on a stopped pump or valve then it must be plugged from lines under operation, he said. “Equipment is to drained, steamed and cooled down to ambient temperature. All required tools are to be integral and safe.”

GEHO slurry pumps from Weir Minerals Netherlands are put to the test in some of the most extreme environments the world has to offer. And they are expected to work without fail.

Blue and shiny, the piston diaphragm pump stands in the factory hall, ready to be shipped to China for use in an aluminum factory. “The pump, a digester feed pump, was built and tested here,” explains Marjo Cox, public relations manager at Weir Minerals Netherlands, situated in Venlo. “The design was tailored to provide optimum performance in its specific application. The pumps are installed by one of our own commissioning engineers in China. He then instructs the local people on maintenance and operation.”

“Broadly speaking our pumps are used for three applications in mining,” he continues. “Firstly, they are used for pumping slurry over long distances, from the mine or extraction area to a port or processing plant. Secondly, the pumps deliver slurry directly to the system for removing the mineral or ore from the rock. Finally, they are used for pumping residual products such as red mud [a waste product in bauxite processing] or fly ash to a dump or back into an unused mine shaft. On a global scale, we are the leading player in all three applications, in particular in pipeline transport, with a market share of more than 90 percent.”

The company has a long history in pumping liquids and slurries. Even before World War II, Weir Minerals Netherlands (then GEHO Pompen) was involved in the manufacture of pumps for discharging ground-water. The products developed by pumping ever- thicker liquids such as sewage sludge and industrial sludge, until by the 1960s the pumps were capable of pumping ore slurry.

Slurry is crushed raw materialmixed with water. The problem is that direct contact between abrasive slurry and moving parts in a pump quickly leads to wear. The development of the piston diaphragm pump by GEHO in the 1970s offered a solution. With this system, the slurry is separated from the vulnerable moving parts of the pump by a membrane. At the time, an entire test installation was built at the GEHO factory to study the behavior of bauxite and other mineral slurries.

The first customer for a GEHO piston diaphragm pump was the German aluminum manufacturer VAW, which in 1974 needed a system for use in the German Ruhr area. Customers such as Hoechst and Thyssen Stahl soon followed. Initial contacts were then established with North America, and a small network of international agents was formed.

“The world of mining is relatively close-knit,” says Cox. “Your reputation is your most valuable possession. It is essential that you deliver a top-line product in terms of quality, service life, operation, availability and of course reliability. If a pump shuts down, the whole system grinds to a halt.”

The international expansionof GEHO took on a new dimension in 1990 following its takeover by U.S. company Baker Hughes. In 1994, Baker Hughes transferred all pump production activities to the Scottish Weir Minerals (see sidebar). “Becoming part of an international organization was a logical step for GEHO,” Joosten says. “We were able to retain our identity, and we remained responsible for sales, production and development. But we also gained access to an inter-national infrastructure of Weir sister companies. We could profit from a wealth of knowledge and experience and from a financially powerful parent company that enabled us to participate in larger projects.”

One mega project in Brazil recently involved the delivery of 18 pumps, to be installed in two pump stations, for a 340-mile-long pipeline. Each pump weighs 80 tons and 125 semi-trailers will be needed to transport the pumps to the port.

“A pump is not a standard product,” Joosten emphasizes. “We make our designs taking into account the application, ambient factors and the type of slurry. Each slurry has its own characteristics. First a sample of the slurry is examined in our laboratory for rheological characteristics. Depending on the outcome, we advise on or select the relevant materials, ranging from standard steel through to solid titanium.”

“The circumstances are different wherever we operate,” he continues. “They range from –40°F in Alaska and Siberia to more than 100°F in New Guinea, 10,000 feet under the ground in South Africa up to 13,000 feet in the Andes. Such extreme conditions can influence, for example, the operation of the electronic control equipment. Via the lubricating oil that flows right around the pump, we can cool or heat the system.”

Given the highraw-material prices and the tremendous demand from emerging markets over the past decade, business has boomed at Weir. “Our strength has always been our ability to supply products quickly,” Joosten says. “But at one point it became difficult for us to obtain our materials from our suppliers of wrought and cast work and moving parts. We faced the bizarre situation that there was simply not enough steel available to make the pumps that had been ordered for iron ore mines. Because every pump is tailor-made, it is almost impossible to complete work in advance, and that leaves little time for our suppliers. We eventually solved the problem by buying capacity, enabling us to get the products in time.”

Joosten adds, “Pumps are constantly developing. I predict trends involving more energy-efficient and more process-specific pumps with tailor-made work, in particular for high-temperature pumping. And as it happens, we are specialists in tailor-made products. And of course, pumps must never fail.”

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We keep your mud pumps running in first class condition – providing onsite inspections, repairs and complete overhaul as well as all associated parts.

Periodically we’ll inspect for wear, cracks and damage to critical components such as bearings, bull gear and pinion, conrods and crossheads. We’ll check the condition of your seals and other rubber goods and look for oil contamination. We’ll inspect your frame and ensure your pump is set up as per the manufacturer’s recommended tolerances, providing feedback and detailed reporting.

Where overhaul is required we’ll take care of complete disassembly, cleaning and NDT. Repairs will be made to machined components as necessary. Bearings, seals and other components will be replaced in line with our inspections. Motors will be overhauled, lube systems serviced and pulsation dampeners recertified. We’ll also check your fluid ends are in spec and can repair or replace. Your pump is then fully reassembled and commissioned.

Standard Industrial Manufacturing started in 1979. Our mission was to manufacture and supply pump parts to a few select pump retailers and OEMs. During the 1980s the company expanded its customer base to include all pump retailers and OEMs. Today, Standard has broadened its product lines to include most fluid-end expendables for all major pump brands.