What is mud recycling agitator?

Mud agitator is an important part of drilling mud solids control system. It is mounted on the circulating tank. The vanes of the agitator dip into the mud to agitate the fluid uniformly.

Drilling mud agitator drive structure is mainly composed of motor, reducer, coupling and mixing shaft. The most common types of drilling mud agitator as solids control equipment is not much.

The following is two types of mud agitator:

Gear drive structure mud agitator: the advantage is higher transmission efficiency; shortcoming is larger volume, not easy to maintain. Gear drive can be divided into direct drive and belt drive.
Bevel gear drive structure mud agitator: has the advantage of simple structure, but also has many shortcomings. For example: due to drive ratio restriction, if you want to get slow-speed of revolution drilling mud agitator, must be through the pulley to do a larger reduction, the results not only low efficiency, but also large volume. This kind of structure is rare in drilling mud agitator. 
Gear reducers are worm type or helibevel type depending on the choice of the user.
Standard models are available in 20 H.P. & 10 H.P. Capacity

At present most used mud agitator is still worm and gear drive. Worm and gear direct drive has the advantage of simple structure, large gear ratio, high reliability, widely used in mud cleaning system.


In China solids control industry, KOSUN mud agitator combines compact design with high torque performance levels necessary for a uniformly suspended flow of drilled solids throughout the mud systems. Powered by 1500RPM (4 pole) explosion proof motor and connected through heavy duty gear reducer, this agitator transfers high torque at RPM to Impeller to perform the most severe mud mixing conditions.