Pump Truck and Bulk Equipment

Question 1

What kind of trucks do we have in Brighton and how many of each?

Answer 1

6 Red Tigers and 2 Zs4’s (Not Cement Capable)

Question 2

What does ADC stand for?

Answer 2

Automatic Density Control

Question 3

What kind of operating systems are on the trucks?

Answer 3

FLECS and UNI PRO -old

Question 4

Does the Zs4 have ADC

Answer 4

Yes but it sucks… FLECS manipulates both cement and water while Zs4 only manipulates cement.

Question 5

What are the three systems on the truck

Answer 5

Electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic

Question 6

What does the Pneumatic engine control?

Answer 6

Road Motor
Air Motors
Displacement Open and close

Question 7

What does the hydraulic engine control?

Answer 7

6x5, 4x4, mixing paddles, dust collectors

Question 8

Electric power?

Answer 8

Charged from the deck engine. Powers the lights and computer system.

Question 9

How many deck engines does each truck have

Answer 9

1 - Red Tiger

2- Elites

Question 10

What is the deck engine used for?

Answer 10

Running the HT

Maintaining the charge on the electric

Question 11

How are the deck engines started?

Answer 11

Hydraulically from the road motors.

Question 12

What is the pony engine used for?

Answer 12

On elites, it runs hydraulic, charges electric

Question 13

What system operates the valves on the Tiger

Answer 13

Pneumatic

Question 14

What system powers the centrifugal pumps

Answer 14

Hydraulic

Question 15

What are the names of the centrifugal pumps?

Answer 15

4x4 or mixing pump

6x5 - recirc, boost

Question 16

What size are the centrifugal pumps and what does that mean?

Answer 16

6 inch suction, 5 inch discharge

4 inch suction 4 inch discharge

Question 17

What size are the displacement tanks?

Answer 17

10 bbl each

Question 18

During displacement, what are two ways total displacement is measured?

Answer 18

Drive shaft bbl counter and the main way is in the measuring tanks.

Question 19

What ways can fluid be brought into the displacement tanks.

Answer 19

4x4 and mudline on the tiger.

On the elite, it can also be brought in through the 6x5.

Question 20

From the displacement tank, where can fluids go?

Answer 20

Mixing tub or directly to the HT

Question 21

What are the two ways to move fluid from the displacement tank to the HT

Answer 21

Gravity or Boost

Question 22

When would each method be used?

Answer 22

Fill lines - gravity
When you are chasing fluid downhole, we would use the boost. The boost also helps clean the belly line. Boost when we are priming up.

Question 23

What size is the mixing tub?

Answer 23

8 bbls total. 3 bbl downhole.

Question 24

What is the divider in the tub used for?

Answer 24

Separates the pre mix from the downhole.

Also called the partition. It knocks some of the air out of cement.

Question 25

From the downhole side, where can fluid go?

Answer 25

to the HT

Question 26

When recirculating cement, what side of the mixing tub is fluid pulled from?

Answer 26

Premix

Question 27

What pump is used for the recirculating of cement?

Answer 27

6x5.

Question 28

What is the purpose of the witches hat?

Answer 28

Creates more mix energy.

Question 29

What do the mixing paddles contribute to the process?

Answer 29

Agitation and added mix energy.

Question 30

Describe a Cement head and how does it function?

Answer 30

Cement throttle knife regulates inflow. Can be auto or hand adjusted for different situations. Vacuum breaker - breaks locked product Sleeve- Separates dry product and fluid until it enters the witches hat.

Question 31

What size fluid ends and what do we use here.

Answer 31

4.5 and 5 inch

Question 32

How does changing the size of the fluid end effect

Answer 32

larger the fluid end, the more volume but less pressure.

Question 33

what is the max pressure on the Tiger.

Answer 33

10,000 ish

Question 34

What does HT stand for

Answer 34

Horizontal triplex

Question 35

What is the max horsepower on an HT

Answer 35

650

Question 36

Can the max HP change?

Answer 36

yes beased on the fluid ends.

Question 37

What is referred to when the pump is jacking off?

Answer 37

There is air in the HT and there is no longer full prime.

Question 38

Fluid can go to the HT from?

Answer 38

Displacement tanks, mixing tub or an outside source through a suction.

Question 39

From the HT where can fluid go?

Answer 39

Downhole or back to the displacement tank.

Question 40

FLECS

Answer 40

Flexible Electronic Control System

Question 41

Additional method of measuring density

Answer 41

Scale

Question 42

How many densometers on the truck

Answer 42

2 | micromotion - actually a flowmeter which can measure density and a radioactive densometer for the downhole.

Question 43

Where are the densometers placed?

Answer 43

Premix - RCM and downhole.

Question 44

Densometers are calibrated how?

Answer 44

lowcal with water before the job and after prime up.

Question 45

How many pop off valves on the 660

Answer 45

3-5 depending on the year made. set to 37.5

Question 46

Which bins have different sized pots

Answer 46

1410

Question 47

Two size bins

Answer 47

1600 series and 1410 series

Question 48

Weakest part of the HT

Answer 48

Bull Gear

Question 49

Difference between the Tiger and Zs4

Answer 49

Z does not have ADC and uses Uni Pro 2. The road motor controls the HT and the deck engine runs the RCM

Question 50

How often should trucks be serviced?

Answer 50

every 500 hours or about once per month.

Question 51

Backup pressure gauge on tiger

Answer 51

Martin Decker