METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING WEAR OF SHAKER SCREENS
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleansing and monitoring wear of screen cloths includes a feeding device for feeding used or contaminated screen cloths to, a cleansing unit arranged for receiving and cleansing the screen cloths, a preparation unit arranged for preparing the screen cloth for optical inspection in, an optical inspection station arranged to identify one or more damaged portions of the screen cloth and with a registering device for registering positions for the damaged portions, a measuring device for measuring and registering an extent of the damaged portions extent and degree of damage, a repair unit arranged for mending the damaged portions, and a feeding out unit for feeding out said repaired screen cloth.
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50 Claims
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26. An apparatus for cleansing and monitoring wear of used or contaminated screen cloths used in a petroleum drilling process comprising:
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a) a combined feeding in transport device and feeding out transport device in a stacking device arranged for feeding in said screen cloths one by one to a cleansing unit, b) said cleansing unit arranged for receiving and cleansing said screen cloth, c) a preparation unit arranged for preparing said screen cloth for optical inspection in d) an optical inspection station comprising a camera arranged for making an image capture of one or more of said damaged portions and a camera memory for storing said image capture and a measuring device comprising a computer with an algorithm for retrieving said image capture, and for analysing and registering said damaged portions position and extent and degree of damage, said computer further arranged for registering data of said damaged portions position and extent and degree of damage in said computers memory related to a frame number or other identifier for a shaker screen frame holding said screen cloth, f) a subsequently arranged repair unit arranged for mending one or more of said damaged portions, and g) said feeding out unit for feeding out said repaired screen cloth. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for cleansing and monitoring wear of used or drilling liquid contaminated screen cloths used in a petroleum drilling process comprising the steps of:
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a) feeding in said screen cloths one by one from a stacking device to a cleansing unit using a combined feeding in transport device and feeding out transport device, b) cleansing said screen cloth in a cleansing unit c) preparing said cleansed screen cloth for optical inspection, d) inspecting optically said screen cloth in an optical inspection station using a camera making an image capture and storing said image capture in a camera memory and a using a measuring device comprising a computer with an algorithm retrieving said image capture, said algorithm measuring and analysing said image capture for damaged portions position and extent and degree of damage, and registering said damaged portions position and extent and degree of damage in said computers memory under an identifier of said screen cloth, f) repairing said damaged portions and registering resulting repaired portions'"'"' extent to said computer memory related to a frame number or other identifier for a shaker screen frame holding said screen cloth, g) feeding out said repaired screen cloth using said feeding out unit. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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