Wedge wire centrifuge baskets used for vertical cuttings dryers, such as synthetic oil based drilling mud and diesel based mud. Synthetic oil based drilling mud is the most common types used in the offshore rigs.
During the drilling process, drill cuttings being discharged from the primary shakers are transferred to the inlet pipe and are fed by gravity to the distribution cone/support disc. A distribution cone removes the cuttings from the discharge end of the inlet pipe and accelerates and spreads them evenly onto the inner circumference of the conical wedge wire screen. The drill cuttings are retained on the inner circumference of the wedge wire basket by centrifugal force, and Linear Motion is induced axially onto the basket, conveying the retained drill cuttings to the discharge end of basket.
