PRODUCT QUICK FIND

• Very fast and safe piston changes – Much reduced down time and LTAs due to crushed fingers etc.
• No more heavy clamps or connecting threads and studs.
• Automatically controlled clamping force – No more broken rod ends.
• Self alignment facility gives improved piston and liner life.
• No more corrosion problems as all parts are stainless steel.
• Hard-surfaced stainless steel power end rods.
• Integral liner flushing systems.
• Versions available for most pumps from 1000 HP to 2200 HP.

 
On conventional mud-pump rod systems, the rod is held together by means of taper clamps and screw threads which are slow and awkward to assemble correctly and readily wear out. Due to their design, the clamps obscure vision of the rod joints, preventing a check being made that the rod is correctly aligned. Uneven loads are imposed on the flanged rod ends, resulting in premature failure.

The P-QUIP Kwik-Rod system avoids these problems as the rod components are held together by powerful spring-loaded ends on a release link in the centre of the rod assembly. The ends of the release link are attached to the pony rod and piston rod by means of high tensile stainless steel pins held in shear. The shear force is very quickly and easily released by a few strokes of a small hydraulic pump.

Dismantling and re-assembly of the complete rod system takes under one minute. Furthermore, there are no flanged joints on the rods to chip, wear or break. Hence, rod life is enhanced and, because rod alignment is readily achieved, significantly improved swab and liner life is generally obtained.

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