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The RCM II system uses a UniPro II to operate the ADC.

The electronic subsystem determines the required position of the water and bulk cement actuators,
senses the position of the actuators, and if needed, sends new position commands to the hydraulic
control valves.
The hydraulic subsystem supplies the power required to change the position of the actuators. The
hydraulic power is controlled through electric, over hydraulic valves, and is supplied only to the
actuators on a signal from the electronic subsystem.

Cementing units may be manifolded with two or three pumps. For high-pressure systems, one pump
mixes while the other displaces. Low-pressure systems use a centrifugal pump for mixing and two
positive displacement pumps for displacing.

Most cementing work involves a maximum pressure of less than 5,000 psi, but you may encounter
operations demanding up to 20,000 psi. Since operating conditions vary widely, the cementing pump
and its powertrain were designed to withstand maximum pressures.
For a given job, the number of trucks you will need to mix the cement depends on cement volume,
well depth, and anticipated pressures. For surface and conductor strings, one truck is usually enough;
on intermediate or production casing, you may need one to three units. You may also need several
mixing trucks on jobs requiring more than 1,000 sk, or where you expect high pressures.
Field slurries are usually mixed and pumped into the casing at the highest possible rate. This varies
from 20 to 50 sk/min, depending on the capacity of each mixing unit. As a result, the first sack of
cement on a primary cement job reaches bottom in a relatively short time.

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