T/T/Pantera/T/7 DRILLING HYDRAULICS

training ADJUSTMENTS / VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP (1)

Regulator A Regulator B

Regulator B

Regulator A

Pump 50 Pump 1
1. Remove the caps from the flow regulator (A) and the pressure regulator (B) and open their
locking nuts.
2. Turn the pressure regulator (B) screw almost completely open (counterclockwise).
3. Turn the flow regulator (A) screw fully closed (clockwise). The pump operates now as a
constant pressure pump.
4. Connect a pressure gauge to the pressure measuring point M1 of the drilling control block.
5. Start the diesel engine and set it to full speed (2100 rpm).
6. Turn the pressure regulator (B) screw clockwise until the pressure reading at M1 is 250
bar.
7. Lock the pressure regulator (B) setting with the locking nut.
8. Turn the flow regulator (A) screw fully open (ccw).
9. Allow the pressure to settle. Adjust the stand–by pressure to 25 bar by turning the flow
regulator (A) screw clockwise. Read the pressure in the pressure gauge in M1.
10. Lock the setting of the flow regulator (A) with the locking nut.
11. Stop the diesel engine and allow the pressure reading at M1 to drop to 0 bar.
12. Restart the diesel engine and check that the pressure reading at M1 is 25 bar. If neces-
sary, readjust stand–by pressure. Stop the diesel engine.
13. Place back the caps of the flow regulator (A) and the pressure regulator (B).
14. Remove the pressure gauge in the measuring point M1.
NOTE! The reading 25 bar is stand–by pressure, which exists in the pump’s pres-
sure line when the pump output is minimum.