Abstract:
The loss circulation material blender, is a device that conveys raw, incoming LCM and mixes this LCM completely and intimately with wet drilling mud. The instant invention is comprised of a dry LCM hopper assembly, a wet mix hopper assembly and a transport frame. The dry LCM hopper assembly is comprised of a dry LCM hopper, a cutting tray, an air inlet, and a conveying means to transport the dry LCM from the dry hopper to the wet mix hopper assembly. The wet mix hopper assembly is comprised of a wet mix chamber, a wet mix chamber track, wet mix chamber slides, a wet mix chamber lid, a wet mix chamber lid hinge, a mud re-circulation line, a mud manifold, a mud manifold bull plug, plurality of mud jets, a dry LCM inlet, and a splatter plate.