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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Gary E. Fout, Cypress, TX (US);
Cong Wang, Katy, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gary E. Fout, Cypress, TX (US);
Cong Wang, Katy, TX (US);
Assignee:
M-I LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for determining a system integrity of an oilfield machine operatively coupled to a magnetic drive, wherein the magnetic drive is configured to provide a controlled operational speed, comprising adjusting a control on the oilfield machine such that the oilfield machine operates at a baseline speed, recording a raw system integrity measurement while the oilfield machine is operating at the baseline speed, and calculating the system integrity using the raw system integrity measurement and a baseline system integrity measurement.