As technical as they may sound,
various types of oil field transportation and heavy haul equipment all play vital
roles in ensuring success in these industries. Drawworks is just one of the
many forms of heavy duty equipment that carry a huge responsibility when it
comes to drilling requirements. But what essentially are drawworks and how do
they actually work?
Basically, a drawwork functions as
the core part of a drilling rig. It features alloy steel shafts, pressure-lubricated
chains, and grooved drums. The modern drawworks
being sold by different manufactures showcase AC or DC motors, and the number
of gears may vary from one, two, or three-speed combinations.
It works by lowering and raising traveling
blocks, which allows the drill string to be controlled either up or down
whenever the drum of the drawwork turns. For safety measures, it also comes
with a brake that is usually manually-operated. The brake may come in three
different forms: a disc brake, a friction band brake, or a modified clutch.
Since the advent of gear-driven drawworks,
oil field industries have experienced increase safety and improvement in
control, and has become the standard when it comes to overall performance. Regardless
of the type of drawwork companies invest on, its value and importance is
something that industries will always appreciate today and in the years to
come.
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