“Only 20 m² of space, and traditional solids control equipment just won’t fit” — in scenarios such as urban peripheral water well drilling or mountainous gas well development, limited workspace often leaves drilling teams struggling to install equipment. Most traditional solids control equipment features large, multi-component designs, with a single shale shaker occupying over 5 m² and the complete system requiring more than 30 m², making it difficult to deploy in constrained spaces. Black Rhino Industrial has developed compact solids control equipment, which reduces footprint while maintaining core performance, making it the ideal solution for tight drilling sites.
The core advantage of compact equipment is its significantly reduced footprint. Black Rhino Industrial employs “integrated design + compact layout”, combining traditional separate components — shale shaker, desander, desilter, and mud tank — into a single integrated unit. The system’s length is reduced from 8–10 m to 4.5–5.5 m, width from 2.8 m to 2.2 m, with a total footprint of only 12–13 m², saving 60% of space compared to conventional systems. For example, in urban water well drilling, most sites near residential areas have only 15–20 m² of space, where traditional equipment cannot be fully installed. Black Rhino’s compact system fits directly into the site, leaving room for the drilling rig and operational pathways, without disrupting workflow.
Secondly, “easier transportation and installation.” Many compact sites are located in mountainous or urban areas with limited access. Traditional equipment must be disassembled into 5–6 parts for transport and then assembled on-site, taking 2–3 days. Black Rhino’s compact equipment uses an integrated frame, weighing 8–10 tons (compared to ~15 tons for traditional systems), allowing a single 6.8 m truck to transport it in one trip. On-site installation and pipeline connection take only 2–3 hours, greatly reducing setup time. In one mountainous gas well project, narrow roads required traditional equipment to detour 50 km. Using the compact system, the equipment was transported directly along the mountain route, and installation time was reduced from 3 days to half a day, enabling the drilling operation to start earlier.
Most importantly, “reduced size does not compromise performance.” Many users worry that compact equipment may reduce processing efficiency, but Black Rhino ensures key performance metrics through technical optimization:
The shale shaker uses a double-layer stacked design, increasing capacity by 50% within the same footprint, reaching 25–30 m³/h, sufficient for small to medium drilling operations (well depth ≤3000 m).
The desander employs high-efficiency hydrocyclones, maintaining a separation precision of 0.075 mm, consistent with traditional equipment.
In an urban geothermal well project, using this equipment, mud processing efficiency reached 28 m³/h, sand content dropped from 15% to 2%, fully meeting construction standards. Its compact size also avoided space constraints posed by surrounding buildings.
For extremely tight spaces (such as downhole operations or indoor test wells), Black Rhino can provide a customized mini solution, reducing equipment height to below 1.8 m or splitting it into 2–3 modular components for flexible assembly. To date, over 120 projects in confined spaces have adopted Black Rhino’s compact solids control equipment, achieving a 100% fit rate and an average 20% improvement in construction efficiency. If your site also faces space constraints, contact Black Rhino Industrial for a free site survey and solution design, allowing equipment that is “small but capable.”
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