Mixing & Blending Case Studies | Fristam

Mixing minerals to manufacture drilling fluids with the Fristam PM

Written by Fristam Mixing & Blending | Jan 1, 1970, 12:00:00 AM

Customer brief

A global producer of drilling fluids and mud systems required a dependable method for dissolving and dispersing multiple semi-solid and powdered ingredients into both:

  • Water-based drilling fluids
  • Oil-based drilling fluids

Formulations included thickeners, minerals, and bentonite, all of which must be uniformly incorporated to achieve:

  • Stable suspension behaviour
  • Consistent rheological performance
  • Reliable drilling functionality in demanding environments

The customer’s objective was to ensure repeatable product quality across different fluid types using high-shear powder-into-liquid processing capable of producing stable industrial suspensions at scale.