Mud Pump Monitoring System

________________ A joint research project funded by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) is creating the foundations for the safe design of drilling rigs and, in particular, the development mud pumps in collaboration with Herrenknecht. The aim is to increase the reliability and operational safety of deep drilling rigs and, at the same time, to reduce the operating costs. The development focuses are, in particular, an integrated global diagnostic system and a damper system for efficient pulsation damping in the mud pumps.