Mud pump:

A typical mud pump is a two-cylinder, double-acting or a three-cylinder, single-acting piston pump whose pistons travel in replaceable liners and are driven by a crankshaft actuated by an engine or a motor.

Also called a slush pump.

Terms Related to Mud pump

• Duplex pump

  A reciprocating pump with two pistons or plungers and used extensively as a mud pump on drilling rigs.

• Plunger

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• Triplex pump

  A reciprocating pump with three pistons or plungers

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• Donkey pump

  Any little pump; used for many kinds of small temporary pumping operations.