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A SHROUD ASSEMBLY.
IT IS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT PART OF A HYDRAULIC POWER TURBINE ASSEMBLY (HPTA).
THE HPTA ITSELF POWERS THE TELEMETRY TOOL USED ON A DOWN-HOLE DRILL-STRING.
THE SHROUD PERFORMS TWO FUNCTIONS FOR THE HPTA.
FIRST, IT FOCUSES THE FLOW OF THE DRILLING FLUID SO THAT IT IS CHANNELED INTO THE HPTA, IN ORDER FOR THE HPTA TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY.
THE SECOND FUNCTION IS TO PROTECT THE ADJACENT PARTS OF THE HPTA FROM FLUID EROSION.