Industrial Grade Slurry Pumps allow Miners to clear the Earth

by Art Gibb, freelance writer on behalf of Townley Engineering & Mfg ( 13-Feb-2012 )

There are a number of mining operations throughout the country and abroad that rely on slurry pump equipment to filter and more ore and rock that is broken up and sent into a collecting pond. Where tailings and other deposits are pushed through the pump after they are sucked up by a slurry hose the mining operation can easily continue to drill into the earth and excavate sites that use water cooled machinery to dig deep into the earth. Because of the heavy duty design and unparalleled commitment to quality engineers working on the metallurgy of the pumping equipment can provide the highest standards of strength in the iron and steel that is produced by the pump manufacturer.

Testing the integrity of the steel and ensuring that it can hold up to the punishment of draining thousands or gallons of silt and tailings from a mining operation the manufacturer is able to provide a submersible slurry pump that can be used in flooded areas of a mine to clear out debris that is loosened by the drilling equipment. With as few moving parts as possible the used in the development of the pump engineers can provide solutions that allow for decreased maintenance and limited repairs to be made to the heavy duty parts. Guaranteeing a perfect seal to their products manufacturers of slurry pumps have the tools to machine their own molds and dies for a perfect fit with every component that is built at their facility.

To compete with the older pump systems that are in use the supplier also carries the dies and molds for building some of the outdated pumping parts that are no longer being produced. Saving an operation the cost of purchasing and installing a brand new piece of industrial equipment, the company that delivering engineering solutions to mining companies throughout the world is able to create customized pumps for places that are in need of a serious piece of hardware as well as delivering on older repair components and new slurry pumps that are in demand.

Connected to the long thick slurry hose that sucks up the debris pulled out of the mine the company that is a leader in pump design engineering is always ready to take on the challenges of building a slurry system that can stand up to hard rocks and tailings that push other metallurgical designs to the breaking point. Testing their own designs and the failed products of other makers of industrial machinery the engineers can identify stress fracturing and have developed iron alloys that stand up to the pressure and treatment dished out by miners that are pounding out the earth in search of precious minerals.

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