The new WARMAN® WBH® centrifugal slurry pump, which includes more than 20 design enhancements to existing technology, is now available worldwide, Weir Minerals officials announced today.
With an eye on improved efficiency and operational savings, the newly-released pump boasts an innovative single-piece frame. This allows for truer alignment of the bearings, seals and impeller with the front liner whilst lowering the part count.
In addition, the pump’s ‘One Point’ front liner adjustment mechanism gives operators the ability to both rotate and to axially adjust the liner relative to the impeller, even while the pump is running. The ability to continuously minimize the gap between the liner and impeller can reduce wear of these components and ensure a superior longer-term performance, while at the same time reducing production interruptions.
“The pioneering design features built into the WBH slurry pump are meant to maintain top performance,” Weir Minerals Director of Technology Fred Bradner said. “Specifically, maintenance must be easy and predictable, and the new WBH pump is built to ensure longer maintenance-free intervals, and a broader efficiency curve than other pumps in this class. That helps to increase production and reduces energy consumption, which contributes to cost savings.”
Bradner also noted that the WBH® pump minimizes the risk of catastrophic failure with safety features including standard leak detection, optional vibration, temperature and wear monitoring, and the ability to add pressure relief and thermal cut-out devices.
“Combined, the many performance and wear-life enhancing features designed and built into the WBH pump can translate into a lower total cost of ownership for its users,” Bradner said.
The WBH® pump is already available in Australia, where mine engineers and maintenance supervisors are praising the WBH® slurry pump’s reliability and performance.
“The pump ran beautifully from Day One with no dramas whatsoever,” said Matt Cosgrove, Maintenance Supervisor at the Sibelco Australia Tallawang mine site.
“It’s definitely the pump of the future,” added Paul Burgess, Reliability Engineer at Rio Tinto’s Coal & Allied operation at Mt. Thorley Warkworth mine.
For more information about the WARMAN® WBH® slurry pump, visit weirminerals.com/WBH.