Mechanical Technology June 2016

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Diesel pump distributor appointed in South Africa

I ntegrated Pump Rental has secured the distributorship for the Sykes range of pumps, complementing the company’s existing rental offering by adding this line up of reliable, proven diesel driven units. Sykes pumps are purpose designed and built for the min- ing, construction, municipal and rental markets. Integrated Pump Rental will be marketing the range for sale and to its rental customers. “By becoming the official distributor of the Sykes range of pumps, we have significantly boosted our abilities as a pump project rental specialist. Having quality diesel mobile units in our range means that we can now offer our custom- ers mobile units that can be used in areas where there is no available electrical power,” says Lee Vine, Integrated Pump Rental’s managing director. The company decided to partner with Sykes because of the original equipment

manufacturer’s (OEM) more than 40 years of experience manufacturing quality high performance pumps. “Sykes is a well-known and respected player in the international pumping in- dustry, while Integrated Pump Rental has built up a solid reputation for being able to supply quality pumping solutions for a range of projects. These synergies mean that both companies will benefit signifi- cantly from this partnership,” says Vine. Sykes pumps feature cleverly de- signed automatic priming capabilities based on a Venturi system that can deliver suction lifts of up to 9.0 m. The pumps offer market-leading efficiency, are extremely robust and built with a 316 stainless steel impeller and wear plates as standard, ensuring reliability coupled with versatility. Vine also notes that the dry running, oil lubricated mechanical seals fitted to the Sykes range allow the pumps to operate under snore conditions and to re-prime automatically without incurring damage. Integrated Pump Rental will be of- fering the OEM’s full range of pumps, including the low head (LH), medium head (MH), high head (HH) and extra high head (XH) series for handling solids. Vine says Integrated Pump Rental will focus on growing the Sykes pump range in the South African market, which is still fairly new to the offering, compared to other countries on the continent where the pumps have been operating success- fully for many years. These pumps are used in a host of applications ranging

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Oil & Gas Africa, 2016 The world’s oil and gas industry is probably ex- periencing its most tumultuous period since the infamous oil crisis of 1973. However, instead of severe oil shortages and sky-high prices, current market turmoil is due to the inverse – Middle East wells pumping at maximum capacity with concomitant low prices. Demand for oil and gas from markets in Africa remains high. But low crude prices combined with poor physical infrastructure, inadequate logistical solutions and onerous government regulations have blunted investment in oil and gas field development. As a result, some African governments such as Tanzania and South Africa are reappraising their oil and gas legislation. These are just some of the challenges that will be covered at the Oil & Gas Africa Conference 2016, which takes place on July 13 and 14 at the Cullinan Hotel on the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. The Sykes extra high head (XH) pump range caters to the demands of the mining industry and all models have the ability to operate unattended at high discharge heads.

The Sykes Contractor pump is a true self–priming pump, and does not require manual priming of a suction line or fill- ing of a priming tank in order to begin its normal operation. It is designed to meet the demands of the construction, mining and rental industries.

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Mechanical Technology — June 2016