Modern Mining April 2024

MINING EQUIPMENT (INCL PUMPS AND VALVES)

Expertise and top brands for dewatering and slurry pumping

As Africa’s mines work towards raising their competitiveness through optimising the lifecycle costs of critical pumping equip ment, Integrated Pump Technology has the expertise and footprint to support a growing range of premium pumping solutions.

T he latest addition marks a valuable advance into diesel driven dewatering pumps, accord ing to Integrated Pump Technology Key Accounts Manager, Justin Bawden. The com pany is well known for its top end submersible pumps, such as Grindex and Faggiolati which are electrically powered. It now also offers the well known Godwin range of diesel driven pumps. “The diesel option allows customers to deploy these units in demanding applications in areas of the mine where there may be no electrical power supply,” says Bawden. “Godwin pumps are premium products which are firmly established in this market.” Apart from being an official distributor in South Africa, Integrated Pump Technology has also been appointed as the Godwin distributor in the busy min ing countries of Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. The versatile Godwin range extends from entry level units reaching heads of 15 metres and maximum flow rates of 200 m 3 per hour – right up to large units pumping to 180 metre heads and achiev ing flow rates of 1 300 m 3 per hour. “Our customers’ access to Godwin pumps further

Justin Bawden, Key Accounts Manager at Integrated Pump Technology.

reliability, productivity, lifecycle economy and energy efficiency,” he says. The Godwin range augments the rugged Grindex submersible pumps for dewatering as well as slurry and sludge pumping – the latter ranging broadly in capacity from 0,42 kW to 90 kW. He highlights the smart features in the dewatering units that add extra protection such as phase rotation and phase loss to avoid overheating. “Mining customers benefit greatly from the high chrome, wear resistant material in the Grindex slurry pumps, for instance, which extends service life and gives mines more uptime for better productiv ity,” says Bawden. Mines that need their equipment to be flame proof – such as underground coal operations – find their answer in the Faggiolati pump range,

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he continues. These units comply with the European Union’s ATEX rating, so are the ideal solution for environments that demand flameproofing status. “More than this, Faggiolati pumps are great performers in the grey water space, espe cially where there is fibrous material in water that would clog a normal pump,” he explains.

Integrated Pump Technology has also been appointed as the Godwin distributor in the busy mining countries of Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

“These pumps can be fitted with chopping impellers that will cut up this material and pump it through; the range is also a firm favourite in high density applications where water

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