Weir Minerals Africa demonstrated an array of products at the recent Electra Mining Africa exhibition.

“Having a very broad spectrum of cutting-edge pump options at our disposal allows us to offer our customers exactly what they need,” says Weir Minerals Africa pump products GM Marnus Koorts. “It also allows us to leverage technological advances from one brand to another.”

Products on display included Warman Pump’s WRT technology, which the company says improves wear life and energy efficiency with no additional capital cost requirement. Koorts says the same advantages apply to the Envirotech range, which he describes as “another strong slurry pump brand in Africa and the Middle East”. The Warman range includes slurry pumps, heavy duty mill circuit pumps, submersible pumps, dewatering pumps and process slurry  pumps. Also in the range are GEHO positive displacement pumps, designed for long distance pumping of high-density tailings for distances of 200 km to 300 km.

The company’s exhibition stand also featured a 50 kW unit from the Warman SSB submersible slurry pump range, utilising the wear technology present in the high chrome alloys used on slurry pumps, and leveraging technology from different brands. This unit boasts a high chrome impeller associated with its well-tested A05 material, with the motor encapsulated into the shell.

“We have also finetuned the ergonomics related to handling these pumps, based on our extensive experience in the field,” says Koorts. “These units are moved around a lot, so lugs that are aligned sideways tend to break off if there is impact. We innovate even in small ways, by putting the lug facing upwards to avoid damage.”

In addition to continuous innovation, Koorts highlights the critical importance of the company’s global infrastructure to support its wide range of pumping equipment, which he says gives customers confidence that service levels are consistent wherever the pumps are working.