The pump shield is designed to minimise the intake of shot crete fibres by cleverly keeping the intake beneath the floating fibres. It also protects the pump from drill fines by keeping the pump intake above the fines and deflecting them from the intake area. The base of the pump has been increased to maintain the stability of the unit, stopping the pump from falling over.
The pump shield will not impede the use of the Jumbo from deploying or retrieving the pump as per normal operating procedures, and the protective cover protects the pump housing from knocks and scrapes when deploying and retrieving from the mine face with the Jumbo boom.
Manufactured from polyethylene in highly visible yellow, the pump shield comes with all fixings and bolts directly to the studs located on the base of your existing Flygt pump. Being PE, the pump shield will not corrode and is impact resistant. The product has been designed not to impede the flow rate of the standard Flygt pump.
Pricing
- To service an 8KW Flygt pump when it has taken fibres or fines into the impeller costs $2000 to $3000
- To replace an 8KW Flygt pump when the housing has been cracked by impact costs $10,000
- On average an 8KW Flygt pump would be serviced monthly at an average cost of $2500
- As our warranty indicates we give a two-year guarantee. (i.e. 24 services = $60,000)
- If we save only one service the pump shield has saved you $1000
- With six pumps in operation, savings in your mine of in excess of $300,000 would be expected over the guaranteed period
Each unit costs $1464 inclusive of the 316 SS fixings. The pump shield can be manufactured to suit other pump sizes on request.
All prices and quotes are exclusive of GST and transport. The product is patent pending.
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