WEIRBULLETIN | MARCH 2011 FEATURE Pump of the future


Coal & Allied’s operations, managed by Rio Tinto Coal in New South Wales


Australia, trialled the new Weir Warman WBH centrifugal slurry pump, regarded as the pump of the future, as part of their commitment to continuous improvement. The commitment involves continual reviews of operational procedures and an emphasis on sharing knowledge and experience. Installation of the pump at Coal & Allied’s


Mount Thorley Warkworth open mine was executed efficiently. Paul Burgess, CHPP reliability engineering said “All the necessary


design changes went to plan, taking only a short time to change over.” Advantages of the Weir Warman pump


include reduced energy usage, easy main- tenance and enhanced performance. “The pump uses less power than the previous product. There are also considerable benefits in its design features, such as the one piece bearing frame, keeping the shaft in line which does not require adjustment, therefore there is no damage to mechanical seals due to misalignment” said Paul Bur- gess. Mechanical planner, Ged Mungoven,


agreed that he could not find any faults with the pump and confirmed that it is outper- forming others at the mine. Coal & Allied have ordered an additional


five Weir Warman WBH centrifugal slurry pumps for the mine as a result of the im- pressive performance during the trial. Paul said “We have encountered some mechani- cal rating problems with underflow pumps, but the new Weir products will resolve the issue. The Weir Warman WBH centrifugal slurry pump is definitely the pump of the future.”


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