GLOBAL CAPABILITY


First Multiflo dewatering solutions built in Africa


Helping South East Asian energy demand through the power of partnership


As power demand in the region increases at a rapid rate, South East


Asian power generators face the constant challenge of maximising their power plant output and efficiency. Weir’s Engineering Services business strives to help by bringing specialist expertise in rotating equipment direct to customers through alliances with selected local partners to create ‘Weir Approved Repair Facilities’. These partnerships enable customers to take advantage of Weir’s design capabilities to address complex repairs and upgrades without the need to ship equipment out of territory. Weir is building a strong position as a viable alternative to original equipment manufacturing (OEM) repair or replacement in a way that is truly responsive to customers’ needs. The outcome for Weir has been an


The Multiflo DWU dewatering set


Weir Minerals Africa has manufactured the first Multiflo dewatering set outside Australia. The South African team developed sets from the new DWU range, the first to be mounted on trailers fitted with air braking systems to comply with onsite safety standards. The localisation of the Multiflo product


resolved a long-standing challenge for a Weir


Minerals Africa customer who needed to find a diesel driven pump set that could be moved in to the pit and could meet varying flows and heads. The 150 DWU proved most suitable. A South African version was developed utilising Multiflo’s proven design and four identical trailer-mounted pump sets were designed, manufactured and delivered to world class standards.


Weir Minerals increases support capability for North American customers


Weir Minerals North America celebrated the opening of its


newest service centre with a ceremony attended by major customers and the local chamber of commerce.


The facility in Cartersville, Georgia, just north of Atlanta will service customers in the coal, sand, aggregates and potash sectors. The


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centre boasts over 25,000 square feet of service and shop space. It has 10 ton lifting capacity, impeller balancing equipment, blasting and painting booths and will be capable of reshaping parts using the latest ceramic technology. Attendees were impressed with


Weir’s lean philosophy and attention to detail.


The opening ceremony at the new Cartersville facility


increase in the level and value of work across power and oil and gas markets. Current projects include the rehabilitation of a heat recovery steam generator plant in Malaysia, the re-rating of water injection and seawater lift units for a Malaysian floating production storage and offloading unit and a refurbishment project covering pumps and valves at a geothermal power plant in the Philippines. Weir is committed to expanding its


regional presence and is building on recent seminars in Vietnam and Indonesia that showcased the divisional capabilities across rotating equipment, valves and hydro.


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