Weir Minerals Multiflo to release new
Multiflo® MH highwall pump – September 2012
Sunshine Coast-based global mine dewatering
specialist Weir Minerals Multiflo (WMM) is set to launch a premium
performance, custom-built highwall pump, a move that will deliver
customers with a high performing, safe and reliable pump.
The Multiflo® MH highwall pump is a
superior highwall mine dewatering solution designed in response to
customer feedback and comes on the back of major flooding disasters
including the Queensland floods of 2011 and 2012.
WMM are highly active within the Queensland
community, having recently undertaken a sponsorship of the North
Mackay Devils and an educational program for prospective engineers
at Sunshine Coast TAFE. WMM understand better than most the
wider impacts of site flooding.
Paull Avey, Managing Director of WMM says, “We
have really listened to our customers and developed a pump that we
believe will better protect people, assets, jobs and the
environment, and ultimately get sites up and running more quickly
during times of flooding and other water-shed crises.”
According to the Queensland Resource Council,
the state’s annual coal exports fell 40 million tonnes short of
projections because of the 2011 floods, which meant a significant
financial loss for the many mines directly impacted by the natural
disaster, as well as to the economies of Queensland and
Australia.
“With a flooded mine or quarry costing up to a
million dollars a day in lost productivity, we believe the release
of the Multiflo MH highwall pump will be extremely well received by
customers because of the urgent need for a robust and reliable
highwall mine dewatering solution.”
“The Multiflo MH highwall pump has new
patent-pending features developed specifically in response to
customer feedback. We are very proud of, and excited by, its
capabilities, and believe it will have a positive impact on the
economic and productivity outcomes of our mining customers,” says
Avey.
The key unique features of the new
Multiflo® MH highwall pump include:
- Virtually no restrictions to the flow with a
dedicated discharge pipe separate to the hydraulic cabling
lines
- Self-centralising pipe guide
head
- Booster option available (200
l/s @ 200m)
- Weir Minerals-designed heavy
duty submersible slurry pump
- Hydraulically driven wheels on
submersible pump head assembly to assist ascent and descent
- Legendary Multiflo®
product reliability and aftermarket support
Additional key features
include:
- Custom engineered skid design
comprising of nudge bars and 20mm Bisalloy™ sleigh ends to
facilitate movability on site
- Maximum flow rate of 200 L/S at
a maximum 100m head (single stage)
- Hydraulic fail safe override
system in place
- Hydrau-Flo® fuel
valves as standard to ensure safe reliable filling
- In-built fuel and hydraulic
cells with a separate dry test cell
The Multiflo® MH highwall pump
offers an environmentally friendly dual pipe system that separates
hydraulic oil hoses from the dedicated discharge pipe, to reduce
the risk of hydraulic oils contaminating discharge water.
The submersible pump head assembly includes
hydraulic-driven wheels to aid highwall ascent and descent, and a
heavy duty hydraulic-driven submersible pump designed by Weir
Minerals to handle high concentrations of silt and solids.
Developed with the knowledge gained from WMM’s
34 years of experience in developing and installing dewatering
solutions for complex water issues, the Multiflo® MH
highwall pump also features a modular design for ease of transport
and assembly once onsite; uses joystick control of the hydraulic
controls for easy operation; has an operator camera for in-pit
visibility; and has been designed to ensure maximum flow rates of
up to 200 litres per second at 90m head.
As the latest member of the Weir Minerals
Multiflo pump portfolio, the Multiflo® MH highwall pump
includes ‘built to last’ features such as corrosion and wear
resistant materials and heavy duty skids designed to ensure it
withstands the harsh operating conditions of mine sites.
The Multiflo® MH highwall pump
units are currently in production and are set to officially launch
in September 2012.
