Pumps contribute to cost savings and boost production Supplier of pumps and accessories Verder Pumps South Africa (VPSA) says that the use of the VF125 pump range contributes to cost savings and increased productivity at platinum mines. This was seen at a precious-metal producer’s concentrator upgrade project, near Rustenburg, where VPSA was required to upgrade the thickener transfer pumps for higher production capacity, says VPSA consultant Daan Louw. The upgrade was possible as the pumps are able to pump slurry with 1,7 specific gravity and at a flow rate of 60 m3/h over a distance of 690 m, with a height of 30 m. ?This was the most difficult application for a peristaltic pump that VPSA ever had to deal with, he says. The VF125 thickener pumps resulted in cost savings and increased produ

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