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SLURRYTECH ®
CERAMAX®
CERAMIC PARTS |
Life
Improving, Cost Reducing, Safety Enhancing, Environmentally
Friendly, advanced pump parts technology.
Slurrytech Ceramax
parts are manufactured from a specially
formulated grade of Silicon Carbide
(NSC). Silicon Carbide is
characterized by excellent wear
and abrasion resistance, high toughness and good
resistance to chemical attack.
Ceramax parts allow us to offer
pump components with unprecedented wear
life performance and cost effectiveness.
Never before
has there been a range of parts available that offers
significant across the board benefits:
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Sustained Efficiency Impeller
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Sustained Efficiency Impeller
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Ceramic Volute
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Ceramic Impeller
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Ceramic Volute
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Ceramic FPLI
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Ceramic Throatbush
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Ceramic Impeller
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Ceramic Impeller
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6/4 Fitted
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6/4 Fitting
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Ceramax Volute
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6/4 Parts
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6/4 Parts
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3/2 Parts
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Ceramax Lined AH Pumps
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Ceramax AH Pump Parts
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Ceramax Lined 3/2
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Ceramax Lined 4/3
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SiC Lined C23 Expeller Ring
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SLURRYTECH ®
Ceramax®
Ceramic pump parts.
LIFE
IMPROVING
Field proven life benefits over
existing elastomer and alloy parts. Site results confirm a life
increase of up to 10 times over existing materials with
Ceramax parts showing only 10% wear.
Estimate your life cycle benefits using
Slurrytech's Parts Cost Analysis (link
below).
Your site
should insist on improved parts life
regardless of who your current supplier is.
COST
REDUCING
Client issued Trial
Report confirms significant
cost reductions against standard materials. Report reflects
for a 4/3 pump size a known cost reduction
of >AUD$20k per pump, per year. Now
implemented across 10 pumps on site the
costs savings have become even more pronounced.
While having a comparable
purchase cost to some new
alloy grades Ceramax parts significantly outlast them. With
uniformed wear (no localised gouging)
Ceramax parts are able to sustain their
efficiency over an extended period of time and life.
Please see our
Parts Cost Analysis
for further information on how Ceramax parts can
save your site money and down time.
You should
have an expectation for reduced costs over time regardless of who's parts
you use.
SAFETY
ENHANCING
At
Slurrytech we have a dedicated focus on
Safety Enhancement. Working with clients we
have identified areas of concern and have
developed new products and technologies to
address them.
Our approach is to build into the
equipment we sell multiple levels and layers
of safety that address:
1. Root Cause - Identify and
eliminate the root cause of the safety
concern or problem.
2. Fail
Safe - In the event of a failure of 1.
additional safety measures are employed or
are built into our equipment to offer
enhanced protection.
CATASTROPHIC PUMP FAILURE
PROTECTION SYSTEMS (also termed steam
explosion)
Any brand or make of slurry pump can
become bogged, a condition that develops due
to suction and discharge of the pump
becoming blocked.
The action of the
impeller rotating within a confined chamber
imparts energy into the trapped fluid, this
is converted to heat as the slurry / fluid
has no means of escape so replacement flow
can not cool the pump.
Over a
sufficient time frame the energy imparted
can reach the fluid boiling point, which due
to internal pump pressures can often be much
higher than water at atmospheric pressure
(100 deg C), in some cases it can reach as
high as 140 to 180 deg C. with pressures up
to 3000kPa. These temperatures and pressures
far exceed the design constraints of a
standard slurry pump. Also worth considering
is that a slurry pumps pressure rating is
for parts in an as new condition and which
have not been worn down by the solid being
pumped. A pump with 50% erosion of the main
casing can have it's pressure rating reduced
to 40% of it's original rating (dependant on
material grades used).
In this
environment of high pressure and high
temperature with worn parts and reduced
pressure rating a sudden release to
atmosphere can cause what is termed a "steam
explosion". This happens when a superheated
fluid under pressure expands rapidly as it's
constraining environment is suddenly removed
and rapid expansion through vaporisation of
the confined fluid takes place. Equipment
failure such as a casing cracking or
elastomer liner melt out or even through
intentional opening without realisation or
understanding of the confined pressure and
temperature can result in a steam explosion.
In either case it presents a clear danger to
both operational and maintenance staff who
have to deal with these types of blockages
on a regular basis.
Root Cause -
Through
analysis it becomes clear that the root
cause for explosion potential is the point
of energy input. In a slurry pump this takes
place through the drive train, either belt
or direct, and into the impeller through the
bearing assembly and shaft.
To date all efforts to
overcome the effects of energy build up have
been reactionary by means of a pressure
relief system (energy release) device that
allows for high pressure and high
temperature fluid / gas release in an effort
to reduce risk.
The main problem with this approach is that
we are subject to the same events occurring
that caused the problem in the first place,
slurries contain solids and solids block
valves and devices so that they do not
operate as they were intended to.
To address the root cause
requires a safety release system designed to
eliminate energy input at the source. To
this end Slurrytech
have developed unique Patent Pending
products, Impeller Shield and Pump Shield.
Further Information Link on Pump Shield and
Impeller Shield - Slurrytech Technology
Slurrytech are currently in the final stages
of a new and exciting product development
aimed at addressing long standing industry
concerns regarding slurry pump safety.
Please return soon as we expect to have
information posted here by mid 2009.
You should
demand enhanced safety. Settle for nothing less - it's
in your sites best interest.
ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY
For any given product there are materials used in it's
construction that have a carbon cost associated with their
production. For example poly and rubber pump parts have a
high direct carbon cost as they are manufactured and contain
materials
directly derived from the petroleum industry. They also have
an impact in waste as they are not readily recyclable or
degradable. Alloy
and ceramic parts are based on minerals and chemicals
derived through mining which also has a carbon cost associated
with it, but less direct than petroleum.
Environmental
benefits can be achieved through product life extension, the
longer a part lasts the fewer are used and the lower the carbon cost associated
with it. This is where
SLURRYTECH ®
Ceramax
ceramic pump parts excel.
With longer life and sustained efficiency over time these
parts achieve a significantly lower carbon cost than
existing materials.
One of
our ceramic impellers can last
outlast 5 rubber, poly or alloy impellers. This directly
equates to 1/5 of the carbon cost, in
addition to this their are incidental
benefits of reduced transport, packaging and
labour costs, all of which have an impact.
Consider
the environment impact of your current parts use and set
targets for reduced emissions. we all want to and need
to make the difference!
ASSOCIATED BENEFITS
Production
- Primary duty pumps with no standby can often impact plant
availability and cause unscheduled shutdowns due to
premature failure or short wear life. Extending the run time
of these pumps allows operator to keep their plant on
line, thereby achieving higher plant availability and production
throughput.
Seal Life - With extend parts life
you can achieve better seal life,
specifically with mechanical seals. Once
installed seals can run for extended tome
frames without being disturbed for parts
change out.
If your
current supplier can't help you achieve your objectives
then talk to Slurrytech !
FURTHER INFORMATION LINKS
Technical Data.
SE
Impellers.
Parts Life Report
Parts Cost
Analysis
Parts Fitting
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SLURRYTECH ®
- PARTS THAT LAST™
Copyright 2009,
Slurry Technology Group Pty Ltd
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is a registered trademark of Slurry Technology Group Pty Ltd
CERAMAX ®
is a registered trademark of Slurry Technology Group Pty Ltd
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
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property or their respective owners.
All use of OEM names, part, model and
item numbers are for reference and identification purposes only.
SLURRYTECH®
is a registered Trade Mark of Slurry Technology Group Pty Ltd. WARMAN®
is a registered Trade Mark of Weir Minerals. AES®
is a registered trademark of AES Seals
SLURRYTECH®
products are not sponsored, endorsed or approved by Weir Minerals.
Slurrytech are not an endorsed reseller or representative of Weir Minerals or
their respective products.
SLURRYTECH®
products do not infringe on Trade
Marks Act 1995 or Copyright Act 1968, and to the best of our
knowledge and
through investigation we are not in contravention of any current patents.