Customised Australian-made dewatering pumps out-performing and out-lasting overseas pumps

The typical outback Australian has largely been characterised as someone who is as unique as the outback landscape itself. Similarly, the uniqueness of Australian mines are also characterised by some of the toughest environments found on the globe, these harsh environments place high demands both on the people who work the mines and the equipment used in the mining process.

Truflo Pumps’ Australian designed and manufactured dewatering pump seen in operation.
Truflo Pumps’ Australian designed and manufactured dewatering pump seen in operation.

Dewatering Pumping Systems Built for Australian Conditions

The Australian environment by necessity calls for a particular type of equipment, namely equipment that is built to withstand the harshest slurry material, the most severe and wild undulating weather conditions and temperatures, plus some very challenging water qualities. All of these elements place an incredible demand upon any type of equipment in any situation. However, add to this the challenge of the Australian mining environment, calls for very robust build qualities – as a rule of thumb if a dewatering pump is built for Australian conditions they will handle any environment thrown at them.

In light of understanding the demands of the Australian mining environment, the importance of Truflo Pumps products being officially recognised as “Australian Made & Owned” cannot be over-emphasised. Every facet of the company’s pumping systems’ designs and engineering is based around this quality-conscious demand – will it stand the test against the harshest conditions on the globe and keep running continually? This is what has enabled the “legendary status” of Truflo Pumps to be founded on.

Not only does “Australian Made & Owned” guarantee an outstanding and reliable product for the mining industry, it also is a fantastic asset for Australia itself – one to be proud of.

From Little Things, Big Things Grow – The Story of Truflo Pumps

30 years ago, a small Australian family business in regional NSW took a huge leap of faith and changed their core business focus from agricultural irrigation to mining and industrial dewatering and water transfer systems. Within 30 years, this small family business has grown to be a market leading innovator in the design and manufacture of dewatering systems to the Australian and global markets.

This is not mere hyperbole. Truflo Pumps has become the industry standard in mine dewatering in Australia which a recent case in an underground mining application illustrates. A particular NSW underground mine had power costs associated with an existing pump infrastructure in excess of $15,000 per day. The installed pumping system was an internationally supplied “standard” underground mine system with operating efficiencies measuring in the low- to mid-30 percent. These figures justified a move by the mine to invest more money on an additional high efficiency pumping system designed and built by Truflo Pumps – new pumps that improved flow rates and efficiencies from the mid- to high-80 percent, showing a significant improvement in operational costs over the existing pumping system.

The well-known Castrol adage: “Oils ain’t oils” definitely applies here – all pumping systems are not built equally even if they may look similar. The difference between a Truflo Pumps’ system is that the pump is designed with efficiency and cost of operation in mind and built with only the finest materials, providing a far more efficient hydraulic transfer then competing products. Truflo Pumps are engineered in Australia meaning exacting quality control and testing of the final product can be implemented.

 

The Strength of Truflo Pumps

Even though standard pumpsets are available in a standard Truflo Pumps configuration, the real point of difference between Truflo Pumps and its competitors is that the company is also highly skilled at designing and engineering complete pumping systems for the unique and specific needs of individual mine sites.

This configuration specificity can be on a macro scale such as full system builds of diesel pumpsets on pontoons with gantries and platforms together with floating piping systems as an example. On the micro level, the specificity may be that the internals of a pump’s wet-end may be designed, engineered and manufactured to suit a particular need (as an example, different impellers, volute positioning, accessories configurations, or different mountings etc.).

The standout consideration from the viewpoint of a mine site operator should be that all engineering and manufacturing componentry is done in Australia to suit Australian conditions and that your spare parts come from the same factory that built the system. The benefit of a company manufacturing all its own parts or having Australian suppliers in close proximity to the mine operation gives confidence that the supply chain and product support mechanisms are better managed in relation to quality and readiness of supply.

Contact:

Truflo Pumping Systems Pty. Ltd.
Phone: 1800 813 677

[email protected]

www.truflopumps.com.au

 

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