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Mine Pumping Problems & Amos Pump Solution

Mining incorporates various pumps in many applications to move slurries and liquids from one part of the mine to another. Conventional centrifugal pumps quickly destroyed and lose their tolerances and suction capabilities. On the other hand, positive displacement pumps are costly to maintain and have limited pumping capabilities.

Some of the main pumping issues in the Mine industry are lined and unlined tailings ponds, underground slurry and dewatering pumping, sumps, process pumps, and pumping the target mineral laden material.

 Tailings ponds are a necessary feature of all mining operations to store the residual byproduct of mineral extraction.   If the ponds hit capacity, new tailings ponds need to be built or old tailings ponds need to be cleaned out. The tailings often have very low or high pH which causes a lot of difficulty for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps. The acidic and alkaline tailings wear out the impellers on centrifugal pumps which cause the pumps to lose tolerance and hence suction capabilities. The same occurs with positive displacement pumps and both lead to costly downtime and expensive spare parts. The same wearing of parts also occurs due to the abrasive nature of the tailings slurry.

The Amos Pump design does not consist of close tolerances between the rotor and volute. This allows the Amos Pump to pump low and high pH abrasive slurries without being worn down and losing suction. This, in turn, saves the client a significant amount of money in spare parts and to not experience costly downtime.