Abrasive and corrosion resistance pumps are always required in the mining industry. Verderflex peristaltic hose pumps have got the answer to all the requirements.
Earlier the peristaltic hose pumps were used mainly in the laboratories and other specialised applications because of high cost, but their costs have reduced now and they are now used extensively in many applications including in the mining industry for pumping of abrasive slurries and shear sensitive fluids.
Here are some of the benefits of using Verderflex peristaltic pumps for pumping the slurries:
- The traditional centrifugal pumps used for the pumping of the fluids have the impeller which gets worn out frequently due to abrasive fluids. This leads to the failure of the pump and consequent high downtime and high maintenance costs of the pump. The Verderflex hose pump, is by definition, rubber-lined and does not suffer abrasive wear – the only wearing part is the hose.
- The only regular maintenance that peristaltic pump requires is the replacement of the internal hose to ensure proper pumping of the fluid. Changing of the hose is very easy and you can easily use different hoses for different applications, which also helps in saving the costs further.
- The installation, and operation of peristaltic hose pumps is also very easy and they are of self-priming types.
- The fluid being pumped does not come in contact with any moving parts like the gears or seals. This makes the peristaltic hose pumps the type of pump for pumping of highly aggressive or abrasive fluids.
- The Verderflex peristaltic pumps can be used to pump wide variety of fluids with different levels of chemical composition and viscosities.
- The rotary pumps used for the pumping of fluids require very close tolerances between the rotor and the casing for the optimum performance of the pump and they require extensive maintenance. Since no such close tolerances between the parts are involved in the peristaltic pumps, they require little maintenance and their overall operations costs are much lower.
