Modern Mining May 2016

PRODUCT News

Local pump supplier to distribute Sykes range suction lifts of up to 9 m. The pumps offer market leading efficiency, are extremely robust and built with a 316SS impeller and wear plates as standard construction.

Integrated Pump Rental has secured the distributorship for the Sykes range of pumps, complementing the company’s existing rental offering by adding this line up of reliable, proven diesel driven units. Sykes pumps are purpose designed and built for the mining, construction, munici- pal and rental markets. Integrated Pump Rental will also be marketing and selling the range to its customers. “By becoming the official distributor of the Sykes range of pumps in April, we have significantly boosted our abilities as a pump project rental specialist. By having quality diesel mobile units in our range, we can now offer our customers mobile units that can be used in areas where there is no available electrical power,” says Lee Vine, Integrated Pump Rental’s MD. The company says it decided to partner with Sykes because of the original equip- ment manufacturer’s more than 40 years of experience manufacturing quality, high performance pumps. “Sykes is a well-known and respected player in the international pumping indus- try, while Integrated Pump Rental has built up a solid reputation for being able to sup- ply quality pumping solutions for a range of projects. These synergies mean that both companies will benefit significantly from this partnership,” says Vine. The Sykes pumps feature cleverly designed automatic priming capabilities based on a Venturi system that can deliver

Vine also notes that the dry running, oil lubricated mechanical seals fitted to the Sykes range allows, the pumps to operate under snore conditions and reprime auto- matically without incurring damage. Integrated Pump Rental will be offering the OEM’s full range of pumps, including the Low Head (LH), Medium Head (MH), High Head (HH) & Extra High Head (XH) series for handling solids. Vine reports that the response to the Sykes launch by South African pump users has been phenomenal with many Integrated Pump Rental custom- ers expressing a keen interest in the technology. Significantly, in order to increase the local content value Integrated Pump ELB to refurbish tipplers ELB Engineering Services (ELB) has been contracted by Transnet Capital Projects for the refurbishment of Tipplers A and B at the Transnet Port Elizabeth Manganese Terminal. The company’s scope of work will include design, supply of new components, stripping, refurbishment of the tipplers including mechanicals, structural and elec-

The Sykes Xtra High Head pump range caters to the arduous demands of the mining industry and all models have the ability to operate unattended at high discharge heads. Rental will be packaging some of the Sykes range in Johannesburg, Gauteng. This will include local fuel pods, skids and trailers, and Vine says the final package will be very competitive and also ensure excellent flexibility in meeting customer specific requests and lead times. Lee Vine, Integrated Pump Rental, tel (+27 72) 627-6350 tricals, and the installation of the two 1964 Strachan and Henshaw tipplers. The refurbishment of the two tipplers will be done in a phased approach. Tippler A will be refurbished first with a number of new components and, once completed, tippler B will be refurbished. This project will extend these two tipplers’ life cycle by another five years, while the new terminal building is being built. ELB Engineering Services, tel (+27 11) 772-1400

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