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PETROCHEMICALS
Chemical Technology • January 2016
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COVER STORY
Viking pumps perform well in South
Africa
WPIL, through its international subsidiary WPIL international
(Singapore), has acquired the pump business of PSV Hold-
ings comprising 100 % shareholding in APE pumps and
Mather & Platt. Strong brands such as APE/Mather+Platt
SA have enhanced WPIL’s global footprint further, while
the addition of the APE range of oil and gas as pumps (API
standard) has added to the WPIL product portfolio.
Mather+Platt is the local distributor for Viking Pump which
offers one of the industry’s broadest selection of pumping
technologies. For example, the Viking range of internal gear
pumps is selling very well into the South African market. This
pump uses two rotating gears which un-mesh at the suction
side of the pump in order to create a vacuum which pulls
fluid into the pump.
Other types of pumps, such as external gear pumps, vane
pumps and rotary lobe pumps are all used in industrial and
mining applications in particular, as well as in petrochemical
processing, chemical processing, pulp and paper and the
food industry.
For more information
on APE Pumps and Mather+Platt, please
contact Dave Johnson, Marketing & Business Develop-
ment Manager, Mather+Platt on tel: +27 11 824 4810/
079 490 7428, email
dave@matherandplatt.comor go to
www.matherandplatt.com.An API 610 multistage petrochemical pump installed in Harrismith for Petro SA.
The refurbished raw water pumping station at
Walker’s Ferry consists of six pump units, each
extracting water from the Shire River at a rate of
1 350 m
3
/h and head of 35 m.