Finish Thompson Highlights Pump Solutions for Mining Applications
Centrifugal and AODD pump technologies move liquids and slurries, handle corrosive chemicals safely, and facilitate mineral extraction (Image source: Finish Thompson Inc.)
Finish Thompson’s sealless mag-drive centrifugal pumps, specifically the DB Series and SP Series, are ideal for above-ground mining applications involving chemical processing, such as mineral extraction, hydrometallurgical recycling, leaching, reagent circulation, separation, refinement, sintering, and other acid or caustic duties. The DB Series offers up to 70 percent operating efficiency and handles working pressures up to 90 psi (6.2 bar), making it suitable for continuous chemical transfer from bulk storage to process or day tanks where leak-free operation with aggressive media is required. The SP Series is designed for similar corrosive chemical applications that also demand self-priming and top-draw capability, such as loading and unloading tanker trucks and rail cars or pulling fluid from the top of bulk tanks to eliminate sidewall penetrations and potential leak points. Both DB and SP Series pumps use a sealless magnetic drive and corrosion-resistant materials, eliminating mechanical seals, reducing maintenance, and supporting safe handling of aggressive mining reagents.
The FTI Air AODD pumps are suitable for water-based and below-ground mining applications, such as dewatering, sump pumping, equipment maintenance, and slurry transport. These pumps are applied where fluids often contain suspended solids, tailings, sludge, or abrasive slurries, and where operating conditions include fluctuating water levels, variable suction lift, changing discharge pressures, and the potential for running dry. FTI Air AODD pumps are self-priming, can run dry, and can deadhead without damage, making them suitable for dewatering pits, tunnels, and shafts, as well as feeding filter presses and handling corrosive fluid transfer under changing conditions. Their air-driven design, combined with metallic and non-metallic material options, allows operation in hazardous or remote areas where electricity at the pump is limited or undesirable.
Source: Finish Thompson Inc.
