A pair of big, 4” nickel aluminium bronze self-priming pumps were employed at the Manus Island Detention Centre to feed the all-important RO System. The units selected by system designer, the Heal Group, were chosen because of their high flow, self-priming characteristics and overall reliability.
When CRT member BGA Agriservices in Ayr were contracted to supply pumps for a Tropical Forestry Services (TFS) project, they selected Aussie Quik Prime gushers for the job. Nicknamed the ‘Aussie Drought Busters’, Aussie Pump’s QP transfer pumps deliver a reliable, efficient solution for moving large volumes of water.
A new Aussie “Smart Pump” has been released featuring 316 stainless steel casing. The pump is an extension of Australian Pump Industries range of pumps designed for a wide range of potentially corrosive or difficult to handle liquids.
Aussie Pump’s new range of high capacity 3” and 4” Kubota powered “Drought Buster” pumps are built around the popular Aussie “Quik Prime” design principles. The pumps offer fast self-priming, with vertical lifts from creeks, rivers and dams of up to 8.4 metres.
With escalating bushfire risk around the country, the Aussie Pump Team was back on deck early. The company shortened its usual summer vacation period to bring key staff back between Christmas & New Year and production teams into work in early January.
Australian Pump Industries has developed a range of ‘Smart Pumps’ for safe, fast and efficient handling of liquid fertilisers.
ITT Corporation announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Blakers Pump Engineers, a long-time distributor of ITT’s Goulds Pumps brand in Australia. Goulds Pumps is a leading brand of industrial pumps for the chemical, oil and gas, mining, power and general industrial markets.
Colfax Corporation announced Australian shipbuilding company ASC has ordered $1.2 million in pumping technology on behalf of the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance for building three new air-warfare destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy.
A new high pressure 4″ self priming centrifugal pump powered by a Hatz air cooled diesel engine has been released by Australian Pump Industries.
On a new strawberry farm in Queensland, Australia, the grower was faced with multiple and varied demands on water requirements for crop irrigation and other tasks on the farm. Helping to cope with a wide variety of water needs is a set of all stainless steel Lowara pumps equipped with the Hydrovar control system.
