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What You Need To Know About Pump Hire Conditions

What Is Fair? A cheap pump hire rate may not end up being the bargain you thought it was. Many hiring companies have carefully worded terms and conditions which cover wear and damage to the pumps. The definition of fair wear is a subjective thing. How do you decide if the amount of wear is…

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Vertical Cantilever Sump Pumps Vs. PumpEng ScatPump

The Problems With Vertical Cantilever Sump Pumps Vertical cantilever sump pumps are used predominantly in processing plants all over the world. These can be run by mining companies or the type of industrial processing plants you find on the fringes of cities. Just by the nature of what they’re doing, there tends to be spillage. That…

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Dewatering Pump Parts For Underground Mining

Mining operators hate delays. You can imagine how mine managers feel about delays in their mining schedules where the root cause is a failure in a submersible pump part. Sometimes issues can arise with submersible pumps designed for international markets coming up against unique problems created by Australian conditions. So PumpEng decided to would jump in and modify…

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The Problem Submersible Pumps Solve In Mining

Submersible dewatering pumps are used when excess groundwater is coming in and it needs to be dewatered so mining contractors can keep their operations going. In other cases they don’t have groundwater and they need to introduce water for their tools or for their jumbos or their drilling rigs. This applies whether they’re drilling paste…

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The Most Popular Submersible Pump For Dirty Water

There’s a good reason why our most popular submersible pump for civil hire is the CorroTuff sump pump. The Client Customers for this pump come from a wide range of sites. From your plumbers needing a pump for a day at $35, to someone like Leighton’s, who might be building a new freeway and want…

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Who Needs Submersible Pump Hire in Perth?

Our hire customers come to us with one simple problem to solve. They say, “I need to move fluid from point A to point B”. In many this will be an urgent situation so people are interested in a very rapid response. While the circumstances vary greatly, most of our pump hire customers come from…

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Submersible Pumps & Overheating – Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Most people think that when it comes to buying equipment bigger is always better When it comes to submersible pumps, this isn’t necessarily true. You don’t want a large pump that is far too big for the job you need it to do. For a start, it’s expensive. More importantly, it can also end up…

Largest submersible pump order

PumpEng’s Largest Order

PumpEng have taken the next step in our development as a company, and the recognition of the Raptor brand name in Australia. In October 2011 we received the largest order in our history, from a major mining contractor for a blue ribbon site. The contractor, after doing their sums, decided hiring wasn’t saving them any…

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PumpEng’s New Test Tank

PumpEng in keeping with our desire to be at the forefront of manufacturing has upgraded its testing ability with the installation of a new PLC controlled test tank. As well as adhering to Australian Standards for the manufacture of pumps, this new facility allows us to repair pumps making sure they perform to specification. An…

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PumpEng’s Ireland Sale

PumpEng received correspondence from an Irish supplier who advised their customer, a major underground mine, was not happy with the new 18kW slimline pumps their incumbent supplier was selling them. The maintenance and mining personnel were so frustrated with this new pump that, once they recognised the design improvements PumpEng have brought to the mining…