A South African mining company was continually being forced to halt operations at one of its plants when a competitor’s seal persistently failed at start-up.
Mining & minerals Case Studies
Safety and reliability with AESSEAL heavy duty seal
A mining company in Australia was facing persistent problems from seal failures on one of its slurry pumps.
AVT sensors save thousands for US company
Excessive vibrations in a vertical pump in a slurry pit application was leading to failure every month for the North Carolina company Befesa
AESSEAL cuts water usage by 75 percent at US company
A US mining company was concerned that its large end suction pumps were using excessive amounts of water.
Autoclave specialist chooses AESSEAL for reliability and customer service
A Turkish phosphate fertiliser was established following a requirement for Turkey to produce most its own phosphate fertiliser.
LabTecta® FS the answer for gearbox problem
A repair and maintenance company in West Virginia says that its customers in the local coal mining industry have recorded major savings following a decision to upgrade to AESSEAL LabTecta FS.
Mining company saves $8 million AUD with AESSEAL system
A coal mine in Australia was having seal failures roughly every two weeks on two disposal pumps.
AESSEAL system eases cost pressures for African company
A mining company in Namibia was experiencing persistently low pressure in its gland service water system. This was causing excessive wear on the shaft sleeves.
New seals overcome persistent leakage
The installation of a new type of seal was the remedy for a series of seal failures at an Australian mining company.
ZAR84,000 Saving with reliability upgrade from packing
A vertically integrated chemical and mining company had a poor mean time between failure (MTBF) on a water pump on one of its mining facilities in South Africa.
Five times improvement in reliability
Experiencing poor reliability a mining facility in South Africa, a vertically integrated chemical and mining company turned to AESSEAL for assistance.
Mechanical Seal upgrade improve reliability and saves more than ZAR 580,000
A specialist mining company used gland packing in the feed pumps at their tailing processing facility.
Reliability upgrade saves over ZAR200,000 in just 10 months of operation
A copper, zinc and lead mine in South Africa was experiencing reliability issues with three mine de-watering pumps.
Huge water savings for uranium mine
A Namibian uranium mine had 24 Krebbs pumps sealed with gland packing. The packing required regular maintenance and replacement every 2 months.
80 million litres of water per year to be saved at Mexican mine
The Grupo Mexico Caridad mine in Mexico was experiencing lengthy downtimes and using high volumes of water for lubricating pump packing.
Reduced maintenance and water consumption at Iron Ore Mine
An iron ore mine in Australia was experiencing unacceptably high maintenance costs on its Warman Thickener Underflow pumps. The pumps were sealed with Gland Packing that was flushed with 48litres per minute.
Improved safety and production efficiency while reducing water consumption
The slurry tailing pumps at a potash mine were experiencing bearing failure due to ingress of tailings into the bearing frames. The pumps were sealed with Gland Packing and flushed with water.
Saving over 1 billion gallons of water
Warman F-frame pumps were sealed with gland packing which required 19 US gallons (71 litres) per minute.
Huge cost savings and improved reliability with gland packing upgrade
A mean time between failure (MTBF) of just 2 months meant that costs at over $135,000 AUD for pump maintenance were unacceptably high.
Replacing gland packing reduces cost, and improves reliability
A coal mine in Australia was using gland packing on 3 coal slurry transfer pumps.
Increased MTBF by more than 700%
A brown coal mine in Poland had lip seals fitted on their intermediate shaft bearing housings.
5 years without failure and a ZAR3.2million saving
Upgrade from gland packing to a CDPN seal increases MTBF despite pumping a highly abrasive mix of sand and seawater slurry.
Replacing lip seals reduces cost, improves reliability and saves the environment
A soda ash mine in the USA was using lip seals
Upgrade eliminates environmental impact and delivers a 833% MTBF improvement
A mining operation in Australia eliminated water leakage to the environment
A $30,000 yearly saving for Australian copper mine
Upgrading gland packing to heavy duty slurry seals on a filter press feed pump leads to a $30,000 yearly saving.
