About NETZSCH
For more than 60 years, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems has served markets worldwide with NEMO® progressing cavity pumps, TORNADO® rotary lobe pumps, NOTOS® multi screw pumps, grinding machines, barrel emptying systems, dosing systems and accessories, providing customised, sophisticated solutions for applications in every type of industry. With a workforce of over 2,000 and a turnover of more than 240 million euros (2014 financial year), NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is the largest business unit with the highest turnover in the NETZSCH Group, alongside NETZSCH Analysing & Testing and NETZSCH
Grinding & Dispersing.
CONTACT:
NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH
Geretsrieder Strasse 1
84478 Waldkraiburg
Germany
Phone: +49 8638 63-0Fax: +49 8638 67981
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Standardised pump technology simplifies servicing: Copper beneficiation plant in Zambia saves 1 million Dollars
Until January 2017, a copper beneficiation plant in Zambia was using pumps from six different manufacturers, including units from NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH. This resulted in a steadily growing inventory of similar spare parts and maintenance procedures combined with increasing effort and costs. The plant operator decided to only use pumps from a single supplier. NETZSCH, rep-resented by its subsidiary in South Africa, was chosen for the reliability of its pumps. By the consequential reduction of its spare parts inventory, the Zambian company saved 1 million dollars.
“A lot of separate processes are running in beneficiation plants and the heart of each process is typically a pump, to convey mineral sludge or chemicals needed for the pro-cess”, explains Roger Willis, Business Field Manager Chemical, Pulp & Paper from NETZSCH. “It is also typical that the plant systems are fitted with lots of similar pumps from different manufacturers.” As a result the number of similar components increases, which overall means complex maintenance processes that require a lot of time and money. This was the case for a copper beneficiation plant in Zambia. The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings. The plant operator chose to switch to NETZSCH because of the reliability and stability of the NEMO® progressing cavity pumps already installed. The changes allowed the plant operator to reduce its spare parts inventory substantially and save 1 million dollars.
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The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings.
The plant operator chose to switch to NEMO® progressing cavity pumps from NETZSCH because of the reliability and stability of the pumps that were already installed.
For more than 60 years, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems has served markets worldwide with NEMO® progressing cavity pumps, TORNADO® rotary lobe pumps, NOTOS® multi screw pumps, grinding machines, barrel emptying systems, dosing systems and accessories, providing customised, sophisticated solutions for applications in every type of industry. With a workforce of over 2,000 and a turnover of more than 240 million euros (2014 financial year), NETZSCH Pumps & Systems is the largest business unit with the highest turnover in the NETZSCH Group, alongside NETZSCH Analysing & Testing and NETZSCH Grinding & Dispersing.
CONTACT:
NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH
Geretsrieder Strasse 1
84478 Waldkraiburg
Germany
Phone: +49 8638 63-0
Fax: +49 8638 67981
info.nps@netzsch.com
www.netzsch.com
Standardised pump technology simplifies servicing: Copper beneficiation plant in Zambia saves 1 million Dollars
Until January 2017, a copper beneficiation plant in Zambia was using pumps from six different manufacturers, including units from NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme GmbH. This resulted in a steadily growing inventory of similar spare parts and maintenance procedures combined with increasing effort and costs. The plant operator decided to only use pumps from a single supplier. NETZSCH, rep-resented by its subsidiary in South Africa, was chosen for the reliability of its pumps. By the consequential reduction of its spare parts inventory, the Zambian company saved 1 million dollars.
“A lot of separate processes are running in beneficiation plants and the heart of each process is typically a pump, to convey mineral sludge or chemicals needed for the pro-cess”, explains Roger Willis, Business Field Manager Chemical, Pulp & Paper from NETZSCH. “It is also typical that the plant systems are fitted with lots of similar pumps from different manufacturers.” As a result the number of similar components increases, which overall means complex maintenance processes that require a lot of time and money. This was the case for a copper beneficiation plant in Zambia. The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings. The plant operator chose to switch to NETZSCH because of the reliability and stability of the NEMO® progressing cavity pumps already installed. The changes allowed the plant operator to reduce its spare parts inventory substantially and save 1 million dollars.
The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings.
The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings.
The plant maintenance department checked the maintenance costs of all their existing pumps. It turned out that standardising to one manufacturer would produce significant savings.
The plant operator chose to switch to NEMO® progressing cavity pumps from NETZSCH because of the reliability and stability of the pumps that were already installed.