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How to Choose a Dredging Pump or Slurry Pump

A slurry is any mixture of a fluid (such as water) and a powdery solid. Slurries are used as a convenient way to handle bulk solids in the mining, steel processing, foundry, power generation and, more recently, frac sand mining industries. Slurries typically behave like viscous viscous fluids, flowing under gravity, but can also be pumped as needed.

Caution: A common mistake is to over-pressurise the box and damage the expensive mechanical seal.

Types of damage to slurry pumps

Discharge ports can be placed at 45 degree intervals and oriented in up to 8 different positions depending on your needs.

A quench plan, as the name indicates, is designed to quench or cool the seal. It is normally used if short periods of dry running are expected. As illustrated bellow, the fluid is introduced into the area between the back of the seal faces and the close fit exit on the drive side of the pump.