From Reaction to Taking Action
Process variability and surprise equipment failure are common hindrances facing mine operators around the world and prevent them from optimizing throughput, recovery, and asset...
Controlling Scale Deposits in Waterlines
Boil a kettle of water in a hard water area and two undesirable observations are made: A fine but harmless scum appears on the...
Delivering Under Pressure
Pressure is at the heart of mining operations. Millions of years of pressure produce the precious minerals or fossil fuels that mines excavate for....
Operational Costs Reduction Part 2
In part 1 of this article, we examined the role of aerobic and anaerobic digestion for solids handling and sludge dewatering in water and...
Heavy Lifting
Little known pump technology company PumpWorks, Inc. has been solving problems for companies like GE, Whirlpool, NASA, URS, Sears, and GM since 1996. PumpWorks...
Copper Mine Quadruples Pump Wear Life
Copper mining involves working with some of the harshest materials in the world. As a result, mining companies must carefully monitor wear of their...
Reducing Labor Costs and Improving Performance
As the first Severn Bridge approaches its fiftieth anniversary, the millions of drivers that cross it each year will be blissfully unaware of just...
Reliability Needed in Treatment Facility
Located just south of the England’s second largest city of Birmingham, the small town of Redditch is not without its own municipal concerns—especially when...
Expanding the Role of Pumps on the Farm
For thirty-five years, Holland Pump Company has been providing solutions for dewatering applications for numerous markets from residential and commercial construction to phosphate mining,...
Stormwater Chambers Go Super-Sized
Introducing its Contactor and Recharger chambers to the industry in 1986, CULTEC helped begin a revolution toward using plastic construction products. Since then, several...