Kelair's Viking pumps ease pressure for Australian Mining Services

Kelair Pumps was contacted by Australian Mining Services (AMS) to solve a problem it was having on a bitumen spraying unit. The unit was designed to spray a thin film of bitumen solution for dust supression of roadways and traffic areas in underground coal mines.
The problem was that the originally fitted centrifugal pumps could not develop enough pressure to achieve an acceptable spray pattern through the machine's spraying nozzles. The centrifugal pump also had fine internal passages that tended to block, thus reducing flow. AMS discussed pumping options with Kelair's Sales Engineer, Myro Bratkovic and it was resolved the best option would be to use a positive displacement-style pump that would achieve continuous pressure and an even spraying pattern. The option Myro selected, based on local knowledge and the vast international experience of Viking in pumping Bitumen, was a Viking KK4124A Universal Bracket Series pump, A bonus to selecting the Viking pump was that it was compact enough to fit on the machine with minor modification (the new pump could not be larger that the unit it was replacing) and is a stock model. Since the first pump was fitted, another 3 Viking pumps were purchased by AMS to be retro-fitted to other identical machines. The Viking pumps have now been in service for some 12 months.