April 2006

The pumps available from Chemical Pump and Valve Marketing are able to successfully pump flows of up to 450 cubic metres per hour and pressure heads of 60 metres.

They can manage all types of effluents, fatty acids, 0 to 98% H2S04, and 0 to 33% HCL. Over the past 20 years the company has built up a very extensive track record for pumping various chemicals. This information has been transferred onto a chemical resistance chart, available as an electronic catalogue, which may be ordered and sent vial e-mail or hand-delivered.

All of the pumps in the range are selected and built to a computerized program, where all the client's specifications are confirmed before assembly begins, and then run in the test bay to ensure units leave the premises correctly sized to the client's specifications. Although full repair facility is offered on the pumps, most clients order the spare parts and do the fitment themselves as all the pumps are extremely user-friendly. The company has its own mechanical seal, called the 'chem-seal' installed in all its pumps. Clients are, however, free to choose any other mechanical seal if they prefer.

Chemical Pump and Valve Marketing's client list includes major project houses, consultants, mining houses, steel and iron industry, paper and pulp industry, gold and platinum and coal mines, water and effluent treatment, galvanizing, motor car manufacturing plants, battery manufacturers, cement and chemical and petro-chemical.

Chemical Pump and Valve Marketing (Pty) Ltd

P O Box 14042

Witfield

1467

6 Janse Road

Jet Park

Boksburg

Gauteng

South Africa

Contact

Mike Willemse

Telephone:+27 11 826 3891

Fax: +27 11 826 1604

Cell: 082 451 4263

Email: info@chempump.co.za

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