DXB Pump has designed and launched a new 6″ workhorse pumpset, the DE400/30, for the UK quarrying industry, which is specifically focused on reducing costs and emissions for quarries. Built using its modular DXB2 canopy, the pumpset uses a Stage V Deutz TCD 2.2 three-cylinder 55 kW engine complete with the latest turbocharged and after-cooled technology, optimising the power delivery to the Cornell pumpend at any speed between 1,200 and 2,000 rpm.
The Deutz engine is managed and controlled by the in-house designed DXB control panel with integrated telemetry system allowing the operators to have full control and monitoring both remotely or at the pumpset itself.
Using the compact 6611T high efficiency pumpend with 80% efficiency and 76 mm solids handling, the pumpset has a best efficiency point of 400 m3/h at 30 m (3 bar) head but using only 12 litres of fuel per hour whilst pumping up to 600 m distances through 200 mm polypipe.
Designed to operate in conjunction with long range fuel tanks, the new 150 mm pumpset can work remotely on large quarries where fuelling is undertaken perhaps only once a week by maintenance teams supported by monitoring & telemetry systems that text or directly message the quarry operators instant information on the health of the engine and pumpset during operation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Quarry managers or supervisors can get additional information sent directly to their computer indicating not only its location but also its health and environmental impact through monitoring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions for reporting in ESG reports.
With four large access doors and DXB ‘Hotbox’ design that mounts the DPF and exhaust system in its own safe zone, servicing every 500 hours is done easily with specific access points being easily reached by service engineers without restrictions seen on other designs with internal DPF mounting above the engine.
Simon Ruffles, Managing Director of DXB Pump said: “This pumpset is a powerhouse of performance for use on a variety of quarry applications where pumping higher heads can be used for pumping out of deeper sand and gravel quarries or greater distances to processing plants without the need for multiple pumps – it’s a game changer for those using larger plants with increased tonnes per hour output.”
He continued: “We focused on the application of sand and gravel where modern washplants need around 300-450 m3/h at the plant to wash the tonnage seen on modern quarries and the fact that the water sources were some distance away. This pumpset now gives quarries the capability to supply that water with the lowest fuel consumption and emissions seen on the market today.”
