Sykes Pumps Australia has signed a national distribution agreement with Versa-Matic and Pumper Parts to stock the complete range of Versa-Matic air operated diaphragm pumps and spares throughout Australia.
Service and sales are carried out by the Sykes industrial pump team along with product support from the company’s head office at Newcastle, NSW.
In other news, the company reports that, after the launch of the XH100 and XH150 extra high head pumps at the recent Kalgoorlie Mining Show and Mine Expo, sales of these robust mine dewatering pumps have continued to increase.
According to Sykes sales and operations director Jeff Butler the XH range are the only direct driven auto prime pumps on the market to achieve shut heads at 185m.
“As the mining industry continues to dig deeper, we identified the need for a single-stage solids handling mine dewatering pump,” Butler said.
Maximum flow of the XH100 is 82L/sec and the XH150 150L/sec.
Construction materials have been selected that aid improved life-cycle costs. The pump volute is made of SG iron, the impeller and adjustable wear plates of 316 stainless steel, and the pump shaft of 431 stainless steel.