Pioneer Pump has enhanced its range of vacuum-assisted self-priming centrifugal pumps with the introduction earlier this year of three new pumpsets.

The new pumps are designed to meet customer demands of today - high performance, reliability, low running costs and affordability.

The Pioneer 100SL is a brand new sound-attenuated, fully-bunded, 100 mm diesel-engine driven portable pumpset for handling flows of up to 240 cu m per hour and heads of up to 32 m with the ability to pass solids up to 76 mm diameter.

It features the new PP44S8 - 100 mm vacuum-assisted self-priming pump that benefits from a completely newly designed fluid end, bearing housing and priming chamber.  These features allow the pump to be packaged in a smaller, environmentally friendly, sound-attenuated canopy which is small enough to allow two pumps to be carried side by side on a truck without overhang.  This reduces delivery costs for rental companies and end users.  With a sound level of just 63 dB (A), the pumpsets can be used in even the most sensitive of areas.

Designed around customer needs for portability, the 100SL weighs just 1,300 kg; a 125-litre fuel tank provides up to 40 hours unattended operation. This proves invaluable where long run-times are experienced in applications such as wellpointing and by-pass overpumping. Invaluable in applications where flow is intermittent, the pumpset has indefinite run-dry capability.

For reliability, it features a minimum 100,000 B10 bearing life design and a high-efficiency, low NPSHr impeller especially designed to maintain a good suction lift in bypass applications.  For high-efficiency mine dewatering, the pumpset can be specified with a specially designed impeller with 78 per cent efficiency and 50 mm solids handling capability.  The high-efficiency combined with extended running time between refuelling makes for a considerable cost saving.

The 150SL

The 80CX

For more demanding applications, Pioneer Pump is also introducing, to the same family, the 150SL for flows of up to 480 cu m/hr and heads of up to 42 m with ability to pass 76 mm solids. 

The 150SL pump incorporates the improved PP66S10, 150 mm vacuum-assisted self-priming pump with the same enhanced designed features as the 100SL.  This pumpset features the slightly larger 4-cylinder, tier III compliant engines from Caterpillar and Perkins.  This more powerful model is still a lightweight unit, weighing approximately 1,550 kg and has a fuel tank capacity of 240 litres giving up to 30 hour continuous operation.  Typical sound level is just 63 dB(A).

Both pumpsets come with integrated fork lift pockets under the bunded skid as standard, allowing for ease of relocating using a telehandler on rough terrain.  The units can also be offered as a towable trailer pumpset.

The Pioneer 100SL and Pioneer 150SL, together with the two existing models, 100SM and 100SH, allow for optimised pumping up to 400 cu m/hr at heads of over 100 m while still being able to pass 76 mm solids.

This Pioneer Pump series is devised for a wide range of applications such as dewatering in the construction, quarrying, mining and mineral processing industries as well as for utility applications such as flood disaster relief, flood management and bypass pumping applications.  There are also many industrial applications.

The Pioneer 80CX
The Pioneer 80CX is yet another new pump benefiting from the innovative design process.  This pumpset has been configured especially for cost-efficient mining and the highest pressure applications.  The 80CX is a sound attenuated, fully bunded or open skid mounted 80 mm engine driven portable pumpset capable of flows up to 120 cu m/hr and heads of over 200 m making it ideal for applications such as open cast mining and industrial jetting.

The 150SL

At the heart of the 80CX pump is the brand new PP43C21, 80 mm vacuum-assisted self-priming pump which is powered by the latest tier III emission compliant Perkins or CAT 6 cylinder engine through its standard SAE 2 housing, eliminating the need for complicated shaft alignment.

The Pioneer 80CX has an operating weight of 3,000 kg and a 12-hour run tank.  It has full indefinite run-dry capability, a 100,000 B10 bearing life and a high efficiency, low NPSHr, impeller design for good suction lift capability.  Sound level is a low 70 dB (A) on the canopy unit.

This 80CX pumpset is the smallest of a range of 525 mm impeller diameter pumps capable of heads over 200 m.  The pumpset is  also available as a 6x4 100CX and the 150CX in 8x6 configuration using the 596 kW (800 HP) Cat C27ACERT engine at speeds up to 2,000 rpm for generating flows of in excess of 600 cu m/hr making it probably the highest performing self-priming pump currently in the world.

The enhanced range was introduced at the 29th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines, Construction Vehicles and Construction Equipment which took place in the second half of April at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany.