Digital solutions improve the overall cost of ownership of pumps for mining customers with monitoring and analytics. KSB GIW, Inc. has developed each based on feedback from customers and the industry, extensive testing, and machine learning. In this video interview we talked first to Robert Visintainer, KSB GIW VP Engineering/R&D about its innovative GIW® SLYsight and GIW® RAMSL IoT solutions.

Typically, it is only discovered that a pump part has worn out during scheduled maintenance or when there is a catastrophic failure. Without real-time data, maintenance personnel encounter difficulties in assessing pump wear and determining optimal timing for adjustments. To address this, the experts at KSB GIW, Inc. developed GIW® SLYsight.

RAMSL stands for “remotely adjusted mechanical suction liner.” GIW® RAMSL is designed to improve maintenance procedures through monitoring and adjustment of the nose gap. Preserving a tight nose clearance is a crucial part of pump upkeep and should be performed weekly for severe duty applications with extreme wear rates. With GIW® RAMSL, nose gap adjustments can be done remotely at the push of a button. As a result, the mine site saves time and energy, improves overall operational efficiency, and increases the accuracy of the adjustments.

We also discussed recycling with Lee Whitlock, Director of Market Requirement Management & KSB Mining Academy. He talks about KSB’s GIW easy-to-use, competitively priced scrap buyback program. When customers have a load of scrap ready, they can contact KSB GIW to arrange a pickup. This service is now expanding globally from the US and Canada to other markets including Mexico and South America. The service benefits the customer as KSB GIW pays a premium to buy back its own components, plus for KSB GIW it means energy savings on melting the parts plus it takes less time to melt them. In 2023, the company averaged 73% for the proportion of its new white iron parts made from recycled materials.