Proven reliability in tough mining environments

Operational efficiency with minimal maintenance

Our pumps are built to reduce maintenance frequency and cost by their design:

• No impellers, liners, mechanical or packed seals, check valves, rotors, or stators to replace
• The only wear part is the hose or tube - replaced in minutes with standard tools
• Hoses are manufactured for consistency, repeatability, chemical compatibility and a long life
• Genuine spare parts precisely matched for our pumps reduce the risk of costly, hazardous breakdowns

With easily replaceable components, local stock availability, and genuine spare parts, maintenance becomes faster, safer, and more cost-effective.

Sustainable mining

From metallic oxide to sulphide and carbon-based ore extraction, benefits of our solutions for a more sustainable operation include:

• Reduce resource loss: inaccurate reagent dosing reduces flotation efficiency, increasing waste by sending valuable ore to tailings and requiring additional costly reprocessing. This weakens environmental sustainability and operational efficiency
• Reduce chemical consumption: accurate dosing prevents costly under- or overdosing of reagents; low-shear, gentle peristaltic pumping protects the consistency of polymer chains, avoiding damage to the chemical
• Reduce water consumption: Bredel hose pumps reliably handle slurries with a solids mass concentration of up to 80%, maintaining stable performance under varying conditions where centrifugal pumps are limited by BEP (Best Efficiency Point) sensitivity
• Reduce energy use: maximum hydraulic efficiency, with no internal slip
• Reduce risk: reliable chemical containment prevents uncontrolled leakage and supports a safer, cleaner operating environment
• Built to last: fewer repairs, fewer parts, and longer service life reduces waste 

Less water consumption

Bredel’s reliable peristaltic pump technology supports improved water management in mining applications, enabling water savings of up to 70% compared with typical centrifugal pump installations. These savings are achieved as Bredel hose pumps can handle a much higher solids mass concentration and are unaffected by fluctuations, reducing the need for dilution water to maintain operation within narrow solids content limits.

Good water management minimises environmental impact as well as disruption to mining operations.

Clog-free Bredel hose pumps can handle undiluted tailings and thickener underflow slurries with a solids mass concentration of up to 80%, including mixed regime slurries with oversized particles up to 25% of the hose diameter, for example mixtures of fine and course tailings.

As Bredel pumps do not require mechanical seals or packing, they eliminate the need for seal water and prevent packing-related leakage. This reduces process wastewater treatment requirements and the demand for gland service water. By enabling operation at higher slurry solid concentrations, Bredel hose pumps help mining operations reduce overall water usage. This lowers tailings volumes and reduces the load on tailings treatment and storage systems, delivering clear environmental and operating cost benefits.