Proeger Flow Solutions

May 21, 2023

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Proeger Flow Solutions provides specialist flow control products to support surface and underground mining, specialising in high-pressure paste backfill solutions.

Our unique product range is designed for applications in paste backfill, high-pressure slurry transmission and thickened tailings, to optimise performance and enhance safety in the delivery of these processes.

Proeger Flow Solutions’ high-quality, safe and robust valve solutions increase efficiency, minimise downtime and offer a low long-term cost of ownership. In addition, they offer improved safety benefits to both personnel and equipment.

Our portfolio includes:

Proeger Flow Solutions’ PROEBATCH tank bottom valve allows for flexible seat and sealing designs. It is available in a range of durable materials.

A hard face overlays provide greater wear resistance to the piston or disc. Either can be flat or contoured and sits flush to mimic the internal surfaces of the tank.

Additional features include pneumatic or electrically actuated configurations for safe remote operations, and crust-breaking capabilities to quickly open a flow path in partially impacted systems. On-board flush ports enhance valve efficiency and sealing longevity.

The PROEFILL hopper outlet control valve provides a measured release of cemented paste or hydraulic fill out of the batching plant hopper or mixer in gravity feed systems so that the initial velocity into the borehole is controlled.

Featuring a patented double arched self-supporting design with a full vacuum rated tube, the hopper outlet control valve is designed for abrasive, scaling, aggressive and plugging slurries / pastes.

Their reduced port tubes are specifically sized according to the maximum flow rate to minimise premature tube wear. The in-built tube wear sensor wire and MONSYS monitor box enable early tube wear monitoring.

The PROEFILL hopper outlet control valves offer a low long cost of ownership and high plant up time in comparison to alternative solutions.

Our PROESWITCH pump switching valves are customised to each application's piping run orientation and construction materials to facilitate installation into new or existing infrastructure.

Flush water injection valves can be added to assist with post-delivery flushing of residual solids.

Featuring a stainless-steel internal trim and Stellite-overlayed wear surfaces, valve bodies are manufactured cost-effectively from carbon or stainless-steel where required. This makes them suitable for both the inlet and discharge side of a pump.

Additional key features include pneumatic actuated variations and electrically actuated configurations for remote operations, double quad rings seat seals to prevent paste from entering cavity dead areas, and highly durable polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) cavity filler seals and wipers.

The PROECONTROL control valve is adaptable for multiple control functions within paste, tailings and other high solids abrasive slurries and media.

These valves are literally built from the ground up as a bulletproof design to resist the worst applications in mining and the significant advantage is our pressure capability to operate in severe service high-pressure applications to 150 Bar.

Whether it be for system start-up with cavitation reducing choked flows to back pressure control against a pump, or simply to handle problematic atmospheric discharge control the PROECONTROL is the world leading solution for these applications.

The non-contacting SFM 6.1 slurry flow meter was initially developed for fly ash slurry applications in coal-fired power stations.

Using a proprietary algorithm specifically designed for measuring slurry flow, the meter incorporates more than 25 years of ultrasonic flow measurement experience from the technology developer.

The SFM 6.1 sensor mounts on the outside of any metal, metal ceramic-lined, steel-reinforced plastic, fibreglass or PVC pipe in sizes ranging from 15NB to 1,200NB.

The slurry flow meter transmits an ultrasonic signal into the pipe and measures acoustic reflections off slurry particles and suspended gas bubbles. Installation is easy. No contact is made with the moving fluid, while no pipe cutting or drilling is required.