KREBS® UMD™ Ultimate Mill Discharge Pump

A heavy-duty slurry pump for tough, abrasive mining applications
Our KREBS UMD™ centrifugal slurry pump is the most advanced heavy-duty slurry pump available for mill discharge pumping applications. Optimized hydraulic pump design delivers the highest efficiency and even wear in the most abrasive mining applications.

Key benefits

More volume and less downtime with the UMD centrifugal slurry pump

Increased wear life expand_more

To stop recirculation, pumps without a wear ring feature close the suction-side impeller clearance by adjusting the impeller to the suction side. This can be effective when pumping fluids with no solids; with slurries, however, as the pump wears the solids become caught between the rotating impeller and static suction liner, and are crushed.

Grinding these solids consumes power and wears out the impeller and liner. The wear ring stops stop recirculation, and allows for a large gap between the impeller and suction liner – eliminating solids grinding.

Lower power consumption expand_more

Because UMD Pumps maintain a constant operating speed and do not grind particles, they naturally last longer and consume less power (up to 30% less).

Increased mill throughput expand_more

Grind in your mill – not in your pump. The UMD protects against particle degradation, lost production and allows greater throughput.

Reduced cost-per-ton pumped expand_more

The UMD has been proven worldwide to reduce power costs, reduce maintenance costs, reduce downtime, and eliminate particle degradation when compared to conventional pumps – in all, reducing your cost-per-ton pumped.

Lower inventory requirements expand_more

Our UMD features a symmetric casing that uses the same suction liner, wear ring and back liner for both left- and right-hand orientations reducing customer inventory requirements.

Product Features

Our slurry pump is designed for the most abrasive slurry pumping applications in mining

Our UMD horizontal pump is ideal for ball mill discharge, highly abrasive slurry applications in hard rock mining and oil sands.

Pumping the discharge from hard rock grinding mills is one of the most high-wear applications due to high concentrations of abrasive solids. Conversely, the hydrotransport process in oil sands deals with a range of particle sizes from very coarse sand and heavy lumps to fine clay and coarse silica sand. Our UMD pump was designed specifically for these highly abrasive and diverse particle size applications. By integrating a superior hydraulic design and the patented millMAX suction-side sealing system, the UMD maximizes wear life and increases efficiency.

Wide range of options

Unique design for a wide range of options The impeller features optimized pumping vane shape, increased shroud diameter, and improved expelling vane shape to bring you the most hydraulically advanced impeller of its kind. The design also accommodates fine solids with durable, replaceable and less expensive liners. We extended the back liner and suction liner diameters to reduce wear and improve performance. The UMD includes a wide range of pump sizes that can handle flows from 50 to 20,000 cubic meters per hour (200 to 90,000 gallons per minute). The UMD high-pressure models are also available for multistage high-pressure applications.

Symmetric casing design

Many customer sites have pumps rotating in both left- and right-hand orientations. This requires keeping different casings, liners and impellers in stock. Our UMD has a symmetric casing, which means for either orientation, it uses the same casing, suction liner, wear ring and back liner, reducing customer inventory requirements.

Large clearances

The UMD’s large clearance between the casing and impeller creates a deep bed of slurry that acts as a buffer zone, shielding the casing from the direct impact of coarse solids. An enlarged cutwater clearance reduces turbulence to extend pump life. Back and suction liners with oversized outer diameters protect the casing from high velocity and turbulence at the periphery of the impeller.

UMD-R elastomer lined pump

The UMD-R is a fully rubber lined, split case version of the UMD, designed for heavy-duty mill discharge applications. With heavy-duty rubber liners the UMD-R is particularly suited for wide flow ranges and corrosive duties.

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UMD pump design includes the following

Patented suction-side sealing: An adjustable wear ring takes up clearance at the impeller, reducing suction-side recirculation, maintaining hydraulic performance. The extended wear ring diameter is designed to increase the life of the millMAX suction-side sealing system. Four external screws provide online wear clearance adjustment. The suction side clearance is fully adjustable while in operation.

Replaceable suction and back liners: Replaceable suction and back liners, with patented extended diameters, protect the casing from turbulent wear. High chrome and elastomer liner material options are available, providing the ideal solutions for a wide range of applications and flow.

Optimized impeller design: We have optimized the shape of the pumping vanes, increased the shroud diameter, and improved the shape of expelling vanes to bring you the most hydraulically advanced impeller of its kind.

Ultimate Mill Discharge Pump sizes

The UMD is available in the following sizes
6 x 5	150 mm x 125 mm
8 x 6	200 mm x 150 mm
10 x 8	250 mm x 200 mm
12 x 10	300 mm x 250 mm
14 x 12	350 mm x 300 mm
16 x 14	400 mm x 350 mm
18 x 16	450 mm x 400 mm
20 x 18	500 mm x 450 mm
22 x 20	550 mm x 500 mm
26 x 22	650 mm x 550 mm
28 x 26	700 mm x 650 mm
32 x 28	800 mm x 700 mm
34 x 32	850 mm x 800 mm
38 x 34	950 mm x 850 mm