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DR SERIES PUMPS
• Greater Reliability

• Easier Installation

• Reduced Operational Cost

• Easier Maintenance

DREDGER
Dredging & Slurry Submersible Pump
 DARLING “DREDGER”

DARLING “DREDGER” DR Series Submersible Slurry
Pumps are heavy duty Pumps which are specially designed
to handle settled slurry containing solids of desired size &
concentrations up to 50 % by weight of the liquid.
Darling Dredger Pumps have been specially designed
to suit the tough Indian working & climatic conditions,
which gives it an edge over imported pumps whose
maintenance is both difficult & costly due to non-
availability of spares & proper service back up. Darling
Pumps to a large extend can be maintained at site itself.
Dredger Pumps are designed to stand very abrasive
slurries. It may also be combined with Booster Slurry
Pumps to move material to high needs.
DARLING DREDGER PUMPS have been designed and
built to work especially in burdensome conditions where
normal Pumps cannot operate. The advantage is mainly
based on the Agitator which is fixed on the main Shaft.
Agitator enables our Pumps to rise & convey liquid and
mixtures with medium high specific weight such as mud,
slimes, silts, sand and gravel. These Pumps can work in
bad conditions as the Pump portion used is of highly
abrasion resistant materials.
Submersible vis-à-vis Dry mounted or Vertical
extended Shaft design
Darling DR Series Dredger Pump with its advanced
agitation system, special sealing system and motor design
provides a more reliable and lower installation cost. In the
past, standard Submersible Self Priming Vertical Wet Pit,
Horizontal Dry Pit and Cantilever Pump designs have been
used to empty sumps.
These sumps have a maintenance problem for the
plant operations. Sump Pump failures occur frequently as
the Pumps are operated intermittently and are frequently
subjected to following conditions :
• Liquid Level Control failures
• Bearing & Seal Water System failures
• Inlet blockage due to dewatering of Slurry.
Significant operating and maintenance cost savings
are possible when a DARLING DR SERIES DREDGER
SUBMERSIBLE PUMP is used due to the following
unique design features
• Darling DR Series Submersible Pump has a compact
design which eliminates the overhead support
structure required by a vertical sleeve bearing or
Cantilever Pump.
• Pump installation and removal times are significantly
reduced and the time and expense required for Pump
to Motor alignment is eliminated.
• Plant flooding is no longer an issue as the Pump is
designed to be submerged.
• Mechanical Seal failure due to dry running is not an
issue as seals in DR series do not require external
lubrication.
• The need for external clean water support system for
sleeve bearings and packing box lubrication and
cooling is eliminated. This will help to minimize the
plant's clean water and water treatment cost.
• Problems with inlet plugging and dewatering of the
slurry can be avoided by using a combination of
mechanical and hydraulic agitation.

Importance of AGITATOR

Standard sump and solid handling Sump Pumps have a problem with
solid that settle at the bottom of the sump. The normal intake velocity
does not have enough force to pick up the solids and pump them to a
sufficient extent. Almost all the liquid is pumped, while the bulk of the
solids remain at the bottom of the sump. The Agitator prevents the solids
from blocking the pump inlet and mixes them with the liquid, creating
slurry that can easily be handled by the Pump.
 CRITICAL ASPECTS OF PUMP
These Pumps are installed on an extra heavy duty
motors with a service factor of 1.5 making it one of the
most rugged dredger Pumps available
2. Sealing System
The each seal-faces work in oil bath which provides better
heat dissipation and lubrication. This seal design
1 arrangement is such that there is virtually no external
liquid pressure on the Pumps. Increasing its overall life
and reducing the chances of failure thereby saving a huge
maintenance cost.
The silicon carbide primary seal is mounted in clean oil
which provides constant lubrication and cooling to its
faces. The other side of this seal is exposed to pump age
which helps to maximize heat transfer for a cooler running
seal. The spring of the seal works in clean oil, totally
isolated from the Pumped liquid.
5 The process side of the chamber is vented to allow the
mechanical seal to run at submergence pressure. Solids
2 can not be pressure driven into the seal.
3. Shaft
The Shaft is designed for limited deflection. For
mechanical seal to operate properly, shaft movement
must be minimized. DR series Pumps have been built with
3
6 a shaft stiffness ratio (L3/D4) of less than 30 to minimize
4 shaft deflection.
4. Impeller
Large passage ensures efficient pumping, even when
clumps of particles or large pieces of foreign matter pass
through the Pump. The impeller vanes are designed to
7
ensure a homogeneous flow. This minimizes the
8 separation of solids from the carrying liquid, resulting in
extremely low wear rates and sustained hydraulic
efficiency. The impeller is hardened for maximum wear
9 resistance. This ensures reliable operations with most
abrasive slurries and a long working life.
5. Bearing
Extra heavy duty to take different loads during dredging
1. Motor
operation.
The chief cause of failure of any Pump is due to failure of
6. Casing
Motor. Darling Pump has taken multi-fold steps,
precautions to prevent this. [The sealing is designed in Designed and contoured for non clogging effect with
such a way that none of the seals come in direct contact extra thickness at wear points. Horizontal Centreline
with pumped liquid which may contain abrasive discharge outlet for stability and balance during
particles.] The motor is wound with high temperature operation.
resistant polypropylene coated water proof Submersible 7. Agitator
winding wires. In addition to it, this is protected with Constructed of hard wear and impact resistant material.
moisture protector as an additional precaution. The Designed to mix, homogenize and transport slurry
winding is further protected from over heating by thermal effectively.
protection which measures the temperature of oil filled in 8. Water jet
motor cavity. This oil ensures all round uniform evenness Nozzles angled in such a manner so as to mix and move
in temperature and better heat dissipation due to larger settled solids and improve the effectiveness of agitation.
contact area. This also acts as a buffer to ingress of 9. Optional Arrangement
external media. On Request
 OPTIONAL FEATURES
Water outlet

Cooling
Jacket

Water Inlet
Pressure Jet
In some applications where solids have settled and are External Cooling Jacket
difficult to pump or where extra agitation is required and If the motor is likely to work exposed to air for long
designed to be more effective high pressure water jetting spell, a cooling jacket can be installed and will work as a
ring unsettles these solids to be pumped up easily. inbuilt arrangement.

APPLICATIONS RANGE
• Waste Sludge Handling • Removal of Slit Build up at Marinas, Harbors,
• Tank Clean Out Dock Loading facilities, etc.
• Waste Collections Ponds • Clean out of Contaminated Sludge Collection Ponds
• Thickener Clean Out • Reclaiming Beaches
• Barge Unloading • River, Lake & Canal Clean out

• Gold Tailings Reclamation • Ball Mill Sumps
• Settling and Collection Ponds
• Underground Slimes Collection Sumps
• Conveyor Tunnel Sumps • Tailings Back-fill System
• Preparation Plant Collections Sumps
• Coal Tailings Relocation • Open Pit Slimes Removal
• Crusher Sumps • Grinding Area Sumps
• Flotation Area Sumps • Truck Wash Sumps
• Removal of Material from Thickness
• Dredging Deep Deposits (up to 120 m deep)
• Recovery of Sand not mined by Primary Dredge
• Offshore/ocean Sands Mining to reclaim beaches
• Cake Conveyor Spillage Sumps • Crude Oil Tank
Clean out • Sludge Transfer • Settling/collection Pits
• Tailings Recovery • Coke Fines Collection Pit
• Relocation of Sand Filled Drilling Rings
• Drilling Mud Barge Unloading
• De-silting Water Intakes • Emergency Dump Pond
• Ash Decant Sumps • Fly Ash Collection Sump
• Ash & Waste Collection Pit • Scrubber Sludge Transfer
• Lime Collection Pit
• Coal Wash-down Sumps

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• Slimes Setting Area Relocation • Trench Clean Out • Mill Scales Pits
and Back-fill in Pipe/Cable Laying Projects • Cake Plant Scale Pit
• Clean Out Caissons in Construction • Transfer of • Blast Furnace Slag Pit
Bentonite Slurry • Overburden Removal • Water Treatment Sumps
• Slit from Gravel Washing • Clean up Sumps

SPECIAL RANGE OF OPENWELL SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS • SUBMERSIBLE DE-WATERING PUMPS • SUBMERSIBLE SEWAGE PUMPS •
• VERTICAL WET-PIT SEWAGE PUMPS • LOW HEAD HIGH DISCHARGE PUMPS • LIQUID LEVEL CONTROLLER FLOAT BALL • DRY RUNNING PROTECTOR •
Specifications, illustrations and data in this leaflet are subject to change without prior notice due to continuous improvements.

DARLING PUMPS PVT. LTD. Authorised Dealer -

Sales Office : 124, B-Wing, First Floor,

2K/10/2006-Rev. 00

Runwal Commercial Complex, Opp. Govardhan Nagar,

L.B.S. Marg, Mulund (W), Mumbai - 400080, Maharashtra, India.
Tel : (022) 25604451. Fax : 91 - 22 - 25682690. Rim : 9322668127.
E-mail : darlingm@hathway.com • Website : www.darlingpumps.in
Works : 36-F, Sector B, Sanwer Road, Indore - 452015, India.
Tel : (0731) 2720558, 2721782. Fax : 91 - 731 - 2721136.
Rim : 9302110393. E-mail : darlingin@satyam.net.in