GIW minerals slurry pump provides continuous service for 52 years

A GIW Industries’ LSA model pump installed at the Noranda Alumina Plant in Gramercy, Louisiana, USA, has operated continuously with only routine maintenance for 52 years. Installed at the plant startup in 1959, the LSA pump operates on the plant’s press floor turnback area, handling bauxite mud slurry at a specific gravity of 1.25 and temperature of 125oF.