SAER to make product debut at Electra Mining 2016

Italian pump manufacturer SAER, which is solely distributed in South Africa by the Letaba Group, will be re-launching into the South African market at Electra Mining 2016 at stand P19/P66 (outside).

This will be the first year that SAER has a large stand, which will showcase two types of products – the domestic range and the industrial range. “With large stock holdings, we want industry to know that SAER is here to stay,” says Letaba Dewatering Sales Engineer, Leonard Applegryn.

There will be a variety of pumps on display from SAER, some of which are well known in industry. Some products however, are new to the South African market and will also be exhibited.

“The T1 is new technology from SAER, and we are the only suppliers of the T1 in South Africa,” says Applegryn. The T1 is a small booster unit that can be used in small confined spaces. “What makes it so unique is that it can achieve certain pressures that other pumps can’t,” he adds.

Letaba have been selling SAER in South Africa for around 16 months. “The uptake on these pumps has been fantastic so far, and we were recently awarded a tender worth R4m to supply a gold mine in the North West Province. At this project, two SAER pumps are being used to dewater a mine shaft. This is being done in an unconventional way using SAER 185kw borehole pumps.”

Applegryn highlights that the conventional way to pump is to perform batching where only sections of water are removed at a time. “SAER does things unconventionally, which is why it has grown in popularity. The new SAER pump is a high powered borehole pump running at 185kw of power. It moves 40cubes of water a second at 700m,” says Applegryn, adding that this saves mines around two weeks of dewatering time. “Our method pumps the water to a retaining dam, which then gets pumped to another site to use during processing.”

The SAER technology has also shown success in a number of international countries, namely Australia, Peru, Tunisia, and Russia.

The Letaba Group have had positive feedback on this product on a global scale. It is affordable and trustworthy, and is one of the only products in the market that is 100% Italian (manufactured and assembled).

The SAER brand, which has been around since 1951, is “impeccably made”. There are some pumps that have been installed in South Africa have been in operation since 1992 and are still running efficiently. Applegryn notes that because of the economic climate in South Africa, SAER is the way forward for industry, as these pumps are reasonably priced and offer excellent quality.

The SAER range mostly focuses on dewatering clear water, and on bulk water transportation.