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Airwell Pumps can boast to having many of Australia’s largest mining and industrial companies as its clients.

Although the Airwell pump is at home in applications with flow rates up to 2 l/sec, the system wins most acclaim for its ability to operate in applications with variable or tapering flow. Inbuilt automation allows the pump to optimise flow in accordance with the bore recharge, even in applications where the recharge may eventually cease. No harm will be done to the pump by running dry.

Limited moving parts allow the Airwell Pump to operate in harsh environments that would render other pump equipment unsuccessful in a short period of time. Built in Australia to the highest standards, our standard range of pumps is manufactured from 316L stainless steel. An optional range manufactured from SAF2205 Duplex where corrosive conditions render 316L not suitable.

Airwell carry significant quantities of stock for simple system implementation.
For more specialised applications, our own fully equipped factory and in-house design department allows Airwell Pumps to provide a tailored, site specific solution to be quickly and efficiently manufactured and available as either supply only, or fully installed.

We have a long and successful history in providing our clients with well designed and cost effective solutions that cater for their specific needs, invariably providing solutions to problems too extreme for more conventional pumping methodologies.

Applications include:

Building Site & foundation dewatering

Wheat Silo

Traditionally, dewatering is often associated with large pumps with equally significant flow rates. However, there are significant numbers of dewatering applications where although the initial flows may be quite high, once the groundwater adjustment has been made, the ongoing recharge rates are only a portion of the startup rate. Water around the foundations of structures will undermine them in time, damp spots on service roads create havoc on mine sites, water ingress undermines the integrity of tunnels and interception trenches which require constant emptying to work. All of these applications may benefit from the following inherent qualities of the Airwell system.

Variable and Low flow rates

Although an Airwell is capable of flow rates to 2 L/s, it often wins its most acclaim from its ability to adjust its flow rate automatically to match the recharge flow of your dewatering bore with no risk of damaging the pump by running dry.

Grit handling ability

There are no parts in an Airwell Pump likely to be damaged by grit or sand enabling their use in dewatering applications where un-developed and uncased bores are to be used. Airwell systems have been known to handle in excess of a tonne of sand per day where there is enough velocity of water to keep the sand in suspension.

Iron oxide Bacteria

There are no parts in an Airwell Pump that can be damaged by iron oxide bacteria, and experience in real applications has demonstrated that an Airwell will run up to three times longer than standard pumping methods before cleaning is required. Because the bacteria thrive in the heat and turbulence inherent in some other pumping methods, we believe this benefit is linked to the fact that the Airwell Pump is a low turbulence unit and typically runs much cooler than the surrounding water.

Distance from power

This is a core feature of the Airwell system. An Airwell uses compressed air as its energy source to operate, with the air being produced by an air compressor located close to existing power. The air is then reticulated to the pumps through an inexpensive airline, often over significant distances of many kilometres. By sizing the airline correctly, a single compressor can provide the energy for just one pump or a complete bore field with hundreds of pumps.

Corrosive conditions

Our standard range of pumps is manufactured from 316L stainless steel which has excellent qualities for use in a wide range of applications. However, in extreme and corrosive conditions we also have a range of pumps manufactured from SAF2205 Duplex.
Because we are the manufacturer, we are able to make systems from other materials to suit your application.

Fresh water harvesting

Finding a potable water supply for a mine site can often be a challenging exercise, and once the water is found, it may be a considerable distance from the mine and its mains elctrical power or be a low flow water supply.

Airwell have a solution for this situation on many mine sites. Compressed air is reticulated from a compressor at the main plant out to the bore field up to 15 km away, pumping the water back to storage tanks at the mine. The inbuilt automation of the Airwell optimises the water recover from the borefield, whilst the addition of float valves on the storage tank inlets will turn the system off once the tanks are full. This is all achieved at a fraction of the cost of running power and additional pump automation.

Using an Airwell water supply can offer you the following advantages:

Poly Pipe Welding

Airwell Pumps now offer a fully licensed poly pipe welding service up to 225mm in Diameter.

Airwell can also assist you in your project by:

Poly Welding and Poly StampPoly Pipes and Trucks
Submersible Install