Mineral mining

Mineral mining

The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.

Industry: Mining

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double-action pump

Mining; General mining

A pump whose water cylinders are equipped with intake and discharge valves at each end; hence liquid is delivered by the pump on both the forward and the backward strokes of the pump piston.

centripetal pump

Mining; General mining

A pump with a rotating mechanism that gathers a fluid at or near the circumference of radial tubes and discharges it at the axis.

turbine pump

Mining; General mining

A pump with a shrouded impeller and receiving the water at its center. A diffusion ring containing vanes surrounds the impeller and directs the impeller discharge into a circular casing, which ...

spout delivery pump

Mining; General mining

A pump, similar to a diaphragm pump, that is not capable of delivering water above its own height.

A pump, usually of the single-stage, single-entry, overhung type, that must have low suction loss and high-temperature features since it draws water directly from the boiler drums at high saturation ...