Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions Unveils Bredel Heavy Duty Hose Pump at bauma 2025
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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions Unveils Bredel Heavy Duty Hose Pump at bauma 2025

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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions (WMFTS) will introduce its latest innovation, the Bredel Heavy Duty pump, designed specifically for the mining and construction industries, at bauma 2025 (7 – 13 April).

Part of WMFTS’s Bredel hose pump range, this new Heavy Duty model features enhanced safety measures and improved durability. It will be showcased for the first time at stand C2.339 in Munich (Messe München), Germany.

Advanced Pumping Solution for Mining and Construction

The Heavy Duty pump is an ideal choice for handling challenging materials, including abrasive, high-solid content slurries, thick sludge, and corrosive fluids. It offers flow rates of up to 108,000 L/h and pressures reaching 16 bar.

Visitors can learn from WMFTS mining experts about the pump’s enhanced frame, which allows safer transport via forklift, and its bearings, which extend lifespan when handling high-solid content slurries. Additional safety features include:

  • A window guard for extra protection
  • A flange bracket that minimises lubricant leakage and reduces maintenance
  • A C4H paint coating for increased resistance in harsh environments

This event presents a unique opportunity for attendees to explore how WMFTS peristaltic pumps and hoses, tailored for demanding mining and construction applications, contribute to more efficient and sustainable operations.

Sustainable and Low-Maintenance Pumping Solutions

Bredel hose pumps and Qdos® chemical metering pumps from WMFTS offer low-maintenance solutions with significant benefits, including reduced environmental impact, lower water consumption, and improved energy efficiency.

These durable peristaltic pumps are particularly effective for applications such as thickener underflow transfer and accurate reagent dosing, enhancing operational efficiency.

Wilfried Staijen, Global Business Development Manager – Mining at WMFTS, commented:

“Bredel, Qdos and Watson-Marlow pumps are empowering mining companies worldwide to achieve their production and sustainability goals. Whether handling polymers, flocculants, reagents, abrasive lime slurries, or corrosive chemicals, pumps and hoses from Watson-Marlow can accurately control the flow with minimal downtime for maintenance and very low-cost parts inventory. Importantly, pumps such as Bredel or Qdos can be relied upon in remote locations without the need for freshwater sources or ancillary equipment.

Unlike conventional pumps, our peristaltic pumps use a hose or tube as the primary wear part, which minimises maintenance and downtime due to internal wear. This design ensures reliable performance, which is crucial in harsh mining environments where equipment durability is essential.

Bredel hose pumps have a robust construction so they can handle high solids content and strong acids without damage or contamination, which makes them ideal solutions for thickener underflow, tailings transfer, concentrate filter feed, and chemical metering.”

Featured Products at bauma 2025

Bredel Heavy Duty Pump

  • Newly unveiled at bauma 2025, featuring advanced safety and reliability enhancements for mining and construction.

Bredel Hose Pumps

  • No valves or seals to leak, clog, or replace
  • Flow rates up to 108,000 L/h (475 GPM) and pressures up to 16 bar (232 psi)
  • Capable of pumping viscous and abrasive slurries, pastes, grit-filled sludge, corrosive acids, and other challenging materials, with up to 80% solids in suspension

Qdos Chemical Metering and Dosing Pumps

  • ReNu cartridge pumphead technology for precise and contained reagent dosing
  • Proven performance in thousands of mining installations worldwide
  • Qdos H-FLO delivers higher flow rates up to 600 L/h and pressure capabilities up to 7 bar
  • Accurate chemical metering with ±1% accuracy and ±0.5% repeatability, reducing chemical costs

Bredel Hoses

  • Bredel NR Transfer hose for extended hose life
  • Bredel EPDM hose for excellent chemical resistance against ketones, alcohols, and concentrated acids

Additional Watson-Marlow Solutions

  • Watson-Marlow cased pumps and ATEX-certified close-coupled pumps for simple, low-maintenance operation
  • Aflex hoses lined with polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) for outstanding chemical resistance
  • Corroflon fluoroplastic hose with a flexible convoluted PTFE liner for chemical and process fluid transfer
  • Corroline+ kink-resistant, flexible hose with reinforced construction for extreme conditions

Driving Productivity and Reducing Downtime in Mining Operations

Discover how Bredel, Qdos, and Watson-Marlow pumps are enhancing productivity and minimising downtime at a major tin mine in Brazil, where they are used for thickener underflow transfer and reagent dosing.

Visit stand C2.339 at bauma 2025 to learn more about these industry-leading pumping solutions.

Further information can be found at www.wmfts.com

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About us

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group (WMFTG) peristaltic tube and hose pumps meet requirements including: value for money; low cost of ownership; reliability and ease of maintenance to the food and beverage, chemical, pharmaceutical, mining and many other industries.

We demonstrate how pumps deliver significant process efficiencies over the lifetime of the equipment. Whether performing flavouring addition in food processing, chemical metering in water treatment or mineral recovery, we have a solution which can cut pump downtime and reduce costs through higher accuracy metering and transfer. WMFTG has dedicated application engineers available to help customers make the right pump and tubing choice from a range providing microlitres per minute to 80 cubic metres per hour flow rates.

The only part of the pump to come into contact with the product is the tube or hose. This means there are no seals or valves that can wear or fail. Replacing the tube or hose can be performed quickly and safely. Peristaltic pump benefits include:

Total fluid containment with no seals No ancillaries Handle viscous and abrasive slurries and sludge Self-priming capability Dry running without damage to the pump In addition to their range of positive displacement pumps, Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Group has added PTFE-lined chemical and industrial hoses to their range. Aflex hoses are reinforced to withstand the most severe conditions and use.

Where we supply to

Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, North America

Industries we supply to

Automation, Chemicals, Consultants, Components Electronics, Energy and Power, Food and Beverage, Glass Ceramics Cement, Metals and Minerals, OEM, Paper and Pulp, Pharmaceutical Cosmetics Toiletries, Plastics and Rubber, Recycling, Textiles, Tobacco, Water and Wastewater

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  • Sterile ReNu SU Technology cartridge

  • Quantum and ReNu SU Technology cartridge - Make sterile connections in non-sterile environments

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