Steel Plant Scale Pit Pumping with SSEW Slurry Pump

Steel

Scale Pit Slurry

A steel-plant scale pit accumulated hard, abrasive mill scale and ash with intermittent heavy slugs during rolling cycles. Existing pumps choked on settled solids on restart and wore quickly from the abrasive load.

Variable slugs of concentrated scale slurry (site-specific)

Lift from scale pit to separation/disposal (site-specific)

Hard abrasive scale and ash, heavy settled material in the pit, intermittent concentrated slugs, variable flow through the duty cycle.

SSEW — Heavy Slurry Lift Submersible Pump

HET selected the SSEW heavy slurry lift family for its ability to clear settled solids on restart while resisting abrasion, sized to handle the intermittent slugs without choking.

Submersible installation in the scale pit, handling variable sump levels and clearing settled scale during the mill cycle.

Reliable clearing of settled scale on restart and continuous handling of abrasive slugs through the rolling cycle, reducing unplanned stoppages. (Replace with verified outcome figures from the actual project.)