In the wake of the flooding and landslides that occurred in KwaZulu-Natal in April and May 2022, 448 folks have been left lifeless and greater than 40 000 displaced, with harm to roads, schools, water infrastructure and companies.
On 18 April, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a nationwide state of catastrophe. As repairs got underway, one of many first issues many flooded companies confronted was to get rid of the water and debris of their factories or warehouse premises. The Werner Pumps rental unit, a mix jetting and vacuum truck, was put to good use to help with the clean-up operations.
“We rented our unit to two firms for several weeks at a time to help them in servicing their clients’ in Durban and the surrounding areas after the horrific flooding,” says Sebastian Werner, Managing Director at Werner Pumps. “It’s the first time that the unit has been used for catastrophe restoration efforts after flooding. It was good to have the flexibility to help in some way by sending the combination truck from our head workplaces in Springs all the way down to our KwaZulu-Natal clients to assist. It will have to have done a great job as a result of one of the firms has now ordered one from us to help with their ongoing air pollution management and industrial clean-up operations.”
The rental unit is a combination truck that provides state-of-the-art hydraulically operated jetting and vacuum functionality. It’s out there via Werner Water Recycling, the rental division (founded in 2013) of Werner Pumps, the leading manufacturer of high-pressure jetting equipment in South Africa.
Known as the Impi Unit, it provides a tilting 12.500 litre, 304 stainless steel tank, with a hydraulically-driven high-pressure pump capacity of 295L/Min at 135bar, and a vacuum pump with 1700 m3/hr suction capability. The high-pressure pump is fitted with a pneumatically operated regulating valve, making infinite strain adjustment attainable, thus growing the protection of the operator during use.
“It’s best for everything from sewer and stormwater cleaning and upkeep, to sludge and slurry elimination, separator cleansing, contaminated liquid restoration, recovering solids, and cleansing surfaces,” says Werner. “In ราคาpressuregauge of a catastrophe, it may be used to wash up standing water or to wash smoke-damaged facilities. We’ve found there’s demand for the unit from municipalities and contractors to bridge a niche when they’re waiting on a unit, or for finances to turn out to be available, and for people who want it for a selected time-bound application.”
Ultimately, Werner says, the company want to construct up its rental fleet to service the rising demand. “When one thing happens and somebody urgently wants a truck, as was the case with the flooding, we wish to be able to ship them one instantly,” he says. “Our purpose has always to be a one-stop store, and to ensure our prospects are in a position keep working always, so we’re discovering ways to assist them do that.”
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