Ingersoll-Rand is now offering a specially tailored selection of pumps for the construction and mining industries, to ensure work sites, mines and equipment are kept in the best possible condition.

Working behind-the-scenes, Ingersoll-Rand pumps help to maintain operations in applications ranging from water removal to high pressure cleaning and lubrication of vehicles and equipment, according to the UK-based manufacturer.

Elaborating on their features, the spokesman says: Ingersoll-Rand has a comprehensive range of air-powered pumps for denaturing and other on-site water handling applications.

''Air-powered pumps offer a number of advantages - there is no need to worry about fuel tanks, electrical connections or burnt out electric motors. There are two types of pump to choose from-submersible pumps for underground water and diaphragm pumps for surface applications.

''Ingersoll-Rand submersible pumps are compact and low weight, yet have a rugged construction and are cable of discharging over 750 1/min of water, dealing easily with entrained debris such as leaves, twigs, mulch and even sewage, where work sites have become flooded, the surface water can be removed with Ingersoll-Rand diaphragm pumps. The latter have patented no-stall and ice-free operation as well as a host of other design features.

''To increase the range of applications, reassembled screen inlet pumps and retro-fittable inlet kits are available to help tackle problems with unwanted and unavoidable debris.

''As well as products for handling water, the Ingersoll-Rand construction and mining pump range offers air-powered pump packages for lubrication and maintenance of equipment and vehicles.

''Like the diaphragm pumps, these lubrication pumps have a powerful, stall-free and ice-free design. Products include a 5:1 ratio air motor-driven gear oil package, complemented by ARO-Pak self-contained, portable lubricators which hold 2.3 kg of medium pressure lubricant, primed with 40 psi air pressure to help dispense the lubricant. The range also comprises grease packages in four sizes providing 18, 27, 54 and 181 kg of grease respectively.

''For high pressure cleaning applications, Ingersoll-Rand can offer wall-mounted or wheel-frame mounted pump packages equipped with spray wands for delivering high pressure jets of water for cleaning trucks and construction and mining equipment.

''The range also includes Calcium Chloride Tyre-fill pump packages designed for evacuating and filling tyres with calcium chloride ballast solution.

''These packages are based around a diaphragm pump with an aluminium construction and neoprene diaphragms and Teflon checks for compatibility with the corrosive calcium chloride solution.''

All the pumps are covered in a new brochure released by Ingersoll-Rand specifically for the construction and mining industries.

''The new publication describes all the products in the range including details on parts, accessories and service kits for the pumps,''Êthe spokesman adds.