INTERNATIONAL PUMP USER CONFERENCE

IPUC 2011 is proudly hosted by Harry Rosen of TAS, in association with the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering (SAIMechE). It is the leading pump conference in South Africa focused on the mining, petrochemical, industrial, bulk water and waste water industries.

Leading experts, both international and local, will share their wealth of knowledge and experience on pumping systems and present papers on tried and tested solutions, as well as effective problem solving techniques using the latest technology.
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Pump manufacturers, consulting engineers, mine, plant and utility managers, production and plant engineers, maintenance and project managers and municipal representatives will again meet at IPUC to learn from the experts and to exchange views with their peers, as well as to attend the co-located Afriwater exhibition.

Conference Theme
In the past pumping systems were designed taking into account the old realities of abundant and relatively cheap electricity. Production stability and reliability was king. Now power supply is limited, unreliable and increasingly expensive.

IPUC 2011 will focus on the latest developments around the world designed to address this new environment and how to modify existing systems without incurring a crippling financial burden. Particular emphasis will be placed on the utilities - water and electricity - where the World in general, and Africa in particular, face impending crises of supply and infrastructure failure, with vast implications for health and quality of life.

In addition our IPUC theme this year includes the financial aspects of migrating systems from the cheap abundant electricity era to the current higher cost, limited supply realities. A number of speakers drawn from the finance and donor funding disciplines will cover this aspect, drawing a whole new industry sector to IPUC.

It is widely accepted that efficient pumping systems lead to lower production costs and higher profits for the operator and, in turn, less pressure on both electricity supply capacity and the environment.
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