MUMBAI, India, July 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418055608 A) filed by Weir Minerals Australia Ltd on July 22, 2024, for Inlet Component For A Slurry Pump.

Inventors include Luis Moscoso Lavagna; Nestor Cinotti; and David Alan Hamilton.

The application for the patent was published on July 10, 2026, under issue no. 28/2026.

Abstract: ..A pump side part for use with a centrifugal slurry pump for pumping a fluid mixture containing particulate matter, the pump side part comprising a main body having a main axis, the main body including a side wall section which extends laterally with respect to the main axis and has opposite facing first and second sides, a plurality of formations on a surface of the second side including an inner formation and an outer formation in spaced relation to the inner formation, the formations being configured so that in use the formations generate a flow of the fluid mixture across the surface which detaches from the surface the particulate matter adjacent thereto.

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