KSB GIW, a manufacturer of centrifugal slurry pumps, broke ground on an IoT and automation lab in Grovetown, Georgia.
The company celebrated the groundbreaking with a ceremony Tuesday.
“KSB GIW’s investment in the new lab is an investment in our customers,” says Wolfgang Demmler, head of KSB Mining. “We are committed to helping customers achieve their objectives, with a key priority being the digitization of their entire mining process. This lab will be an incubator for technologies that make this objective a reality.”
According to KSB GIW, the lab will initially focus on enhancing GIW SLYsight and GIW RAMSL – the company’s IoT-enabled offerings. GIW SLYsight is a pump wear-monitoring solution that uses sensors to measure real-time wear rates in slurry pump parts. The company says the data helps operators make safe, effective adjustments during operation, ultimately extending pump life.
GIW RAMSL is a mechanical system automating pump adjustments, allowing engineers and maintenance teams to optimize pump performance.
Those who attended KSB GIW’s groundbreaking event experienced live demonstrations of the company’s GIW SLYsight and GIW RAMSL technologies. Demmler and other company executives, meanwhile, shared their visions for the lab’s impact on the company and the industry.
“This lab represents a significant step forward in providing innovative IoT solutions to the mining industry,” says Robert Visintainer, vice president of engineering at KSB GIW. “With a dedicated space for R&D around IoT and automation, KSB GIW can significantly accelerate its development of these technologies. The goal is to give our customers the ability to maximize uptime and reduce costs.”
Jonathan Samuel, president and CEO of KSB GIW, says providing IoT technologies differentiates the company from other slurry pump manufacturers.
“When customers visit KSB GIW and view the new lab, they’ll see that we are more than a mechanical pump company and foundry,” Samuel says. “We are a technology-driven hub for mining solutions.”
