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Welcome to the first edition of the
HEC Slurry Digest, the newsletter
of Hunter Equipment Company. I am
so excited about the opportunity that
this and future newsletters will offer
our clients. We now have the ability
to get information about existing
products, new products and parts to
our clients in a quick and friendly
format. Each newsletter will have
helpful information about applications
of our equipment, new products,
expediting, and customer service.

Our goal is to provide you with
interesting and informative articles
which address slurry handling.
There will be sections in our letter
that will be of particular interest to
operators, engineers, supervisors,
plant managers, purchasing, and
receiving personnel.

Hunter Equipment Company wants
you to know that we are here to
help. Our staff is trained and ready to
offer you real solutions to your slurry
handling needs. Whether you are
looking for a part for your existing
equipment, a new valve, pump, or
mixer or a solution to a slurry
handling problem, we are here to
lend a hand.

Please allow us to better serve you.
Take a look around. The top bar
links back to our website. If you
have any comments or questions
about The Slurry Digest, please call
or email me. I look forward to
hearing from you.

David S. Pratt, President

Do you have a tough sludge to pump? Is
the cost of rebuilding Diaphragm pumps
too high? Are you continually battling the
costs and the time in keeping your sumps
drained? It's time to put a Pitbull Pump
in service. You will literally place this
pump in service and forget about it.
Pitbull Pumps by Chicago Industrial
Pump Company are the superior
alternative to diagphragm pumps. No
parts to replace means no downtime for
maintenance. No bearings, no ball check
valves, no electricity, no shafts, no
impellers, no packing, no mechanical
seals, no motor. All you need is plant air
with 40 psi inlet pressure to start pumping.
Gloves, rocks, welding rods, you name it,
if it will fit in the inlet, it will pump with the
Pitbull Pump.

CALL TODAY FOR AN
ON-SITE DEMO in your
environment. This is truly an amazing
pump. A must have for down and dirty
pumping jobs.

How far away is lightning from you?

Use the FLASH to BANG method:

1...When you see the FLASH
2...Count the number of seconds to the
BANG of thunder,
3...Divide this number by 5,
4...And this gives you the MILES the
lighting is away from you.

It is recommended if the thunder arrives
within 30 seconds or less from your
location, you should seek shelter!

Example:

If it takes 15 seconds between the time
you see a lightning flash and hear the
rumble of thunder, then the lightning
flash is 3 miles from your location (too
close!!)

The alumina industry is well known as
some of the toughest pump
applications in the industrial sector.
High temperature, high pH, extreme
abrasion, and severe scaling are but a
few of the obstacles that a slurry
pump must overcome. When it comes
to alumina slurries, Hunter Equipment
Company brings you the GIW
Industries line of heavy-duty
centrifugal slurry pumps. With
hundreds of alumina installations
worldwide, the GIW LCC slurry
pump is a proven answer to the
toughest pumping jobs.

Red side duties such as mud washer
underflow, sand removal, ball mill
discharge, blow off, and red mud
tailings are handled with efficient, long
lasting, abrasion resistant GIW
pumps. White side applications such
as seed transfer, cyclone feed, pump
around, tray underflow, and hydrate
filter feed have proven GIW pump
design to be the answer for the most
arduous tasks.

GIW is the world leader in the transfer of
solids using centrifugal pumps. Slurry
pumps are the ONLY pumps made by
GIW. Home to the world's largest slurry
pump hydraulic laboratory, GIW leads
the way in metallurgy, design, and
expertise in the science of moving
abrasive slurries. Since 1894-- slurry
pumps have been the focus of this
company based in Grovetown, Georgia.

Matched with HEC's customer service,
alumina expertise, and locations in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana and Mandeville,
Jamaica, GIW is ready to take on the
toughest applications in the plant. Let us
show you... WE KNOW ALUMINA!

has taken charge of our expediting
department. She is the go-to person
for questions about timely shipments.
Drop her a line and give her a warm
welcome. Sandy's email is
Sandy@hunterequipmentco.com

Sandy comes to HEC with over 10
years of industrial experience. She
and her husband Kenny live in
Denham Springs. They have two
daughters and two grandchildren.