Case study Pump production efficiency leading to more than 1m$/year operating result Our client DEME wanted to reduce production losses encountered due to the frequent replacement of the wear ring of its dredging pump. 1 Client request Reducing the replacement frequency of the wear ring thanks to an increase in wear life of the casting. 2 Solution The use of Expand for the exposed zone allowing an increase of the lifetime x3. 3 Results With realistic operating conditions, the total savings of our client DEME was more than 1,300k USD! Maintenance costs savings 10,600$ Increase in production efficiency 1,216,000$ Savings in parts replacement 5,000$ Savings in fuel consumption 122,000$ Total savings 1,353,600$