A solids handling pump offers several benefits when pumping and transporting fluid mixed with a concentration of solids. These slurry pumps are designed to handledifficult, abrasive slurries commonly found in dredging, manufacturing, mine tailings, and many other industrial applications. On standard pumps, these slurries will quickly wear down the pump and the pump’s critical components. When this happens, maintenance must be performed at much quicker intervals than what would be found when pumping non-solids, thus creating unnecessary downtime and loss of production.