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Pump spares / Germiston / Since 1977
Pump spares and
precision components, made to your drawing.
Mechanical Spares & Engineering (MSE) makes wear rings, pump shafts, sleeves, bushes and other pump spares to your drawing or sample in Germiston, Gauteng.
What we make
Pump spares and machined components, made to order.
Every part is made for the order, to your drawing or sample, in the material you specify, one-off to small batch. There is no catalogue. Eight part families, each with its own page.
Wear rings
Casing and impeller wear rings, plus neck, spacer and lantern rings, made to your drawing.
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Pump shafts
Plain and multistage shafts, turned, keyed, ground, straightened and run-out checked.
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Sleeves and bushes
Shaft, protection and throttling sleeves; bearing, neck and interstage bushes in metal or polymer.
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Balance and rotating parts
Balance discs and drums, throwers, thrust collars, impeller nuts and locknuts.
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Covers and housings
Bearing covers and housings, brackets, stuffing-box covers, seal housings and flanges.
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Couplings, nuts, studs and keys
Couplings, threaded couplings, special nuts and studs, and keys, to drawing or sample.
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Machining your castings
One operation or full machining on castings, impellers and bar you supply.
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Repairs
Shaft journals, rotors, covers, stage casings and motor covers, to a written scope.
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Inside our works
Turned, milled, ground and straightened under one roof.
CNC and conventional turning, milling, slotting, cylindrical grinding, shaft straightening, drilling and sawing in-house. Heat treatment, coatings, hardfacing, NDT and castings arranged through specialist partners.
Numbers from our own records
MSE in numbers: registered in 1977, 30 machines
Mechanical Spares & Engineering (MSE) makes and repairs pump spares to drawing or sample at 28 Shaft Road, Knights, Germiston, east of Johannesburg. The company was registered in 1977.
Last updated:
- 1977 The year Mechanical Spares & Engineering (Pty) Ltd was registered
- 30 Machines under one roof, including 2 CNC turning centres, 6 milling machines and 2 cylindrical grinders
- 9,082 mm Longest pump shaft we have supplied, 91 mm in diameter (2022)
- 200 x 2,857 mm Heavy shafts we make again and again, in hardened and tempered 42CrMo4
- 20+ Grades we machine: stainless, duplex and super duplex, bronzes, cast irons, alloy steels and engineering plastics
- One-off to small batch. Every part is made to order
Proof, not adjectives
Pump parts we have made and supplied
- A pump shaft 9,082 mm long and 91 mm in diameter, supplied in 2022.
- Pump shafts 200 mm in diameter and 2,857 mm long in 42CrMo4, hardened and tempered, as a repeat order since 2022.
- Four-stage pump shafts supplied complete with nuts and keys, and seven-stage pump shafts (2026).
- Interstage bushes in nickel cast iron.
- Pump parts in super duplex (S32760 family), from bar supplied with an EN 10204 3.2 mill certificate.
One works, one supplier
Why buyers come back to MSE in Germiston
- Pump parts are our core work. Most of what we make goes to pump manufacturers and pump service centres.
- We check your drawing before the first cut. The order is checked against the drawing number and revision; if they differ, we ask you to confirm in writing.
- Shaft journals are ground and shafts straightened on our own machines, and run-out is checked at grinding.
- One supplier for the finished part. Heat treatment, hard chrome, thermal spray, Stellite hardfacing, ultrasonic testing and castings are arranged through specialist partners.
- We deliver in our own vehicles.
Quality
Checked against your drawing and revision.
- Your order is checked against the drawing number and revision. If they differ, we ask you to confirm in writing.
- Parts are inspected against your drawing.
- Run-out is checked on ground shafts.
- Tell us at quote stage which documents you need, and the quote will say which we supply.
Breakdowns
Pump down? Call us first.
MSE makes breakdown spares and does urgent repairs in Germiston, east of Johannesburg. Call, then email the drawing, or photos of the failed part with a tape measure in shot, to orders@mse.engineer. No drawing? Send or bring the part.
Four ways a job starts
How a job starts: a drawing, a sample, a breakdown or your castings
- 01
A drawing
With a number and revision, for a wear ring, a shaft or a sleeve. We make it in the grade on the drawing.
What to send - 02
A worn or broken part
No drawing? We make the replacement from the sample.
Parts from a sample - 03
A breakdown call
A pump is down and a part is needed now. Phone first, then email photos.
Breakdowns - 04
Your castings or impellers
For one operation or full machining, to your drawing.
Machining your castings
How to order
From drawing to delivery in three steps.
- 01
Send the drawing or the part
Email the drawing with its number and revision, or photos, or send us the part itself. Add the material grade, quantity and required date.
- 02
We quote
We reply with a quote, or with the questions we need answered first. Ask us for the lead time: it depends on the part.
- 03
We make, inspect and deliver
Made to your drawing, inspected against it, and delivered in our own vehicles with the documents agreed at quote stage.
Straight answers
Questions buyers ask about MSE
Who makes what, where, and how to order.
Who makes pump wear rings in Gauteng?
MSE, in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, makes casing and impeller wear rings to drawing, in stainless, duplex, bronze and cast iron. Small batches run on CNC turning centres; large rings are turned on a gap-bed lathe.
Can someone make a pump shaft from a worn sample?
Yes. MSE makes replacement pump shafts from a worn or broken sample when there is no drawing. Send or bring the shaft with the pump make and model, and the material if you know it.
Who we work for
For pump manufacturers, service centres and engineering firms.
Industrial pumps first: we make spares for pump manufacturers and pump service centres. We also make components to drawing or sample for other engineering firms.
Pump manufacturers
Wear rings, shafts, sleeves, bushes, balance parts, covers and housings, made to your drawing numbers and revisions.
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Spares and repairs for the pumps you service, to your QCP where you have one, through your purchasing portal or by email.
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Components to drawing or sample: sprockets, pinions, weights, idler and crusher rollers, and jaws.
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