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Pumps for food waste
Eight Mono NOV progressing cavity pumps have been performing efficiently at Parripak Foods for over two years.
The most recently installed, a Mono Widethroat pump, transfers potato waste slurry away from the food production site to their effluent treatment plant.
The Widethroat pump is designed to transfer highly viscous or bulky materials such as fruit and vegetable waste slurries and is increasingly being installed into processes where food production waste must be disposed of efficiently. The positive diplacement action of the pump does not rely on centrifugal force to generate pressure energy, so there are no large changes in velocity of the pumped material and agitation and turbulence are minimized, providing a consistent flow.
The standard design of the Widethroat pump consists of an enlarged rectangular inlet with a screw conveyor to assist the product into the pumping element. Options are available to modify the inlet with either large diameter augers or integral bridge breakers.