PROCESS MARKET: FOOD
Ober-Read supports the food processing markets with several unique pump solutions for niche applications. Our pumps and blowers have been used for egg washing systems, prototype test stations for soup manufacturers, and waste vacuum removal systems at beef rendering facilities. Below are some of the more common applications we face regularly.
TRANSFER OF THICK FLUIDS
FLUX ViscoFLUX pumps are the world leader for drum unloading of thick pastes and other non-flowing food products. These drum pumps can also be mounted horizontally to serve as baseplate mounted pumps for out-of-drum applications.
FLUX also has developed a unique drum unloading system for thick fluids that completely removes all of the product from the drum, avoiding costly waste, and minimizing drum cleanup after use.
Vector hose pumps from Wanner Engineering are ideal for handling thick fluids, creams and gels, and also foods with solids and semisolids in them. Hose pumps are self-priming, can run at very slow speeds to handle viscous fluids, and can run dry indefinitely. Sanitary ‘Pharmed’ hose options are available for food applications. Vector pumps successfully run on many food products including jams and jellies, applesauce, eggs, and many thick flowing ingredients.
TRANSFER OF SOFT SOLID FOODS
The Nikuni IV Sanitary series Vortex Impeller pump series is designed to move larger food solids with minimal damage.
BULK TRANSFER OF DRY GRAINS
Gardner Denver series Duroflow and Heliflow positive displacement blowers are the industry recognized leader in bulk transfer of flour and grains across bakeries, cereal plants, and feed mills. If you have a system now, Ober-Read can help with the service and replacements of these blowers, and can also offer new replacement options that provide higher efficiency, much lower power consumption, and lower noise levels during operation. Complete enclosed IQ Packages from Gardner Denver are the ultimate in a low noise solution.
BULK TRANSFER OF PLASTICS FOR PACKAGING
Many food plants and dairies have to handle their own packaging lines, and Gardner Denver Sutorbilt, Duroflow and Heliflow blowers are the industry standard to convey the dry plastic pellets used in bag and milk bottle production lines. Ober-Read can help with the service and replacements of these blowers, and can also offer new replacement options that provide higher efficiency, much lower power consumption, and lower noise levels during operation. Complete enclosed IQ Packages from Gardner Denver are the ultimate in a low noise solution.
DISSOLVED AIR-FLOATATION PUMPS FOR POULTRY, BEEF, CHEESE & DAIRY PLANTS
Nikuni KTM Series microbubble generators are new technology in wastewater treatment. Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF), which is often used in industrial and food plant wastewater applications, mixes micron sized air bubbles into a treatment tank to effectively coalesce and float tiny particles to the top of the tank, where they can be skimmed away. DAF is not a new technology, but the Nikuni KTM Microbubble Generator draws in the air and mixes it within the pump, avoiding having to use a compressor and mixing tank, simplifying the water treatment system, and saving on installed cost and energy cost.
If you have an existing DAF system, Ober-Read can help you with your pump needs. If you are looking to a water treatment OEM to specify a system, have them look at new Nikuni KTM technology before they settle on their pump choice for your system.