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6 Examples How Product Recovery

Can Mean Profi t Recovery

Eccentric disc pumps can reduce waste and create notable product-recovery savings in hygienic food and beverage,
pharmaceutical and cosmetic manufacturing applications

By Johann Fourrat-Besson*

roduct waste in hygienic as lobe, external circumferential There are numerous and wide-
manufacturing industries piston (ECP), twin screw, centrifugal, ranging instances where eccentric
Psuch as food and beverage, hose and progressive cavity-style disc pumps have been introduced to
pharmaceuticals and cosmetics pumps have routinely been used hygienic-manufacturing operations
has long been accepted as an in hygienic manufacturing, their with resulting notable improvements
unavoidable “cost of doing business.” operational capabilities have been in product-recovery rates and overall
The problem with this mindset is that found wanting when it comes to operational costs. Let’s take a closer

simply flushing or draining away optimizing product recovery. look at several examples:
raw ingredients or intermediate/

finished products that remain in A better, more reliable and more WINEMAKING

suction and discharge piping at the efficient choice is the Eccentric Disc Bailly Lapierre, Saint-Bris-le-
conclusion of production runs or Pump. The pump’s unique operating Vineaux, France, is one of the
during product changeovers is the principle – a disc revolves on an world’s pre-eminent producers of
same as watching money go down eccentric plane within a circular Crémant de Bourgogne, a white
the drain. channel – gives it the ability to or rose sparkling wine made
function in a non-pulsing, low- predominantly from Pinot Noir
The key, therefore, to turning product slip manner with high volumetric and Chardonnay grapes. When the
“waste” into product “recovery” – consistency. Eccentric disc pumps winemaker recently decided to
and, by extension, “profi t” recovery are also able to pump air, which upgrade its facility with state-of-
– in these situations is identifying creates a vacuum effect on the the-art equipment, it chose eccentric
and deploying the most effi cient and suction side and a compressor effect disc pumps for use in several of the
reliable pumping technology, one on the discharge side, resulting in the winemaking stages. All of these
that can be trusted to strip suction ability to push a complete product stages require high, nonpulsing

and discharge lines of still useable “plug” out of the piping without the flow rates with strong volumetric
raw materials and saleable end need for expensive pigging systems consistency and minimal slip.
products. While such technologies or other line-clearing solutions.
“Eccentric disc pumps have many

When selecting pumps, wine producers should choose a pumping technology that possesses the benefits for us,” said Mathieu
ability to recover expensive products and ingredients from the tank and piping systems. This is why Cerveau, a cellarman at Bailly
Bailly Lapierre chose to install Mouvex® SLS Series Eccentric Disc Pumps.
Lapierre. “We produce between four

and five million bottles of wine each
year, and an eccentric disc pump fi lls
each and every one. We wouldn’t be
able to operate without them. The

high flow rates are a key feature;
since we deal with big volumes of
liquid, we need a big fl ow. Another
great feature is the strong suction.
Because the pump is located in the
pressing area, it has to suck the
liquid from a lower level and send it
through about 40 meters of piping.
This isn’t possible with some other
pumps. Additionally, just as we have

Food Marketing & Technology 30 February 2020