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Chocolate

Positive displacement gear pumps are ideal for chocolate manufacturing due to their precise flow control, maintaining ingredient ratios and product quality. They handle chocolate gently, minimizing shear and temperature effects, which preserves texture and prevents aeration. These pumps ensure consistent chocolate flow, crucial for processes like molding and enrobing. They handle high-viscosity fluids efficiently, ensuring smooth operations with thick substances.

Massecuite

Massecuite is a mixture of raw sugar crystals and liquor made by seeding supersaturated cane or beet juice prior to crystallization and the removal of the molasses by centrifuging.  It contains a high concentration of abrasive sugar crystals. 

Liquefied Gases

Liquified gases present many pumping difficulties including very low viscosity and lubricity, low specific gravity, low temperatures and require special sealing arrangements due to high inlet pressure. 

Positive displacement pumps, including close-clearance internal gear pumps and vane pumps are well suited to handling certain liquified gases due to their low NPSHr, low temperature metallurgy options, high pressure capabilities, resistance to vapor lock and many available sealing arrangements. 

 

Latex

Latex is the generic term for emulsions of polymer in water that is stable. These emulsions can be natural or synthetically made. This liquid is typically very shear-sensitive and requires care when pumping. 

Hot Melt

Positive displacement pumps are ideal for manufacturing hot melt due to their ability to handle highly viscous materials and maintain a consistent flow rate, which is essential in the production processes that require precise application and distribution. Unlike centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps are not affected by changes in viscosity, ensuring that hot melt adhesives and materials are delivered accurately and with minimal pulsation. This precision helps in maintaining the quality and performance of hot melt products, reducing waste and inefficiencies.

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

Positive displacement gear pumps are ideal for processing high fructose corn syrup due to their ability to handle high-viscosity fluids with precision and consistency. These pumps operate by trapping pockets of fluid between the gear teeth and the pump casing, enabling a smooth and continuous flow regardless of changes in pressure or viscosity. This is particularly important for high fructose corn syrup, which is thick and sticky, requiring a pump that can maintain a steady output without causing shear or degradation of the product.

Greases

Positive displacement gear pumps are ideal for transferring greases in manufacturing because they handle high-viscosity fluids effectively. These pumps trap a set amount of grease, forcing it through the discharge pipe to ensure a steady flow, even with system pressure changes. This makes them especially good for thick greases that resist flow in situations where other pumps might fail. Gear pumps have simple mechanisms that reduce shear and turbulence, maintaining the grease's performance qualities.