Peristaltic Pumps Dominate Market for Precise Applications

Perth, WA, 09 June 2017 - When it comes to high purity applications, peristaltic pumps are usually the pump of choice. The main reason for this is because the material being pumped never touches any part of the pump except the tube through which it flows.

 

A peristaltic pump never touches any of the material being pumped. This keeps the material pure. In addition, the material never touches the pump, keeping the material from ever contaminating the pump.

 

Consequently, peristaltic pumps are most often used situations that not only involve high purity, but also dispensing, metering and general transfer of precise amounts of materials. This makes them indispensable for the chemical, petrochemical, food and pharmaceutical industries. They are a mainstay for dosing and for precise transfer of chemicals.

 

Advantages of Peristaltic Pumps

One of the main advantages of peristaltic pumps is mentioned earlier in this article: the media being pumped touch only the tube and not any other part of the pump. This makes it impossible for the media to be contaminated. Because the design is so simple, peristaltic pumps do not require a high degree of maintenance. They also have minimal downtime compared to other pumps.

 

Peristaltic pumps also pump a wide variety of fluids due to their design, including fluids that are too acid or too alkaline for other varieties of pumps. They are also a very gentle pump, making it possible for them to pump fluids that must be handled carefully.

 

Why Peristaltic Pumps are So Precise

Peristaltic pumps are precise because of their design. They use a tube for the fluid being pumped and rollers which pinch the tube from the sides, imitating peristalsis: the motion that helps humans and animals swallow. The speed of the rollers, the size of the tube and the amount of fluid being pumped all determine the amount of materials moved and the speed at which they are moved.

 

This is why the amount of fluid can be measured and dispensed so accurately. Peristaltic pumps are available in a number of configurations. These can range from a simple design which works at only one speed to a pump that has numerous speeds, controlled by computer.

 

 

Precise Applications for Peristaltic Pumps

There are many uses and applications for peristaltic pumps. As mentioned above, most involve precision and purity. Food manufacturing and kitchen applications include dispensing of juices and pizza sauce. They can also be used to inject vitamins A and D into various foods and in the fermentation process to circulate cell suspensions. They can be used with tissue cultures for aspiration and for harvesting cells. They are used for providing cultures with nutrients and for dispensing cosmetics.

 

Some other precise applications: sterilised media, spray coatings, fuels, lubricants and corrosive chemicals.

 

Basically, if it needs to be precise and pure, peristaltic pumps are probably the pumps of choice.

 

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