Low-cost lightweight pumps

Citation

(2001), "Low-cost lightweight pumps", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 48 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2001.12848aad.017

Low-cost lightweight pumps

Low-cost lightweight pumps

Keywords: Pump Engineering, Pumps

Reliable and cost-effective methods of transferring liquids from drums, tanks or IBCs is an important requirement in many industries, particularly in the OEM market where pumps need to be efficient, compact and cost-effective.

To meet this need, liquids handling specialist Pump Engineering reports that it has developed a novel, lightweight (700g), injection moulded pump, which it believes is one of the most cost-effective pumps available on the market today.

With a list price of under £100, the Pageboy Toppa drum-emptying/transfer pump (Plate 6) is a single diaphragm pneumatically operated pump manufactured in polypropylene with a PTFE diaphragm and a choice of rubber seals. Requiring only a clean, dry, air supply, the Toppa pump is reported to be easy to use and ideally suited to transfer, in small quantities or on a continuous basis, detergents, water treatment chemicals, plating solutions, vegetable oils and non-aggressive chemicals compatible with the materials of construction.

Plate 6 Toppa low-cost pneumatic diaphragm pump from Pump Engineering

The output and head depend on the liquid being pumped, but as standard the Toppa pump will reportedly deliver a flowrate of up to 7.5 litres/minute and a head up to 5 bar, although higher outputs are said to be available.

Further details are available from Pump Engineering Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)1903 730900; Fax: + 44 (0)1903 730234.