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everything from pumping tank overs through the “Diaphragm pumps like ours at Versamatic are
bottle filling and cleaning and sanitization process- just really good values for distillery use,” said
es. Caldwell. “They can be used throughout the dis-
tillery, are shear sensitive and won’t damage or
“Diaphragm pumps work great to clean sludge change the makeup of the product that flows
and solids buildup when tank cleaning too,” said through as can happen with some centrifugal
Caldwell. “They’re able to move what we call cake pumps. There is no damage by impellers, and main-
(semi-dry waste) out of the tanks through the tenance and repair are minimal. They can safely
pumps and lines. When you think of everything handle the distillery processes, they’re reliable,
that gets included in the waste cleaning process, easy to maintain with long life capability. Replacing
whether it’s naturally occurring sludge or other normal wear parts is fairly easy with parts or repair
waste, why pay to have all the unfiltered waste- kits found at distributors that include all consum-
water removed if you can manage the waste by able parts for your pump. It’s one less thing for the
pumping it through a filter press that will allow distiller to worry about. And under changing con-
your wastewater to be deposited down city sewer ditions like those that we currently work in, we’ve
systems? Then you’ll just have a small amount of had good success using diaphragm pumps in hand
cake to dispose of, saving money.” sanitizer conversions.”
When matching pumps to applications, KOVAL Distillery Chooses
Versamatic has pumps and lines for distilleries that Diversity in Pump Selection
are approved by the FDA and also adhere to the EU
Framework Regulation 1935/2004, meaning that The type of pumps you use may be a personal
their products contain nothing that will leech into choice, but as Mark DeSimone, Vice President of
any food or beverage applications that come in KOVAL Distillery believes, it’s a good idea to match
contact with or run through them. What comes out equipment to specific needs. KOVAL matches
is the exact same product that went in. pump type to process and uses different manu-
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