Oil Seed Rape Meal Recovery Pump Kit
EDITOR ’ S CHOICE A NEW INCOME STREAM
NORTH RIDGE PUMPS
Oil Seed Rape Meal Recovery Pump Kit
Rapeseed meal extract or meal is a byproduct of rapeseed oil manufacture . It is created when seeds are pressed to extract oil from the plant , creating a byproduct of rapeseed meal . It is used as protein source and soya replacement which can be fed to animals or used to alter the fatty acid composition of milk .
An agricultural processing facility contacted us who were looking to recycle rape meal as a way of generating an income stream from waste by product , as well as work towards meeting net zero and sustainability targets .
They had discovered that during the cold pressing of oils large amounts of meal were being generated , which was not being utilized efficiently . The meal was gathering in pits , or containers with water and the customer wanted to be able to move it easily across their plant into containers for resale and transport . There were various sources of the meal , and they wanted the ability to move a pump kit between various points to easily decant containers or empty pits of the liquid .
North Ridge worked with the customer to fully understand the distances in which the fluid would be pumped , the liquids characteristics and solid concentration and viscosity . It is important to understand the nature of a waste liquid as quite often its nature can vary between plants making it difficult to transfer as it can be viscous , or contain abrasive solids which can quickly wear pump parts or seals . We can quickly determine what pump may be best for an application or which technology may be best suited for a particular fluid often by seeing pictures or videos of the fluid being poured , stirred or agitated without having to wait for an engineer to visit site .
We specified and supplied a self priming mobile pump kit which could be used to draw the fluid located in tanks below the pump , or take the liquid directly from vessels transferring it up to 10M horizontally and 6M vertically . We worked with the customer to ensure the process
North Ridge worked with the customer to fully understand the distances in which the fluid would be pumped , the liquids characteristics and solid concentration and viscosity .
water could be pumped at its processing temperature – 50 ° C without waiting , as well as handle the suspended solids which were up to a few mm in diameter . The pump was supplied with a local on off switch for ease of control and a 10M 3 phase power cable .
Utilising a pump kit not only enables operators to work more efficiently and recover waste product but they can be designed to eliminate manual handling , and automate fluid transfer . Pump sets can be customised to accommodate almost any process , be made mobile for ease of portability and supplied complete with accessories for easy all-in-one fluid transfer such as hosing , flowmeters and dispensing nozzles . As North Ridge Pumps are not limited to a single pump technology , it enables us to specify more than one solution for your particular process , and handle virtually any kind of fluid .
If you are looking at methods of waste recovery and processing to generate new revenue streams , visit www . northridgepumps . com or call 01773 302 660 to see how we can help .
For further information , please visit www . northridgepumps . com
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