Plumbing Africa May 2017 | Page 65

PRODUCTS 63 Rimless WC New centrifugal pump Design, hygiene, and ease of cleaning are decisive factors when choosing toilets. The usual selection of toilets (WCs) is a hiding place for germs, becoming the breeding ground for disease. The Geberit rimless toilets are designed entirely without flush rims, thus avoiding the chance of germ and dirt build-up in those hard-to-reach places. Such a design requires flushing technology, which has been achieved. The design creates another opportunity for designers and plumbers to upsell their clients when selecting ceramic sanitaryware. Part of its new Packo range of food-grade pumps, the new centrifugal pump is capable of pumping beer into eight million 250mℓ bottles an hour. The Dutch-based Verder Group acquired the UK-based Fullwood Packo Group in 2015, with Verder South Africa embarking on an extensive marketing campaign for the food and beverage industry. Kobus Fourie, Packo pump specialist at the company, explains that the range has application in 11 niche sectors. These are dairy, meat and fish, textiles, wastewater and potable water, breweries and distilleries, food and beverage, washing and disinfection, surface treatment, vegetables, animal feeds and biogas, hot frying oil, petrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. “At the moment, our campaign is focused on breweries, and food and beverage,” Fourie confirms. Globally, a demand for increased production capacities and more efficient processes in the food and beverage industry has seen a need for stainless steel pumps with flow rates in excess of 1 000m³/h. For more information, contact +27 (0) 11 444 5070. For more information, contact +27 (0) 11 704 7500. www.plumbingafrica.co.za May 2017 Volume 23 I Number 3