General Information	Chemical, Oil and Petroleum Industries
Click an image above for applications in specific industrial sectors and case studies of disc pump installations for that industry. For other industries: [mining, metal, utilities, etc] click here Disc pumps are being used successfully in an extremely wide range of industries. The pumps are ideally suited to hard-to-pump applications, where the disc pump's unique minimal contact pumping mechanism excels at handling abrasive, viscous, high solids, and heavily air and gas-entrained fluids - without breakdown and with almost zero wear. The pumps are also perfect for handling delicate and shear sensitive products, where the minimal contact ensures no damage to the product and no emulsification.	Shear sensitive chemicals: eg polymer emulsions, latexes, crystals, shear dilatant, shear thixotropic Viscous fluids: eg waste sludge, tank bottoms, black beauty, paint skins, oil sludge, asphalt, etc Abrasive fluids: eg borax, drilling mud, sand slurries with up to 80% solids, crystals, etc Air or gas-entrained fluids: eg crude oil, chemical froths, DAF sludge High temperature or pressure processes: disc pumps can be manufactured to API-610, 8th Edition
	Pulp and Paper Manufacture
	Chemical recovery: eg green liquor dregs, black liquor soaps, clarifier sludge, etc Paper stock and pulp: up to 18%+ density with no dilution and no external fluidizer required Paper coatings: polymer emulsions, latexes, kaolin clay slurries, titanium dioxide slurries up to 80% solids, bentonite solutions, etc Effluent and powerhouse areas: eg lime sludge, knotter rejects, ash slurries, DAF sludge, etc
	Wastewater Treatment and Disposal
	Viscous and high solids fluids: all types of municipal and industrial waste sludge, sewage Abrasive fluids: eg lime sludge, waste from mining, sand slurries with up to 80% solids Air or gas-entrained fluids: eg DAF sludge and other types of anaerobic sludge Large and/or stringy solids: by widening the spacing between the discs in the Discpac, solids up to 20" [50mm] can be pumped
	Food Processing & Sugar Manufacture
	Viscous and high solids fluids: eg molasses, sugar slurries with up to 80% solids, pet food sludge, brewery waste, slaughter house waste, etc Abrasive fluids: eg sugar slurries, meat waste with bones, blood, oyster shell slurry, etc Delicate and shear sensitive foodstuff: eg citrus oil, corn kernels, sugar crystals, rice, fruit, etc Large and/or stringy solids: by widening the spacing between the discs in the Discpac, solids up to 20" [50mm] can be pumped, eg whole chickens
	Other Areas of Industry
	Metal industry: eg steel slag, quench water, metal powder slurries, acid recirculation, etc Mining and mine dewatering: eg drilling mud, graphite mine tailings, chalk, diamond mining, etc Ceramic, glass and stone: eg rock slurries, fiberglass, ceramic slurries, etc Pharmaceutical industry: eg living cells, plankton, bacteria, whole blood, catalyst solutions, etc Agrilculture: agricultural sludges and slurries with high solids, and varying solids sizes Utilities: all types of viscous, abrasive and/or corrosive fluids in power plants and utility plants Hazardous materials: eg nuclear waste

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