Food & Beverage

During food and beverage processing, facilities utilize various types of machinery and equipment, including pumps specifically designed for the food and beverage market. Food processors that mass produce large quantities of food and beverage for human consumption must maintain hygienic conditions for food safety. They must also precisely control the amount of ingredients or food additives used during processing.

Various types of pumps are used throughout the food processing industry, such as a high-pressure pumping system for wash and clean processes and dosing pumps to maintain product integrity with precisely controlled flavorings and essence. Food processing pumps are also used to move products such as slurry transfer and for clean food dispensing.

Food & Beverage Wash and Clean Systems

High-pressure pumps help to maintain safety requirements for wash and clean applications in the food processing market. Cost-effective pumping systems are available today with the latest technology that goes far beyond the traditional high-pressure pumping capabilities. Cost-effective wash and clean pumping systems provide simple, low-cost maintenance with high energy efficiency and reliability. Pumping systems for the food and beverage industry today can accommodate high and low-flow demands with minimal downtime while ensuring product integrity.

Illinois Process Equipment, IPE, offers fully integrated pumping systems that meet the needs of food processors with a compact footprint, high efficiency, and easy maintenance. Grundfos offers a solution for wash and clean pumping systems for the food processing industry with the Hydro HP, a multistage in-line pump that incorporates a low horsepower jockey/pressure-maintenance pump with up to five high-pressure pump tandems in a booster set, providing steady pressure from 5 gpm to 500 gpm.

Grundfos CR vertical multistage pumps are designed to withstand a processing plant’s harsh environments and deliver consistent performance for high-pressure applications.

With remote management, integrated controls, variable frequency drive (VFD) technology, and automated monitoring, food processors can meet the challenges of today’s environment.

Food & Beverage Dosing Pumps

Food and beverage processors must strictly control the amount of food flavorings and essence to maintain product quality and to reduce waste through loss of ingredients. While overdosing some ingredients may not alter the taste or smell of a food product, they may be expensive and wasting additives can be costly. Dosing pumps for the food and beverage industry maintain a consistent and accurate level of flavorings, food colorings, natural food essence or various additives.
IPE offers a wide range of dosing pumps for the food processing industry, which provides high accuracy, stable control, ease of cleaning, and easy changeover. Automatic filling with efficient operation and a compact pumping system give food and beverage processors the control they need for peace of mind in producing high-quality products.

Food & Beverage Pump Safety Regulations

Food processors must maintain the integrity of all products with pumps that comply with strict safety and regulatory standards such as:

FDA CFR 21.177 – Code of Federal Regulations Title 21 refers to standards regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, regarding the use of safe elastomeric material in pump manufacturing.

3-A Sanitary Standards – 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. first introduced standards for the hygienic design of equipment used for the dairy industry in the 1920s. 3-A Standards continue to focus on advancing food safety through hygienic equipment design, aimed at three interest groups, including equipment fabricators, food processors, and regulatory sanitarians.

The cleanability of pump and process equipment is important in meeting all safety regulations for food and beverage processing.

Food & Beverage Pump Supplier

Illinois Process Equipment, IPE, is a leading Midwest supplier of pump and process equipment solutions offering advanced pumping technologies to food and beverage processors. We can help you select the right type of pump for your application, whether for wash and clean processes, metered dosing, or various food and beverage processes. Our experienced pump specialists offer market expertise and deep technical knowledge of the various pump and process equipment technologies that improve food and beverage processing applications.