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If you approach the task of selecting your barrel pump with care, however, you will end up with a reliable, versatile and piece of equipment that will work quietly and efficiently for many years to come. Barrel pumps are remarkably simple in their operation, which is one of the things that makes them so reliable, so if you choose the right pump you are more or less guaranteeing yourself a trouble free future.
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A barrel pump, also sometimes referred to as a “barrel transfer pump” is a portable pump which has been specifically designed to facilitate the safe and efficient transfer of fluids from barrels. • This usually means standard 200 litre barrels but barrel emptying pumps can be used for all kinds of barrel type containers. • Barrel pumps are designed to provide an easy and safe way to transfer or dispense virtually any chemical from containers such as barrels or drums. • Barrel pumps are also sometimes referred to as drum pumps.
Whatever we call them there are many different models, tube lengths and accessories designed to satisfy diverse industry requirements. • Some rely on manual operation using handles, levers, or plungers to dispense the fluid. • These are incredibly versatile pieces of equipment with a wide range uses but this versatility means that you do have to take a few factors into consideration to make sure that you select a barrel pump that will do what you need it to do.
The first thing that you need to think about is the type of container you will be using the barrel pump with. You could empty a 12,000 litre barrel with a small pump designed for 20 litre containers if you had a long hose and an infinite amount of time, but it is unlikely that you could safely employ a barrel pump designed to empty a 12,000 litre barrel to drain a 20 litre container. • Taking account of the size of pump that is required to effectively do the job really does matter, as does getting the right length of hose — if it does not reach the bottom of the barrel it cannot empty the barrel.
The next consideration is the kind of fluid that the barrel pump will be moving. If you are transferring edible fluids — from cooking oil to ketchup, chocolate sauce to mayonnaise — you must make sure that ever single component that the edible fluid will come into contact with is easy to sterilize and made of food grade materials. • If you are moving caustic or hazardous fluids then you will need a chemical barrel pump that is made using materials that can withstand the properties of the chemicals being pumped.
You also need to consider the viscosity of the fluid — a pump designed to move water might well find treacle too much to cope with, for example. If you are pumping fluids that may also contain solids — old engine oil, for example, then you need to be sure that those solids will not cause damage to the workings of the pump. • You also need to think about whether the pump will need to be able to move a variety of fluids. If it is then you need think carefully about how easily the pump can be cleaned to avoid cross contamination — even if you pump is food grade you will not want to get chilli sauce in your honey or ketchup in your raspberry coulis. • If you are moving chemicals then avoiding that kind of cross contamination in your chemical barrel pump could be even more vital.
If you approach the task of selecting your barrel pump with care, however, you will end up with a reliable, versatile and piece of equipment that will work quietly and efficiently for many years to come. • Barrel pumps are remarkably simple in their operation, which is one of the things that makes them so reliable, so if you choose the right pump you are more or less guaranteeing yourself a trouble free future.
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