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Game-changing liquid dispense solutions
In this issue of Best Practice, we have chosen to recommend Quantex™, the leading brand of recyclable positive displacement pump technology.
Quantex is the innovative leader in single-use, recyclable pump technology with a history rooted in product innovation. Owned by PSG, an operating company of Dover Corporation, Quantex’s mission is to innovate and improve its pump technology in order to drive big-impact, game changing fluid delivery solutions.
Many sectors benefit from Quantex’s unique attributes, providing hygienic, drip-free liquid dosing that eliminates cleaning and maintenance, with rapid changeovers that reduce downtime, as well as its ability to pump high viscosity products with particulates. From frozen beverage dispensing to refill machines in supermarkets, to dosing colour pigments into plastic resin manufacturing, this easy-to-use, innovative and compact pump technology has a valuable impact.
To give an example of how its benefits help a specific application, let’s look at the demand for the food and beverage industry to add colour to its products during its manufacturing processes. Colour plays a crucial role in this market; it can influence consumer perception, enhance product appeal, and even create flavour profiles. As well as making a product more visually appealing, it can also be used to suggest flavour profiles, mask imperfections, and help comply with specific regulations.
Quantex has collaborated with some of the world’s largest companies in the Food & Beverage sector, delivering bespoke, off-the-shelf disposable pumps with custom fixtures and fittings.
Liquid Dosing
Adding flavour and colourants to food and drink via Liquid Dosing is an area that Quantex is vastly experienced in. Take chocolate for example, a food where liquid dosing is often used during the basic manufacturing stages to help to create coloured chocolate shells, marbling, flavour-specific colours, as well as small doses of enhanced flavours like caramel sea salt, fruit infusions, and alcohol.
Coloured chocolate is a visually appealing product that evokes reactions from consumers but it is a highly viscous product, and the final viscosity of chocolate depends on how the chocolate is treated, it’s additional ingredients and how it is manufactured.
Quantex can easily handle the high level of viscosity associated with chocolate due to the advanced transfer capabilities of the pumps. Using a positive displacement rotary action, with high vacuum and high-pressure capability, Quantex pumps can dispense or transfer chocolate solutions at lower temperatures than the ability of many other pumps.
The Quantex QX25-HP, among all other Quantex pumps, is powerful enough to dispense viscous fluids across distances, including cooling areas, without damaging or curing the chocolate solution. And larger Quantex pumps like the QX100-HP can even pump particulates if the chocolate has small caramel pieces or salt/sugar crystals, fruit or nut pieces that are less than 4mm in diameter.
Quantex Bag-in-Box pumps can be attached directly to the product packaging containing the flavouring or colourant solution. Their design also allows for the pumps to be easily and quickly replaced along with each new pack which reduces downtime. The pumps minimise mess and wastage, with reverse cycling to stop drips, and high vacuum for better bag evacuation for less product waste.
Lastly, when adding flavourings and colourants to liquid dosing, difficulties can arise such as when partially full or empty packs are swapped out and replaced, remnants of colour or flavour could be spilt, causing stains on machinery, equipment, products, or people. These product spills could be hazardous, but could also leave long-lasting, undesirable stains as well as rising costs caused by wasted products. With Quantex pumps that attach directly to the liquid pack, these risks are dramatically reduced making it much easier, safer, cleaner and quicker to handle liquid colourant.
For simple operation, no drips, and pump reliability, get in touch with Quantex below:
T +49 (2065) 89205-0
