Food and Drink

If you're looking for a compact, cost-effective industrial rotary lobe pump, Alfa Laval's OptiLobe series is one of the best lines out there. OptiLobes are Alfa Laval's 'standard duty', smaller liquid pumps, aimed exclusively at the food production industry. As an alternative to Alfa's high-end SRU and SX series, OptiLobe...

Cleanliness, reliability, a diverse range of processes, and efficiency are all vital to success if you're working with dairy products. At every stage of the dairy produce life cycle, you'll want to make sure your production line is flowing and churning at peak efficiency to create excellent products, prevent bacterial...

Alfa Laval specialise in efficient and cost-effective rotary lobe pumps for the food, drink, dairy, and pharmaceutical sectors. They’re used worldwide in facilities where high-cleanability, low-shear gearing, and fast high-viscosity flow handling are crucial to success. (more…)

Rotary lobe pumps (RLPs) are precision engineered in concordance with the hygienic sector for a characteristic smooth, low shear, low pulsation pumping action, while saving you water, lost material, time and energy. Low pulsation while running allows RLPs to handle liquid produce gently at a range of viscosities and densities....

The pharmaceutical, soft drink manufacturing, brewing and dairy industries are potentially high-waste sectors. Cost reduction, therefore, focuses on reducing waste and improving efficiency – especially concerning product retention, water and energy use, efficient hygiene practices, and plant reliability. These efficiency measures go hand-in-hand with sustainability, which aims to lower costs...