What is a drum pump?
Removing liquids from 55 gallon (208.2 liters) of the drum or mainly is infinitely simpler using a drum pump. Liquids that may be required to pump from the drum include water, oil and fuel. Given that the water itself weighs about 8 pounds (3.5 kg) per gallon, the drum of 55 gallons (208.2 liters) of water would weigh about £ 440 (approximately 200 kg). Oil, fuel and other liquids usually weigh at least this amount, not more. Simply tilting the drum of this weight is difficult, not to mention dangerous.
In essence, the drum pump is a pumping mechanism between two hoses or tube and hose. The lower, suction hose or tube is generally the exact depth of a typical 55 gallon (208.2 liter) drum, while the discharge hose can be longer or shorter as needed. The pump mechanism sits on the top of the drum. This small pump is simply inserted into the drum and is used to pump liquid from the drum to another container or VAT. Because the terms drum and barrel are essentially interchangeable, bUben pads are very often known as barrel pumps.
As a rule, the suction hose or tube is inserted into the jacket opening at the top of the drum. However, some drum pumps will have an attached skirt that fits over the top of the drum if no bung is available and the entire lid must be removed. A typical drum pump is a hand pump. The operator simply by clicking on the pump cover, so draws the liquid from the drum to the container.
Although there are electric pumps of a drum, as well as pneumatic or air -lived drum pumps, the type of drum pump used will depend on the nature of the liquid to be pumped, as well as the complexity of the pumping operation. Many liquids are volatile and are therefore not suitable for an electric drum pump for obvious reasons. On the other hand, pneumatic pumps require air guidance and compressors that can be expensive and cumbersome. In foodWhy is often used by hand -controlled drum pumps industry simply because more supplements mean greater lubrication, so a better chance of contamination of food.
Although there are drum pumps produced with built -in flow measurement mechanisms, the drum pump is adequately configurable with the connection of the flow meter, allowing the flow of liquids drawn. In addition, drum pumps are produced to fit smaller containers such as 30 gallons (115.36 liters) of drums and even five gallons (18.93 liters) of buckets.