Adhesive Transfer for Laminate Flooring Production - Gear Pump

Customer: Wood & Laminate Flooring Company

Application: Viscous adhesive pump

Location: UK

Equipment supplied

1 x 0.37 Kw internal eccentric gear pump with pressure relief valve

• Application: Gravity fed adhesive transfer from an IBC to an adhesive bead applicator.
• Installation: Horizontal with Inlet / Outlet: 1" (Threaded) at 90 deg.
• Fluid: Adhesive
• Viscosity: 4000 - 5000cP
• Flow: 2 - 3l/min
• Discharge pressure: 0.3 Bar
• Pump body: GG 25 Cast iron
• Rotors: 1050 Steel, Heat treated
• Shafts: 1050 Steel, Heat treated
• Bearings: Bronze
• Sealing: Soft seal / Packing gland
• Voltage: 400V
• RPM: 85

Enquiry

Castle Pumps received an enquiry from a new customer in the UK that was looking to feed an adhesive fluid to a bead applicator for use in timber construction. The customer wanted to gravity feed the fluid from the bottom of an IBC to a piece of machinery that applies the highly viscous fluid in a specific way to products in their production line.

Solution

Our first consideration was the high viscosity of the fluid, which was 4000 - 5000cP, so immediately we selected a gear pump for the application knowing it would be more than capable of handling the thickness of the fluid. After consulting with the customer we settled on a 90deg configuration as we are always cautious of the space available and pride ourselves on our ability to cater for any special requests. Using a gear pump running at such a low speed we were able to achieve the low flow rate required by the customer to feed into his production line.