Flux Viscoflux Lite EX Progressive Cavity Barrel Pump

High Viscosity Pump & Adhesive & Resin Pump

Key Specifications
Max Flow Rate 30lpm
Max Head 80M
Max Temperature 120°C
Max Viscosity 500,000 cP
Solids 8mm
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The Flux Viscoflux Lite EX is an electric barrel pump with motor with follower plate and centring plate designed for the transfer of highly viscous, pasty and just free flowing products up to 500,000 cP from barrels with or without aseptic bags. This is the ATEX approved version of the standard Viscoflux Lite, for use with flammable fluids or in potentially explosive environments.

The Viscoflux high viscosity drum pump ensures that less than 1% of the product remains after pumping, meaning a reduction in costly product waste and low disposal costs due to the small residual quantity left in the barrel. Thanks to its progressive cavity style design, the Viscoflux electric barrel pump offers smooth, pulsation-free action with little disturbance to the pumped product making it ideal for shear sensitive products.

Lightweight and compact, this high viscosity barrel pump can be easily moved between drums especially thanks to it requiring low installation height. This combined with its hermetical seal that ensures the medium remains safe and the fact it can be easily cleaned makes the Flux pump highly efficient for process fluids.

Features of the Viscoflux Lite EX Flux Drum Pump:

  • Includes barrel pump, motor, follower plate and centring plate
  • Progressive cavity drum pump design allowing shear sensitive mediums and solid content up to 8mm to be handled
  • For high viscosity, pasty and just capable of flowing products up to 500,000cP
  • Leaves only 1% of residual amount in the drums
  • Hermetically sealed for process safety ensuring medium is in a closed process even if transfer is interrupted
  • High flexibility due to low installation height - also suitable for working rooms with relatively low ceilings
  • Lightweight and easy to move between drums
  • Motor options include three phase electric motors and air powered motors.
  • ATEX approved version for flammable liquids to Zone 0/1

The Viscoflux high viscosity drum pump is a cost-effective emptying system for transferring non-free-flowing and high viscosity fluids from the barrel. As a Flux pumps supplier, we can supply this barrel pump with an electric or compressed air motor.

  • High-quality barrel pump – Flux pumps are well known German-made barrel pumps that have been in the market for over 70 years.
  • Suitable for high viscosity - This progressive cavity drum pump can handle viscous fluids and barely flowing pastes up to 500,000cP, making it an ideal solution for transferring fluids such paints, adhesives and resins.
  • Solids – Flux Viscoflux barrel pump can handle hard and soft solid particles up to 8mm in diameter.
  • Small residual quantity- This high viscosity pump is able to pump out all the fluid in the drum leaving less than 1% in the drum with no products attached to the drum wall.
  • Easy to disassemble - The Viscoflux pump and motor can be easily taken apart for cleaning.

This Flux pump is a versatile pumping solution for a range of industrial applications. Due to its unique features, this electric barrel pump can provide complete emptying of the drum and smooth pumping of the most viscous and shear sensitive of fluids.

  • Waxes, resins and adhesives
  • Greases up to grease class 2
  • Coating and casting compounds
  • Base materials for paints and varnishes
  • Gels
  • Wood filling compounds
  • Paints and silicones
  • Sealing pastes

FAQs

Their viscosity handling is unrivalled, apply low shear to delicate products and can handle large solids, which means that whilst they are quite expensive in design, they are often selected for applications when other pumping technologies will fail.

It consists of a spiralled helical rotor (like a cork screw) that sits tightly inside a rubber stator/sleeve. As the rotor turns inside the stator, it forms a set of fixed-shaped cavities that progress along the length of the stator and force the fluid inside to move along with them as they turn.

Yes! However, it should be noted that abrasive fluids e.g. low viscosity/water based fluids containing solids may cause shorter stator wear. Therefore whilst large solids and high solid content can be handled, this is usually reserved for viscous, lubricating fluids.

Put most simply, a barrel pump, is a pump connected to an immersion tube that sits within the drum with its motor located outside of the container. The pump draws up the fluid through its immersion tube and is then dispensed via a hose or pipe that is connected to its outlet.

If you have a 1000 litre IBC you will require a 1200mm tube, a 205 litre drum requires a 1000mm and if you have a smaller container 700mm and shorter tubes are available. For larger containers we can offer longer tube sets on specification

For liquids with a flashpoint below 50°C, we offer our Stainless Steel F400 models and Viscopower series with ATEX approved motors or Viscoflux Lite EX.

Our range includes both FDA and 3A approved hygienic models. When the viscosity is >1200cP we offer the sanitary Viscopower F570 and F580 models and the Viscoflux Mobile. If <1200cP we typically select the F427, or the F430 food grade version when pumping alcohols or foodstuff with solids.

All Flux barrel and IBC pump models are available with additional accessories that we can supply as a kit should you need delivery hose, a trigger nozzle, valves, flow meter and any other fittings.

To ensure you get the correct Flux spare parts, we need to identify the exact Flux pump model you have. Please provide the model and serial number found on the pump name plate.

Castle Pumps can supply all Flux pump parts detailed on the spare parts list including motor, o-ring, shaft seal, impeller, inner and outer tube worldwide.

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