Chopper pumps solve veg harvest challenge
Hayley Group is set to provide a company that makes machines for the post-harvest processing of vegetables with two new Landia chopper pumps that have special external shredders.
Originally developed to deal with difficult wastewater solids in the fish processing industry, the Landia shredder-propeller design has proved its capability in handling troublesome stringy material such as carrot tops which typically cause problems for standard pumps.
Daniel Moulding, Assistant Manager at nationwide engineering component supplier Hayley Group, said: “The Landia chopper pumps work extremely well for our customers in numerous applications. In this particular challenge, the specialist machinery company asked us for help because their existing pumps struggled with the fibrous and gritty material that is an inevitable part of the wastewater process with vegetables.
“This latest purchase of two new Landia chopper pumps follows orders for five units successfully introduced at various locations during 2023.
“Landia has been very helpful indeed in working with us to understand our customers’ needs, adapting the shredder-propeller so that there is no longer any downtime on the processing lines, which is a huge benefit.”
Howard Burton, Technical Sales Engineer for Landia, added: “For certain effluents with difficult solids, the pre-cutting shredder-propeller adds another important chopping stage, continuously reducing particle size and keeping the process running efficiently.”
Daniel continued: “Besides providing such an effective, reliable solution, Landia also gives us fast and efficient backup whenever needed.
“When our customer first used the Landia Chopper Pump, they said they’d never return to the previous unit type. Another eight pumps later, we and they are delighted with the positive outcome, as are the end-users of the equipment.”
