Guaranteed Pumpability: SEEPEX FlowShred Conditions Fibrous and Bulky Waste for Smooth Conveying
SEEPEX expands its portfolio with FlowShred, a compact system that grinds organic food waste into pumpable material, combining size reduction and pumping for stable, continuous operation and reduced downtime. (Picture: Seepex Ltd.)
Technical Key Parameters:
- Target particle size: 10–20 mm, optimized for pumpability
- Cutting tools: hardened, corrosion-resistant martensitic stainless steel
- Cutting geometry: snail geometry with varying radius and tooth profile for optimized material intake
- Drive: high torque at low speed for reduced energy consumption
- Conveying: progressive cavity pump with open hopper, installed directly below the grinder
- Optional: Smart Air Injection for extended conveying distances
The coordinated interaction of twin-shaft grinder and progressive cavity pump produces a consistently homogeneous medium, even with widely varying material consistencies. The snail geometry ensures continuous intake of bulky or fibrous materials, preventing bridging at the inlet and maintaining a stable material flow.
Operation and Process Flexibility:
FlowShred supports both continuous and intermittent feeding, allowing flexible integration into different production processes. Hardened stainless steel cutting tools reduce wear, minimize downtime, and lower maintenance requirements. At the same time, the enclosed system design ensures clean operation with minimal odor emissions.
Applications and Benefits:
- Food production: fruit and vegetable processing, frozen products
- Slaughterhouses and meat processing: efficient handling of by-products
- Fish processing: reliable shredding and homogenization with reduced odor and handling issues
- Biogas plants: increased surface area for faster degradation and improved gas yield
The integrated design ensures reliable transfer of material to collection containers for pickup by external disposal providers or on-site storage systems. Its modular design enables fast and straightforward integration into existing production or waste handling environments.
SEEPEX FlowShred combines process reliability, energy efficiency, and mechanical robustness in a single system. It converts a wide range of food waste into a stable, uniformly conditioned, pumpable medium, reducing operating costs and downtime while enabling flexible integration across industrial applications.
Source: SEEPEX Inc.
