The TARUA ® food sludge pump is a concrete and effective answer to the management of oily and sludge by-products generated in food industry processes. Water, in fact, is one of the most valuable and indispensable elements in this industry: it is not just an invisible ingredient, but it is essential to ensure the production of safe and quality food. It is used in many stages, from the preparation of fresh products such as sauces, preserves, pâtés and ready-made pastas, to the washing and sanitizing of facilities and equipment. In this context, ensuring effective and sustainable wastewater management becomes a top priority. The presence of oily materials, grease and sludge makes an efficient and reliable system necessary to avoid operational issues and environmental impacts. And precisely for this reason, the TARUA ® pump is proposed as an advanced and solution-oriented technology, ideal for suctioning and managing flocculates and sludge in modern treatment plants and food processing industries.
Floaters in the food industry: a problem not to be underestimated
During food processing, especially when it involves processes involving vegetable oils, oily by-products such as olives, sauces, and other edible fats, so-called flotates are formed. These are surface layers of oily materials and suspended solids that accumulate in wastewater collection tanks.
The problem is a serious one: flocculates, if not removed regularly, tend to solidify, forming compact crusts that reduce the useful capacity of tanks and impede proper water flow. These conditions can cause slowdowns or blockages in drainage systems and increase the risk of foul odors and contamination, with possible hygienic and environmental repercussions.
The difficulties of traditional management of flocculates and food sludge
In food companies, the traditional practice is to remove the floatables and collect them in small tanks, which are then emptied by self-purging trucks. However, this mode has several limitations:
- Accessibility: self-purgers require large spaces to operate, which are often difficult to find in dense industrial areas or urban environments.
- Reduced efficiency: the distance between the truck and the suction point can compromise vacuum capacity, making it difficult to suck up dense or solidified flotates collected in tanks.
- Time and cost: Each intervention requires organization with high costs even for minor interventions. In fact, many companies accumulate multiple tanks before requesting self-purging.
TARUA ® food sludge pump: advanced technology for efficient management
The TARUA ® food grease pump is designed to overcome all critical issues with a full-pass system that ensures continuous and uninterrupted suction of coarse, floated materials, grease crusts, and mixed sludge.
Technical features that make a difference:
- Total passage: sucks up difficult materials such as grease, crusts, floats and suspended solids without the need for a filter or grinder. Everything that enters the pipe also passes through the pump body without clogging.
- Vacuum operation up to 950 mbar: provides powerful and constant suction, even slurries and high-viscosity liquids.
- Compact and wheeled design: the pump measures like a pallet (120 x 80 cm base) and can be easily transported and placed near the suction point even in confined areas or congested industrial plants.
- Total accessibility: get in where a truck purge won’t reach. No need for large maneuvering spaces or direct proximity.
- Sending up to a few hundred meters: can transfer sucked materials even over long distances, reducing time and optimizing processes.
- Overhead thrust: capable of relaunching materials even to tanks or containers placed high up, without loss of efficiency.
- Operational versatility: ideal for flotsam, food sludge, scabs, dense slurries and organic waste.
TARUA ® food grease pump applications in food and wastewater treatment plants
In modern food wastewater treatment plants, as well as in food processing industries ( oil mills, canneries, sauces and condiments production) , the TARUA ® by IDEAS AND PRODUCTS food grease pump enables efficient management of floatables and sludge, preventing accumulation and blockages.
Environmental and operational benefits:
- Improved plant efficiency due to tanks that are always free of crusts and sediment
- Reduction of unpleasant odors and hygiene risks
- Lower environmental impact than traditional methods
- Optimizing disposal costs and reducing production downtime
Conclusions
For food companies, effective and sustainable management of flotate and sludge is critical to ensure production continuity and environmental protection. The food sludge pump TARUA ® is the ideal solution for vacuuming, treating and transferring oily and sludge materials with simplicity, safety and maximum efficiency.
Rely on TARUA ® to turn a complex problem into a streamlined and controlled process. Contact us to find out how to integrate this innovative technology into your facility.
