Understanding the Role and Benefits of Metering Pumps in Industrial Applications
A metering pump is a precision machine that moves or pumps a measured amount of fluid in a predetermined time to create volumetric flow. The term “metering pump” covers a wide range of pumping methods, each designed to meet the needs of an application, operation, or process. The application determines the choice of what metering pump style to use.
The selection criteria for choosing a metering pump include the viscosity of the liquid, temperature, discharge pressure, flow rate, and the types of wetted path materials. The basic structure of a metering pump includes a pump head and motor with a manual or electronic adjustment system.
The metering pump market is witnessing growth and is projected to reach USD 6.8 billion by 2030.
Functionality and Operation
Metering pumps rarely differ according to the pump head, drive mechanism, suction line, and discharge line; they may also contain the control system. The chuck is that part that gets the charge of carrying on the rotting of the water by hitting against the diaphragm, the piston, or the antenna. The transmitter is the motor that typically turns the gears and provides the power needed for the pumping head to do the required stroke length or rotations.
The process of meter pumpage entails adjusting the stroke length, stroke rate, or speed to get this flow rate. With the advanced metering pump that may have digital controls, feedback sensors, and automation capabilities, dosing tasks are consistently precise and flowing.
Advantages of Metering Pumps
Accuracy and Precision: Metering pumps are quite famous for their outstanding reliability and repeatability, enabling the exact dosing of fluid batch production, even in extreme applications.
Versatility: This pump can pump a variety of fluids, i.e. chemicals that corrode to viscous, so you can select it for a wide range of industrial processes.
Control: Control over the chemical treatment process is given due to its easy adjustment by operators over a wide range of flow rates and effective dosing parameters.
Reliability: The pumps perfectly match high performance and durability as well as low maintenance and long service life do.
Safety: Many metering pumps are designed the function leak-proof for safety and, therefore, they prevent spills, leaks, and accidents which are common factors for workplace safety.
Applications of Metering Pumps
Chemical Processing: Metering pumps are a very common application in chemical dosing in the manufacturing processes and water treatment, wastewater management, and chemical blending.
Water Treatment: The pumps are one of the most important parts of the water treatment plant for adding disinfectants (pH adjusters), and coagulants (and other treatment chemicals).
Oil and Gas: In the oil and gas sector metering pumps are installed to make chemical components like corrosion inhibitors and demulsifiers injected into the production systems.
Pharmaceuticals: In pharmaceutical production, metering pumps are used to dole out components of drugs to a prepared formulation or during bioprocessing.
Food and Beverage: Metering pumps which are used in food and beverage processing allow for additives such as flavors, colors, preservatives, and nutrients to be provided.
