Macerating Pump

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David Martin Participant Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Salisbury, England Posts: 2	Macerating Pump 08/17/2010 4:32 AM
	I'm looking for a cheap, low power single phase solution to chop/macerate material. The material will range from horse manure (with straw content) to bakery waste to vegetable waste etc so will need to be able to cope with a variety of products. Does anyone know of a solution that is out there?
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Anonymous Poster	#1 Re: Macerating Pump 08/17/2010 5:03 AM
	http://www.bing.com/search?srch=106&FORM=AS6&q=Macerating+Pump&adlt=strict
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Doorman Guru Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Yellowstone Valley, in Big Sky Country Posts: 7425 Good Answers: 295	#2 Re: Macerating Pump 08/17/2010 9:13 AM
	I assume volume will overwhelm a residential pump. A Globalspec search returns many sewage ejectors. Here is a place to start. Not really cheap, not really low power, not usually single phase, but these will pump the chopped up horse poop. __________________ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi
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klearzen Power-User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: St Louis MO USA Posts: 224 Good Answers: 7	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Macerating Pump 08/17/2010 8:42 PM
	GA Doorman, my experience has been.... the reliability of Vaughn is worth the cost and effort. __________________ klearzen
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jhammond Power-User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester NY metro area Posts: 264 Good Answers: 20	#4 Re: Macerating Pump 08/18/2010 5:34 AM
	Check out the Omnivore grinder pump from Liberty Pumps. One of their engineers demo'd this for me in their lab. (I filed for and got their patent on it.) He cut the zipper out of a pair of beat up jeans, and then threw the whole pair, rivets and all into the test tub. The pump chewed them up and spat out a water stream filled with blue lint. I thought, damn that was fun. Made me want to just sit there all day and throw various things into the water to see what it could eat. (The video on their web site shows somebody doing that, but it wasn't me.) jhammond ____________________________ www.patent-innovations.com __________________ My aspect ratio is 2.28.
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Bill H Associate Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Senior Civil Engineer - Washington DC Posts: 41 Good Answers: 6	#5 Re: Macerating Pump 08/18/2010 5:01 PM
	Unfortunately, you have not stated the volume flowrate that you need to meet so it is hard to answer your question so genericly. I'd look into the various size grinders by Envrionment One. These are extreamly reliable and easily maintained. I have coordinated on the installation and/or design and installation of several hundred using these little units and the have been very well recieved. They come in various sizes and as simplex and duplex designs. good luck http://www.eone.com/sewer_systems/extreme/products/grinderpumps/index.htm __________________ We, Americans, grew tired of being thought of as 'DUMB' by the rest of the world. So, every couple of years we go to the polls and removed all doubt.
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