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Watson-Marlow’s MasoSine pump technology has solved a number of problems at Pukka Pies. The firm replaced pneumatically operated air pumps with MasoSine SPS 2.5 pumps to transfer meat fillings at its Leicestershire site, from where it produces over 60M pies a year.

"We were using a pneumatic air pump to transfer pre-cooked meat from a 200l capacity mixing bowl to a depositor feed hopper ready to fill the pies," explains maintenance manager, Simon Kemp. "The pump was very noisy and we wanted to improve the working conditions for our staff.

"We also found the mixture which is rich, thick and full of meat chunks and therefore must not be damaged to be problematic for the pumps we had on site. We needed to find a pump that could suction-lift it from the mixing bowl up to the depositor feed hopper, keeping its integrity."

"With the installation of the first MasoSine SPS 2.5 we lowered noise from 94 decibels peak, to 74 decibels peak," states Kemp.

"Furthermore, we use far less compressed air now to the tune of 660l per minute."

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