British Sugar turns to Amarinth for syrup pumps 22 July 2014

British Sugar has taken delivery of bespoke designed centrifugal pumps from specialist Amarinth for its sugar production process at the Newark factory in Nottinghamshire.

During the extraction of sugar from beet, 'thin juice' from the purification process is pumped through a falling film evaporation process, which boils the water off to produce 'thick juice' syrup, which then passes to the crystallisation process.

Amarinth designed the new pumps with a stainless steel impeller to pump the sticky syrup reliably and added an AES CDSA mechanical seal to contain the fluid.

Hydrostatic and performance tests were also completed at Amarinth's factory before delivery within an 18 week deadline.

Amarinth managing director Oliver Brigginshaw says this and growing numbers of orders from the manufacturing sector have led the company to expand its organisation to service the growing demand – adding to its existing facilities for the oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical industries.

He cites recent orders for replacement pumps from Lallemand Baking in Felixstowe, as among moves indicating a strengthening market in the industrial sector.

"We are delighted with the recent demand for new equipment from the UK manufacturing sector, which shows that the economy has turned a corner and that businesses are now starting to invest again for the future," states Brigginshaw.

Brian Tinham

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