Food: Pasta Factories

Fluids Pumped: Egg yolks with whites, milk.

Key Benefits: Lubricating fluids are not required, no chance for contamination.

Who Uses Vector's? Pasta Machine manufacturer's and pasta factories.

Notes: Vector's used in the pasta industry are usually controlled with variable speed drives.

Hose Material: Varprene.

Food: Bread Dough & Fruit Cake Manufacturer's

Fluids Pumped: Water & salt mixtures, natural flavorings, fats, fruit cake dough/mixture (i.e. fruit cake has nuts and fruit pieces that need to stay whole).

Key Benefits:

1. Lubricating fluids are not required, no chance for contamination.
2. Accurate repeatability provides metering of fluid required.
3. Can pump hard solids without damaging softer solids.

Who Uses Vector's? Bread & dough machine manufacturer’s, food processing plants.

Hose Material: Silicone, Varprene, PharMed.

Food: Cheese manufacturer's

Fluids Pumped: Cream, milk and yogurt.

Key Benefits:

1. Vectors can be run dry, which often happens when a tank or vessel is emptied.
2. Vector pumps do not heat the fluid being pumped.
3. Reversing pumping action flushes piping.
4. Seal-less design isn't affected by cheese fibers.
5. Vectors are easy to clean.
6. Our pumps can pump air entrained fluids.

Notes: Vectors are operated at low RPM's (20-30) so they don't harm the product.

Who Uses Vector's? Cheese machine manufacturer's and cheese factories.

Hose Materials: Varprene.

Food: Preserves & Jams

Fluids Pumped: Marmalade, preserves and jams.

Key Benefits:

1. Lubricating fluids are not required, no chance for contamination.
2. Can pump fruit slurries that have high solids content.

Who Uses Vector's? Preserve manufacturer's.

Hose Material: Silicone, Varprene, PharMed.

Pharmaceutical: Shampoos

Fluid: Shampoos

Key Benefits:

1. Does not foam the fluid when pumping.
2. Vectors can be run dry to ensure all fluid is transferred from inlet/discharge lines, minimizing product waste.  Also reduces the amount of cleaning fluid required to properly clean the inlet/discharge lines, decreasing disposal costs.
3. Vector pumps can pump air entrained fluids.

Sales focus: Shampoo manufacturer's.

Hose Materials: Varprene, silicone.

Notes: Vectors are often mounted on carts and used as "mobile pumping stations".

Pharmaceutical: Cosmetics

Fluids: Expensive cosmetics, creams and lotions.

Key Benefits:

1. Vectors can be run dry to ensure all fluid is transferred from inlet/discharge lines, minimizing product waste.  Also reduces the amount of cleaning fluid required to properly clean the inlet/discharge lines, decreasing disposal costs.
2. Lubricating fluids are not required, no chance for contamination.
3. Gentle pumping action does not shear fluid.

Who uses Vectors? Cosmetic Mixer manufacturer's (i.e. supply a pump to empty the mixer) as well as cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturer's for transferring viscous fluids and pastes.

Hose materials: PharMed, Varprene, Silicone.

Water Treatment: (Municipal and Industrial)

Fluids: Lime slurries, carbon/H2O mixture, ferric chloride and caustic soda.

Key Benefits:

1. Seal-less design isn't affected by abrasives and solids entrained in fluid.
2. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
3. Hoses can be replaced without coming into contact with the pumped fluid.

Who uses Vectors? Municipal and industrial waste water treatment plants.

Hose Materials: Natural Rubber

Pulp & Paper

Fluids: Ink, fluids with abrasives and fibers (a.k.a. white water), adhesives

Key Benefits:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. The hoses can handle abrasives and can pass large or stringy objects.

Who uses Vectors? Pulp & paper mills, box board mills, gypsum mills and paper machine manufacturer's.

Hose Materials: Natural Rubber

Paint

Fluids Pumped: Shear sensitive latex paint and solvents

Key Benefits:

1. Vectors are easily cleaned, you can even use different hoses for different colors, minimizing cleaning required.
2. Our pumps will not damage shear sensitive fluids
3. The seal-less design of the Vector is unaffected by abrasives
4. Maximum suction lift capability.

Application: Filling paint pails, totes, trucks and railcars, transferring paint to a process line, reclamation of paint on a coating line.

Who uses Vectors? Paint, ink and dye manufacturer's

Hose Material: Natural Rubber

Printing

Fluids Pumped: Ink, adhesives and clear "cold seal"

Key benefits:

1. Gentle pumping action does not cause turbulence or create bubbles
2. Vector pumps can be run dry
3. Maximum suction lift for self-priming pumping action of viscous fluids.

Who uses Vectors? Printing line manufacturer's, Packaging line manufacturer's

Hose Material: Hypalon and silicone

Beverages: Wine and Fruit Juice Industries

Fluids pumped: bentonite and carbon slurries, gelatins.

Application: Pumps for floatation systems.

Key Benefit: Sealless pump design handles abrasive fluids with ease.

Who uses Vectors? Bottler's and floatation equipment manufacturer's that cater to the wine & fruit juice industries.

Hose Material: Natural rubber

Slaughter Houses

Fluid: blood with hair, bones, etc.

Key benefits:

1. Vectors can handle large solids.
2. Pump maintenance can be done without coming into contact with the pumped fluid.
3. Vectors can operate dry.
4. Direction of flow is reversible.

Who uses Vectors? Meat & poultry processors.

Hose Material: Natural rubber

Electronics Industry

Fluid: Semi-abrasive polyester mixes

Key benefit:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. Gentle pumping action does not cause turbulence or create bubbles
3. Vector pumps can be run dry
4. Maximum suction lift for self-priming pumping action of viscous fluids.

Who uses Vectors? Coated wire manufacturer's.

Hose Material: Natural rubber.

Leather Tanneries

Fluids: Corrosive fluids.

Key benefit:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. Pump maintenance can be done without coming into contact with the pumped fluid.
3. Vectors can operate dry.

Who uses Vectors? Tanneries.

Hose Materials: Depends on fluid. We can Teflon coat the inside of certain hoses if desired. Tanneries have been using the Vector pump for many years.

Detergents

Fluids: Abrasive fluids and pastes.

Key Benefit:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. Sealless pump design handles abrasive fluids with ease.

Who uses Vectors?: Detergent manufacturer's

Ceramic tile and glaze

Fluid: Mixes of pastes, quartz, silicon, clay, silk screen enamels, dyes.

Key Benefit:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. Sealless pump design handles abrasive fluids with ease.
3. Gentle pumping action does not cause turbulence or create bubbles
4. Vector pumps can be run dry
5. Maximum suction lift for self-priming pumping action of viscous fluids.

Who uses Vectors? Ceramic paste and tile manufacturer's (there are usually 30 pumps per process line and large manufacturer's may have 5 lines)

Hose Material: Natural rubber.

Notes: Fluids are typically 5000 - 6000 cps and s.g. of 1.6 to 1.7

Mining

Fluids: Coal, platinum and copper slurries.

Key benefit:

1. Vector's provide accurate metering because the suction line stays full of fluid when the pump is shut off.  (maintains its' prime).
2. Sealless pump design handles abrasive fluids with ease.

Hose Material: Natural rubber.

T.P.S., Inc.  Columbia NJ 07860