Application Guide

Textile Chemical Transfer Pumps

Dyes, alkalis, peroxide and hot process water — shift after shift.

Textile and dyeing plants punish pumps with variety: caustic scouring liquors, hydrogen peroxide bleaching, dye baths, acetic acid, and hot process water — often on the same transfer line across a shift. Selection must cover the range of chemistry, not the average.

The pumping challenges

  • Wide chemistry variety on shared transfer lines
  • Hot liquids near boiling in dye houses
  • Lint and fibre contamination
  • Continuous multi-shift operation in humid, corrosive atmospheres

Material options

PP/PVDF for caustic, peroxide and dye chemistry
SS 316 monoblocks for hot water and utility duty
EPDM/FFKM elastomers per chemistry

Technical considerations

  • List the full chemistry set — we select for the worst case, not the average
  • Hot dye-bath duty needs temperature margin on polymer selection
  • Lint screens and strainers reviewed with the piping
  • Monoblock formats suit the compact dye-house layout

Honest limits: no pump material is universally compatible with every concentration and temperature of a chemical. Final selection is confirmed against your exact duty — that's why we ask before we quote.

Suitable PT Pumps

Pumps for this duty

FAQs

Common questions on this duty

Often yes in PP/PVDF — these polymers cover that chemistry set. We confirm against your actual list including concentrations and temperatures.
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