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Micro-Pump Applications
Waste effluent removal
Many types of analytical instruments incorporate a waste sump or container that collects any liquids that may have leaked inside the
instrument. These waste streams can have
many constituents and could be regarded as a
biohazard if allowed to collect in the bottom of
the instrument.
Bio-Chem Fluidics Micro-Pumps lend
themselves to this application because they
offer a completely inert flow path capable of
handling the most aggressive of effluents, while
maintaining repeatable and consistent pumping
rates.
A Micro-Pump can be hooked up to the level
control sensor and be cycled as necessary to
empty the sump to an external waste solvent
container.
Chemical dosing
In this application Bio-Chem Fluidics Micro-Pumps are used to
pre-treat a liquid stream prior to analysis. The pumps are capable
of pumping highly aggressive chemical reagents from a remote
location (outside of the instrument) and accurately dispense
predetermined volumes of the reagents directly into the main
liquid stream.
This eliminates the need for an intermediate mixing step inside the
instrument.
Micro-Pumps can be used in either continuous or intermittent
mode depending on the demands of the instrument.
Sterilizing application
Sterilizing solution can be of a very high purity which almost always translates to additional expense. In this application a Bio-Chem Fluidics
Micro-Pump takes small amounts of the sterilizing liquid
from a reservoir and dispenses very accurate “drips”
onto a heating panel inside a sterilizing chamber. When
the liquid hits the panel, it instantly vaporizes forming
a “sterilizing vapor” inside the chamber. The vapor is
very efficient at sterilizing the internals of complicated
components.
The Micro-Pumps provide highly repeatable and
consistent delivery of the sterilizing fluid into the
chamber. This safe and cost effective method of pumping
high purity liquids has proved very successful.
Waste sump
Level control
Micro-Pump
Waste solvent
container
Sterilizing
liquid
Heating panel
Micro-Pump
Sterilizing
box
Aggressive
chemical
reagents
Micro-Pump #1
Micro-Pump #2
Water stream
Water analyzer