Industrial Sump Pump Case Study: Grocery Store

Expired Produce No Match for Pitbull Submersible Pump

END USER: Toronto-based grocery store chain

THE APPLICATION:
Submersible pump to remove expired produce from waste storage tank

THE PROBLEMS:

1. The grocery store chain can no longer send expired produce to the landfill, so expired product is macerated, stored in an underground sump and then needed removal by a vac truck service because the chain couldn’t find a submersible pump that could withstand the operating conditions.
2. They needed a pump that could handle macerated expired produce, stringy materials and all, with very little water added to it.
3. The vac truck was too loud for use at an inner city grocery store – neighbors complained about the decibel level of the vac truck. The truck also took too long to empty the tank.

THE SOLUTION:
We installed a submersible 4â€x 4†Pitbull pump in the grocery store’s expired produce holding tank.

THE RESULTS:

1. The Pitbull pump was able to handle the expired produce without the noise of a vac truck.
2. Our solution cut the emptying time of the tank in half.
3. The submersible Pitbull pump has no impellers or diaphragms that stringy materials would wrap around or bind to in addition to its 3.75†diameter solids capacity.
4. We were able to obtain a lower liquid level with the Pitbull pump, allowing for more storage in between trucks.

THE SPECS: Click here for the S4x4C submersible pump spec sheet.