KPA (Kyffhäuser Pumpen Artern)

German giant KPA was formed in 1958 making hygienic and aseptic pumps for food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Hygiene, reliability and efficiency are both key factors in these industries and  key features of the KPA range.

Centrifugal pumps are the prime mover and the “backbone” of most liquids processing systems.

The requirements for having an easily cleaned pump in hygienic or aseptic fluids transfer has traditionally meant that hygienic pump manufacturers have sacrificed efficiency for cleanliness.

The KPA range of centrifugal pumps have been designed to be as efficient as possible, while maintaining class leading ultra-hygienic design, with EHEDG approval on all models. The pumps can be supplied with integral frequency inverters that can adjust pump speed to match process requirements so you don’t lose all that energy in throttling valves or the additional losses in pipe friction resulting from excessive flow.

Notably engineers at HpE Process don’t just pick a pump for a process but will look at the process and the pump as a whole, calculating energy losses (and costs) due to pipe friction, recommending ways of reducing those losses to a minimum and selecting a pump that is going to give years of low cost service.

Not only are the KPA pumps efficient but they use DIN standard mechanical seals and BS & ISO standard O rings throughout, ensuring that spare parts are readily available from anywhere and at low cost. Moreover maintenance is easy with the KPA pump housing clamp, stub shaft and IEC metric frame motors.

Some processes such as CIP return, yeast skimming in breweries and road tanker off-loading in dairies can be difficult with entrained air/gas causing centrifugal pumps to air-lock. For these applications KPA manufacture the KN-sp self-priming centrifugal pump range and the S-Type liquid ring pump range which we believe to be the best CIP scavenge pump around due to its ability to handle air/gas mixtures and its ease of maintenance.