Hydro Innovations Case Studies: Reliable Pumps & Aerators

Hydro Innovations is proud to have been selected to provide Gorman Rupp pumps and other specialised pump equipment to the new 30,255 square-metre Snack Brands’ manufacturing and logistics facility being built at Erskine Park, Western Sydney. Snack Brands will use this facility for its manufacturing and distribution needs, consolidating several existing Sydney facilities into this

BettaPork Piggery has been breeding pigs for over 30 years. A mid-size enterprise, the piggery raises the animals and then sells them to market. As part of the piggery’s recycling philosophy, all pig waste is collected and broken down before being used as fertiliser on the grounds and turned into Bio gas to power the

A large Australian milk factory has had existing Gorman-Rupp above ground self-priming pumps on their stormwater for over 10 years. The above-ground pumps work really well and have required almost no intervention or maintenance since their installation. The factory’s maintenance team love them because of their rugged reliability. The Solution When it came time to

The JBS Australian Dinmore operation is the largest beef processing plant in the southern hemisphere, and the plant is the largest employer in Ipswich. They naturally use a large amount of many and varied pumps around the plant, but some time ago, it was having reliability problems with their end suction centrifugal pump on a cattle yard run-off application.

Hazeldene’s Chicken Farm is a world class producer of Free Range and RSPCA accredited poultry, located near Bendigo, in Central Victoria. They have a state of the art poultry production facility, and their products are sold through Coles, Aldi, Woolworths, Harris farms, IGA, butcher shops, charcoal chicken stores and smaller specialty retailers. They employ more

Regional vegetable processing plant, OneHarvest, was having trouble with a sump and submersible pump arrangement on their wastewater. The pump was a constant and costly drain on maintenance hours and production disruption as it would block regularly with the vegetable matter in the wastewater. The time and costs involved in removing the chokes and replacing

A NSW fruit juice manufacturer has recently selected Gorman-Rupp self-priming pumps for their wastewater service. They selected Gorman-Rupp pumps because they were the safest option for their operators, and because they considered them the most economical solution, according to Gorman-Rupp distributors, Hydro Innovations. ‘Gorman-Rupp’s “Ultra V Series” of pumps and is the most advanced self-priming

Southern Meats Pty Ltd is a hi-tech sheep and lamb processing facility strategically located just south of Sydney where they have access to sheep grown in the healthy environment of NSW’s Southern Highlands region. They provide quality meat to the local market and export around the world from their high-tech automated equipment in their slaughtering,

Central Agri Group is one of Australia’s leading fully integrated beef farming, backgrounding, feed lotting and meat processing companies. Established in 1991, it has loyal domestic customers, supplies to over 50 exports markets and has invested heavily in state-of-the-art meat processing facilities. The Problem Their Trafalgar plant did however have some issues with their wastewater

Junee Prime Lamb is one of the leading producers of premium quality lamb in Australia. A family owned and operated business since 1997, the company specialises exclusively in prime Australian lamb, and supplies its products to many parts of the world. Junee Prime Lamb owns and operates modern lamb processing facilities on the outskirts of

Midwest Piggery has been breeding pigs for over 30 years. A mid-size enterprise, the piggery raises the animals and then sells them to market. As part of the piggery’s recycling philosophy, all pig waste is collected and broken down before being used as fertiliser on the grounds. ‘We collect the pig waste in what we

An Australian food manufacturer was looking for a reliable wastewater pump to replace a lobe pump at their manufacturing plant. The lobe pump they were using was unable to consistently handle solids, was unreliable and expensive to repair. To solve this issue, the Sydney-based Food Company contacted Hydro Innovations to enquire about a suitable pump.

Cedar Meats is a state-of-the-art meat exporter in Victoria, with a continual improvement philosophy. They needed to upgrade their DAF system but did not want to just go for the “standard” system. They wanted a more energy-efficient system, and one that could deliver low running costs for the life of the DAF pump system. The

John Dee Warwick is a beef processor (Abattoir) located in South East Queensland. They wanted to upgrade their wastewater pump system to enable them to handle the day-to-day wastewater flows from their plant (estimated to be 25 to 35 litres per second (l/s), but then to be able to ramp up to meet additional flow

The Herd Group is an Australian owned company supplying high quality lamb, mutton and beef as well as a number of further processed foods and smallgoods to both local and overseas markets. Founded in 1951 and based in Geelong, Victoria, the company employs over 380 staff. ‘If you’re looking for a wastewater pump that is