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The pet food industry is a dynamic segment of the food sector, specializing in the manufacturing of balanced nutrition for dogs, cats, and other domestic and farm animals. Tapflo supplies modern equipment for pet food production facilities, ensuring the highest levels of hygiene and operational reliability.
Our solutions handle a wide range of media consistencies – from liquid additives to dense feed masses – regardless of temperature or viscosity. Tapflo devices are designed for easy cleaning using CIP/SIP methods and comply with FDA and EHEDG standards. As a result, pet food production runs smoothly, safely, and with consistently high product quality.
Pumps for pet food production
Formulation of feed mixtures of the required quality
Pumps for gentle transfer of meat emulsions and dog food
Pumps for conveying feed masses while preserving product structure
Pumps for fats and oils
Flow control in production lines
Agitators for homogenization of fodder ingredients
Tank unloading systems
We understand that every company has unique requirements; therefore, we provide tailored solutions adapted to specific needs. Our team of engineers is always ready to advise and assist in selecting the optimal solution.
Tapflo Solutions was established to address demanding and non-standard market requirements that extend beyond our standard product range. We specialize in designing bespoke systems to meet the most complex customer inquiries.
Solutions™ equipment offers comprehensive systems that enhance comfort and safety, such as stationary and mobile unloading systems for tanks, drums, or IBC containers, mixers, blending stations, or systems for SLES production.
We also introduce functional modifications to standard Tapflo machines, e.g., by increasing mobility, adjusting dimensions, or implementing advanced safety and control systems.
Furthermore, we offer a broad range of products designed to protect Tapflo equipment from damage or environmental factors, such as thermal and acoustic insulation covers.
Proper maintenance of pumps is critical to ensuring reliable and uninterrupted operation in any industry. Using only original Tapflo spare parts guarantees that every component meets strict quality standards, ensuring optimal performance and longevity of your equipment.
In demanding environments, including chemical processing and ATEX zones, genuine parts help prevent unexpected breakdowns, minimize costly downtime, and maintain the safety and efficiency of your operations.
Investing in original Tapflo components provides businesses with peace of mind, enabling continuous production and long-term reliability for all pumping systems.
Tapflo diaphragm pumps are designed to handle demanding applications where both capacity and solids handling matter. They can efficiently handle viscous liquids containing large solids – including meat chunks of up to 100 mm – at flow rates of up to 45 m³/h. This capability is achieved through Tapflo’s specially engineered flap valve design, ensuring smooth passage of large solids without clogging or mechanical wear. Combined with robust construction and proven reliability, these pumps are a trusted choice for industries such as food processing, pet food production, and waste management.
Animal feed often contains important nutritional additives such as calcium carbonate, salt, magnesium oxide, or fish meal – many of which can be abrasive and pose challenges to standard pumping equipment. Tapflo diaphragm pumps, however, are specifically designed to handle such demanding media with no issues, ensuring reliable and efficient transfer of these feed components. Highly abrasive liquids such as animal blood or blood meal cause rapid wear in pumps with rotating mechanical seals. In contrast, Tapflo’s seal-less diaphragm design offers a major advantage, delivering safe and maintenance-friendly operation even with highly abrasive or aggressive fluids. This makes Tapflo pumps a trusted choice in feed and animal by-product processing.
Tapflo’s Sanitary Series diaphragm pumps are widely used in the pet food industry, particularly for transferring animal and vegetable fats. Whether it’s lard with solid particles or lighter media like sunflower oil, Tapflo pumps handle these challenging fluids with ease, reliability, and full process hygiene. In addition to diaphragm pumps, Tapflo’s hygienic centrifugal pump series offers an excellent solution for pumping clean, low-viscosity fluids such as sunflower oil — and can even handle demanding applications involving hot pig lard. The sanitary design ensures product safety while maintaining high efficiency and easy cleanability, making them ideal for modern food and pet food production lines.
Cipriani Harrison hygienic butterfly valves, manufactured from AISI 316L stainless steel, offer smooth and precise flow control thanks to an optimally engineered disc geometry and sealing design. Available in sizes DN15–DN100, rated for pressures up to 10 bar and temperatures up to 230 °C, they enable accurate regulation of flow during mixer filling operations or when dosing feed mixtures into packaging lines.
Cipriani Harrison 65 check valves operate without spring elements, using the flow force to open and achieving a tight seal upon backflow. The hygienic valves in our range can be installed in both horizontal and vertical orientations, protecting pipelines and pumping systems against reverse flow and excessive mechanical load. This feature is particularly important when handling pulsating feed streams of variable viscosity. Due to the presence of process impurities in pet food production, the use of Tapflo valves significantly enhances installation safety and process reliability.
Tapflo sampling valves feature a precise opening mechanism that allows the operator to take a representative sample of the medium without interrupting the production process. Constructed from food-grade materials and equipped with an easy-to-remove handle, they are ideal for real-time quality monitoring of pet food products. Tapflo ensures that every valve type is resistant to the demanding operating conditions encountered in pet food manufacturing facilities.
Tapflo IBC mixers are equipped with foldable impellers featuring an optimized blade geometry that ensures efficient mixing of liquids with viscosities up to 20,000 cP. Their compact design and folding blade system allow uniform reach to the bottom and walls of the container, eliminating dead zones and guaranteeing even dispersion of flavoring agents and vitamins during dog food production. The power output of the mixers is carefully matched to the properties of the mixed product to ensure maximum efficiency.
Tapflo IBC mixing stations, integrated with a PLC control panel, enable the programming of dosing sequences and mixing times for individual ingredients. Thanks to precision drives and rotational speed sensors, these systems reduce the preparation time for portioned feed mixtures and eliminate operator error during production. The units are designed to optimize production costs while ensuring the highest quality of the final pet food product.
Tapflo safety systems combine optical, capacitive, and tuning fork sensors to detect dry running, overpressure, and diaphragm failure in diaphragm pumps. Available as optional accessories for our devices, these systems automatically cut off power in hazardous situations, protecting the pump from damage and preventing production downtime. Given the high power of machines used in pet food processing, these safety solutions ensure reliable operation and minimize maintenance costs. Their operation principle is based on continuous monitoring of process parameters.
Tapflo drum and IBC unloading systems use flexible recovery elements and vacuum-assisted mechanisms to achieve product evacuation efficiency of up to 99%, minimizing raw material losses. Their modular design allows rapid adaptation to containers of varying diameters, while tool-free assembly simplifies maintenance and setup. These systems operate effectively with a wide range of products, including oils and other high-viscosity substances used in pet food production, ensuring stable performance across different operating temperatures.
Tapflo offers comprehensive technological solutions for the pet food industry. Modern production requires advanced machinery capable of transporting products with diverse consistencies, from liquid nutrients to dense feed masses containing solids. We supply hygienic diaphragm pumps, centrifugal pumps and a wide range of hygienic valves. Tapflo equipment is compliant with strict FDA, EHEDG, EC1935/2004 ensuring pet food safety. Given the specific requirements of pet food production for dogs and other animals, our machines operate efficiently regardless of temperature and enable the pumping of high-viscosity products while preserving final product quality. Stainless steel construction is an essential standard.
