Versamatic Blog

Specifying an air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump for sanitary applications in the food processing, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries isn’t a job to take lightly. After all, consumers’ health and safety are on the line. 

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, you may recall a Versamatic customer, The Old Pogue Distillery, that quickly converted its bourbon-making efforts to producing an alcohol antiseptic 80% topical solution hand sanitizer for COVID-19 relief efforts. The Old Pogue Distillery used a Versamatic pump to transfer high-proof alcohol between tanks and into high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers, including buckets and spray bottles. In order to comply with FDA regulations, they started to use a Versamatic 1” (25mm) FDA Stainless Steel air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pump.

If you work in food processing, you know the industry relies on hygiene. If food is not handled properly or becomes contaminated, it can spell disaster for large and small companies and the supermarkets and restaurants they supply.