Winery Pumps
Winery Hoses
The vast majority of winery hoses fall into diameters of 1.5, 2, and 3 inches. Hoses are all about flow (must or wine transfer—gallons per minute, GPM), and winemakers are often advised to work backwards through their production cycle. There are essentially no pre-fabricated hoses available, only custom. Hose pressure capacities (discharge and intake) are always contingent upon the temperature of the material being moved. Today rubber is considered more of a traditional hose, and new purchases are usually relegated to larger facilities with high volume wine transfer, with higher pressures and larger pumps. Rubber hoses can handle substantially higher pressures than polyvinyl chloride (PVC) designs, but PVC capacities are generally sufficient for most operations. At issue, however, is that rubber hoses can easily be twice as heavy per linear foot (empty) and three to four times more expensive.
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