A MEMBRANE-BASED PISTON PUMP AND A HOMOGENISING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE MEMBRANE-BASED PISTON PUMP

    公开(公告)号:EP4124755A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-01

    申请号:EP21187816.0

    申请日:2021-07-26

    摘要: A membrane-based piston pump (1) for use in a homogenising apparatus (100), comprising:
    - a membrane means (2) separating a product side for a fluid product (P1) from a hydraulic side for a hydraulic fluid (P2);
    - a reciprocating piston (3) operatively active on the hydraulic fluid (P2);
    - valve means (4) configured to establish a selective fluid communication between the hydraulic side and a tank (10) containing the hydraulic fluid (P2),
    wherein said valve means (4) comprise:
    - a first valve arrangement (5, 6) that, in a working condition of the piston pump (1), is configured to discharge the hydraulic fluid (P2) having a pressure over a first predefined threshold from the hydraulic side towards the tank (10) and to draw the hydraulic fluid (P2) from the tank (10) to the hydraulic side in response to a pressure in the hydraulic side dropping below a second predefined threshold;
    - a second valve arrangement (7, 8) that, in at least one non-working condition of the piston pump (1), is configured to discharge the hydraulic fluid (P2) having a pressure over a third predefined threshold from the hydraulic side towards the tank (10).