Sandpiper produces hand sanitizer pumps, essential for the COVID-19 era

York Fluid Controls supplies Sandpiper AODD pumps.

York Fluid Controls continues to serve Canadian businesses as a major supplier of liquid-handling products, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. These unprecedented times are having a significant effect on manufacturers and distributors worldwide, changing their priorities for the short term. One of York’s key manufacturing partners, Sandpiper, is playing its part by offering a full line of hand sanitizer pumps, all compliant with the standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Serving an essential market

These FDA-compliant, air-operated double-diaphragm (AODD) pumps serve an essential market. As the Corona crisis has spread throughout the world, including Canada, consumers are buying unprecedented amounts of soap, hand sanitizers, and other cleaning products. Sandpiper keeps this industry going with hand sanitizer pumps. In fact, the company is already a long-term pump provider for a major hand-sanitizer manufacturer.

This sanitizer producer foresaw the severity of the coming pandemic as early as December. So its demand-surge preparedness team immediately shifted to 24-7 production of nothing but alcohol-based hand sanitizer and spray cleaners. Currently, as sanitizer demand has increased by 470 per cent, the company uses nearly 30 Sandpiper products to maximize production under FDA sanitary-processing requirements, manufacturing as many sanitizers as possible.

Sandpiper is supporting not only existing manufacturers, but also new entrants. Many businesses in the cosmetic, alcoholic-beverage, and cannabis industries have stepped up to assist production, due to extremely high demand for protective gear and sanitation products. Sandpiper technical and sales teams are helping non-traditional businesses with its pump expertise, while adapting existing pumps to produce more hand sanitizer.

AODD pump technology is perfect for hand-sanitizer manufacturing. These self-priming, sealless pumps are quick and easy to install and powered by simple air, with no electric wiring required. They have a simple, versatile construction that can pump a variety of materials, viscous or not, and ideally suit the blending of alcohols/gels with transferring products. They can also run dry without damaging internal wear parts.

With the help of York Fluid Controls as the supplier, Sandpiper can serve the Canadian market with hand sanitizer pumps during this unusual time.

For more information, contact York Fluid Controls.

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