Since our founding in 1911, Viking Pump has built over 7,000,000 pumps and supplied them to customers all over the world. These pumps handle the broadest range of liquids in the industry. We’ve prepared a listing of 50 Viking pump applications, tying each to a state where this application can commonly be found. In our fifth episode, let’s explore Viking Pump applications in New Mexico, Massachusetts, Alaska, Kansas, and Oregon.

Let's start in Utah. Soaps and detergents are viscous and corrosive - making them perfect applications for Viking pumps. These include dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent, and hand soaps just to name a few. Many are liquids, but some are powder slurries which are then dried into powder or compressed into tablets for easier handling.

Greases are commonly referred to as lubricating, automotive, or bearing grease. They are generally a mixture of mineral oil with one or more metallic soaps like sodium or calcium. The texture of grease may be smooth and buttery or even fibrous or rubbery. The viscosity of greases range greatly. They are also extremely shear sensitive. Typically, flow is aided by a follower-plate on the supply tank to help maintain positive pressure on the suction side of the pump. The cast iron 1124A Series™ features Viking's O-Pro® Barrier seal - which minimizes leakage.

Out of all of the applications where you can find a Viking pump, chocolate may be the most delicious. Viking pumps are the pump of choice for the processing, transfer, and recirculation of chocolate. The chocolate production process can be simply described with these steps: cacao beans are roasted and ground, then mixed with oils into a semi-liquid. This early stage is known as "bitter" chocolate. From here, sugar can be added to make "sweet" chocolate - milk can be added for "milk" chocolate - and if the chocolate has been thinned down is called chocolate liquor.

High fructose corn syrup is a product of hydrolyzed corn starch and is made up of varying ratios of glucose and fructose. High fructose corn syrup has many desirable traits - including serving as a sweetener and humectant in baking applications. When baking breads, buns, rolls, and yeast raised donuts, it ferments directly without the need for sugar inversion - the chemical conversion of saccharose into glucose and fructose. The cast iron 1224A Series™ features Viking Pump's O-Pro® Barrier seal - which prevents leakage.

Creams are typically used for personal cosmetic and topical medical treatments. Physical properties and chemistry can vary greatly depending on the cream's base and the added ingredients. Some creams can be petroleum based - while others may be emulsions suspended in water - and are usually shear-thinning. Viking Pumps can be found in a number of different parts of cream production and processing, including tanker truck unloading, product transfer, ingredient dosing, and finished product transfer. Viking Pump's 4127A Series™ is 316 stainless steel and has cartridge lipseal options.

Edible oils help keep the world fed - at home cooks and professional chefs use them for frying, baking, and every other type of cooking or food preparation! Viking pumps have been used in the production of edible oils for decades. Edible oils are fatty liquids that are extracted from many different types of vegetables and seeds including: olives, canola, and sesame. Blends of these oils are typically referred to as simply "vegetable" oil. The 4124A & 4324A Series™ are cast iron pumps and can handle high temperatures and have abrasive resistant material options.