--- title: "Discflo Webinar: When Food Pumps Fail - How to Handle Tough Fluids" description: In this webinar, we discuss why common food & beverage pumps fail, how those failures impact reliability and operating costs—and different pumping tactics. image: https://go.discflo.com/hubfs/FBWebinar2026_LiveWebinar.png --- [![DiscfloLogo](https://go.discflo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Old%20Stuff/DiscfloLogo.png?width=220&height=65&name=DiscfloLogo.png "DiscfloLogo")](https://discflo.com/) **Missed the webinar?** Recording available now!   When Food Pumps Fail *How to Handle Stringy Solids, High Viscosity & Tough Waste Fluids*   [Watch Now](https://go.discflo.com/discflo-webinar-when-food-pumps-fail?hsLang=en#register) Food and beverage processors are under constant pressure to maintain uptime, protect product integrity, and control operating costs—yet many facilities still rely on pumps that weren’t designed for today’s challenging materials. From stringy solids, fats, and fibrous waste to abrasive slurries and high-viscosity byproducts, conventional pump technologies often lead to clogging, excessive wear, frequent rebuilds, and unplanned downtime. In this webinar, we break down why common food & beverage pumps fail, how those failures impact sanitation, reliability, and operating costs—and what a different pumping approach looks like. You’ll walk away with practical guidance for selecting and maintaining pumps that can handle demanding food processes without sacrificing uptime or product quality. You'll Learn How To | | Identify why centrifugal, lobe, and chopper pumps struggle with stringy and fibrous materials. | | --- | --- | | | Understand the hidden costs of frequent maintenance and downtime in food processing. | | | Improve sanitation and reliability without increasing energy or maintenance costs.   | | | Reduce rebuilds, clogging, and unplanned shutdowns. | | | Ask the right questions when evaluating or upgrading pumping systems. | ## Where Other Pumps Fail, Discflo Pumps Excel In severe applications where abrasion, viscosity, entrained air, excessive wear, and corrosion problems wreak havoc on pump systems, Discflo has developed a superior alternative. Our patented pump technology dramatically reduces pump wear, is virtually clog free, and prevents product damage. Video player - VideoThumbnail - Click to play video ## Non-Pulsating, Laminar Flow Through viscous drag, fluid is pulled through the pump without impingement. The boundary layer attracts and drags successive layers of fluid molecules into layered flows of parallel streams. This is the simple principle of viscous drag, and, in the Discflo disc pump, it is a powerful dynamic force that “pulls” the fluid through the pump in a smooth, laminar, non-turbulent flow. ![BoundaryLayer](https://go.discflo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BoundaryLayer.jpg?width=93&height=200&name=BoundaryLayer.jpg "BoundaryLayer") The non-impingement and laminar flow pumping of the disc pump is similar to flow through an ordinary pipe. The layers of fluid at the walls are stationary (relative to the rotating discs), creating a protective boundary layer. Viscous drag pulls layers into flows of smooth laminar streams. WATCH NOW About Discflo For over 40 years, we have been pump innovators. We are dedicated to constantly improving and leading the way in pumping viscous materials. Our goal is for our customers to see a decrease in maintenance costs and downtime while pumping difficult materials. Our dedication to quality and precision when manufacturing our pumps is shown in the longevity of our pumps in the field. Less than 5% of our annual revenue comes from replacement part sales. © 2026 Discflo