PUMPS & VALVES RAISING THE SPIRITS
Below left:
Will Skinner, Distillery Manager Rosemaund Farm Distillery (left) with Josh Edge, Landia
Below right: The Landia pump helps protect local watercourses
A Landia Chopper Pump has replaced a positive displacement pump that was struggling with solid particles at the Rosemaund Farm Distillery in Herefordshire
A
t Rosemaund Farm Distillery near Hereford, where a new premium single malt English whisky is being produced, a Landia pump is playing a crucial role in the handling of the
production site’s wastewater. Located where the Chase vodka and gin brand
was produced until purchased by Diageo and moved to Scotland, the Landia pump (in a low- lying reception tank), transfers wastewater and run-off liquid from site up to two above-ground storage tanks.
The Landia unit (a DG-I 50 4.0kW 3000rpm
high-pressure chopper pump), has replaced an old positive displacement pump that was struggling with solid particles that were restricting flow, whereas the Landia Chopper Pump, with its external knife system continuously reduces particle sizes.
“The old pump was adapted from a previous
use,” said Distillery Manager Will Skinner, “and wasn’t really designed for an application where solids need to be dealt with efficiently. In addition to clogging up, it also didn’t have the capacity, so only half of the tank was being emptied. There was a cage around the old pump to protect it from solids, so it became a very messy and time- consuming drain on manpower to keep sorting it out.”
Solids are inevitable in a waste stream, which we know the Landia Chopper Pump will deal with very efficiently
“
The new set-up includes a control panel and a continuous level measurement sensor that alerts the team at Rosemaund when the tanks are nearing time for the wastewater to be tankered away. Prior to the pump and sensor, a member of the Rosemaund team had to remain on standby, including at weekends, having to go to site, especially during heavy rainfall. “We’re not on site 24/7 of course,” added
”
Skinner, “so with the much heavier rainfall we get these days, it was important for us to future-proof the process by investing in a better, all-round automated solution that would
24 PROCESS & CONTROL ENGINEERING | OCTOBER 2026
Landia
www.landia.co.uk
Rosemaund Farm Distillery
www.rosemaund.co.uk
also protect local watercourses. With whisky production we don’t have the same level of solids that we had from the potatoes for the vodka, but solids are inevitable in a waste stream, which we know that the Landia Chopper Pump will deal with very efficiently.” Following the purchase of the Chase vodka and gin brand, James Dashwood Chase began experimenting with whisky production and wood ageing in 2012, eventually leading to the eagerly anticipated release of the first Rosemaund 10-year-old single malt. With the Herefordshire cask warehouse
surrounded by orchards, it is perhaps no surprise that apple blossom scent is often one of the first characteristics that people notice and savour when tasting Rosemaund whisky.
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40
