Grapes love our HiFlo® Rotary Lobe Pump

Rotary lobe pumps provide the most delicate must transfer and pump-over for winemaking. We’ve taken the rotary lobe design one step further to design an even smarter pump with better materials and an efficient design that handles grapes, seeds, skins and juice gently. Our unique HiFlo® rotor design provides minimum shear when compared to traditional metal rotary lobe, centrifugal, and progressive cavity pumps.

Smarter design channels solids more efficiently with less impact on must and pump.

The smarter, gentler must pump

Unlike metal rotary lobe pumps, the HiFlo® pump has elastomeric rotors that gently move grapes and clusters. The HiFlo® elastomeric rotors, are not affected by staples and other foreign debris. The convoluted rotor design provides a larger cavity so you can achieve solids up to 2.4” without crushing berries, seeds and skins, without locking up on staples and other debris. The HiFlo® design provides your desired flow (up to 4.400gpm) with a slower RPM due to multiple rotor tips. The Patented InjectionSystem housing optimizes the flow path to further reduce lobe wear, and does little to no damage to your precious product.

Lowest shear in the industry.

Pump-over with minimal shear

When used for pump-over, the Vogelsang HiFlo® Rotary Lobe Pump is pulsation free for the lowest shear in the industry. The higher flow/low RPM design means you can run your pump-over longer to extract the most flavor from the must with little to no sheer. In contrast, other pump designs such as centrifugal and pumps use excessive sheer to achieve the adequate flow rate required. These pumps typically run at 1800 + RPM, whereas the HiFlo® lobe design only requires a maximum of ½ of that speed. The more times juice is circulated, the more air is introduced -- it’s like putting your precious fruit and juice in a blender.

Designed for must handling and pump-overs.