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Method of manufacturing a moulded pump product. The method includes activating a vacuum source, injecting an amount of pulp into the internal mould chamber through the mould opening, thereby forming a pulp preform on the internal mould surface, injecting a dewatering and heating fluid through the mould opening at gradually increasing pressure until a maximum pressure, thereby performing a dewatering and drying step whereby the pulp preform on the internal mould surface is dewatered and dried, deactivating the injection of dewatering and heating fluid, deactivating the vacuum source, and extracting the moulded pulp product. An option further step includes initiating rotation of the mould about the central axis thereof and increasing rotational speed gradually, maintaining a maximum rotational speed of the mould at least during a substantial part of the dewatering and drying step, decreasing rotational speed gradually until standstill of the mould.

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