Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 21 2018 | Page 64

The Lindor Capsule © : Vacuüm drying and coating all in one machine With Lindor’s new Vacuum Dryer/Coater, you can vacuum dry products and coat them using just one machine. Applications include: rapid and effective drying of pharmaceutical components (such as APIs), impregnation and drying of catalysts, liquid and gas reactions with powders, soaking special plastic compounds, etc. A number of Lindor Capsules have now been supplied for pharmaceutical applications and fine chemicals. In addition, Lindor has a Capsule available for customers at her test centre in Dordrecht (The Netherlands). ADVANTAGES OF VACUUM FOR DRYING Vacuum enables a lower evaporation temperature, at which fluid becomes a gas. This allows drying under vacuum at a lower temperature, or faster drying at the same temperature. For example, the boiling temperature of pure water at sea level is 100°C, but on Mount Everest, where the air pressure is much lower, it is only 69°C. This advantage results in far better preservation of product properties due to a lower drying temperature combined with lower energy consumption. ADVANTAGES OF VACUUM AND COATING PROVEN TECHNOLOGY EASY AND QUICK TO CLEAN The Capsule Vacuum Dryer is a new The rail structure makes cleaning the development in Lindor technology. The Capsule Vacuum Dryer easy, quick and core of the vacuum dryer is similar to thorough. It is a further development of the conventional Lindor Mixer in having the retractable inlet and outlet (QSR), a rotating drum with fixed vanes. As a that has been available on conventional result of rotation and gravity, powder Lindor mixers for 10 years. or granulate flows evenly through the drum. Because an agitator is not used, the AVAILABLE FOR VARYING BATCH SIZES particles are practically free from shearing The Vacuum Dryer can be supplied in forces. The combination of this technology various batch capacities. Associated with vacuum ensures even temperature equipment such as hot water units, oil distribution, shorter drying times and heaters, vacuum pumps, special filters maintains the product’s integrity. and liquid injection can be supplied as an integral part of the system. For coating and impregnation, the NEXT GENERATION advantage of vacuum is that a liquid can The new Capsule Vacuum Dryer differs not INTERESTED? penetrate and adhere deeper and more so much in mixing technology, but more so Are you facing a challenge in drying or rapidly into the pores of a particle. The in its design. The drum has a double wall coating? Are you interested to find out reason for this is that in the absence of with a fully welded insulation layer, special how your product will react in Lindor’s air, liquid has a free path in and around seals that can withstand vacuum, and a new vacuum test machine? Please the particle and is not hindered by the air rail structure that ensures a safe, quick contact Lindor by sending an email to molecules present. A particle with pores and simple method for disassembly and [email protected] or call [phone]. that do not contain air, absorbs the liquid, correctly assembly. so to speak. 64 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk www.lindor.nl