EKATO VPT Vertical Process Dryer

Design features:

• Cantilevered shaft with no product contact at bearings
• Processing of products with liquid to thick doughy consistencies
• Close clearances between agitator and vessel wall prevent product build-up there
• Top-entry choppers
• High degrees of homogeneity achieved
• Almost complete discharge of contents, only minimum amounts of product left behind

Function:

• The patented EKATO ISOPAS impeller ensures an intensive, thorough mixing action
• The product is displaced upward near to the wall and flows downward again at the center
• Vacuum contact dryer with heated walls (contact surfaces) supplying heat of evaporation to product

Applications:

• Drying of free-flowing products such as fine chemicals, pigments and active pharmaceutical ingredients
• Drying of crystalline powders sensitive to shear
• Drying of products with problematic flow properties or a pronounced transition phase
• Mixing liquids into solids
• Various processes (blending, drying, reactions) can be carried out in one equipment item