Ventilex Fluid Bed Dryers are known worldwide for their high quality and operational efficiency. Our Fluid Bed Dryers are used in all industries where drying and cooling are elements of the production process.
Products that benefit from fluid bed drying during production range from food products, to sand, medicines, chemicals and bio-mass, among others.
How a fluid bed dryer works
In a Fluidized Bed, a product or solid is made fluid by an upward-moving flow of gas. The mechanical movement of the Fluid Bed strengthens this effect, mixing gas and product so that high heat transfer and an optimum physical reaction speed are achieved. By choosing the optimal combination of gas, speed and mechanical movement, you can process granular products with a wide range of grain sizes successfully while minimizing dust formation.
The Ventilex fluid bed transport design is mechanically simple, dependable, and reliable.
- Our exclusive “shaking” motion assures “first in, first out” drying of product when controlling the heat time and temperature is necessary.
- Consistent and predictable drying ensures product is never over or under dried.
- Ventilex dryers achieve fluidization, or sub-fluidization of your product (when longer times in the dryer are needed), allowing for process-required plug flow characteristics.The simple mechanism of our fluid bed dryers provides product transport is both heavy duty and robust, assuring dependability, low maintenance, and a long equipment life.
Design
Ventilex engineers and manufactures Fluid Bed Dryers for a broad range of applications. Knowing that no two applications are exactly alike, we take an engineered and systems approach for each installation. For Dairy, Food, and Hygienic applications, we offer our CIP (Clean in Place) design.; For inert materials, we offer our High Temperature Design. By matching design with need, you achieve larger cost savings.
Our years of experience can be your advantage. We will custom design a dryer to meet your requirements, and build it using the highest quality materials and workmanship.
Key Benefits of working with Ventilex include:
- Dryers and coolers custom designed for your product.
- The highest energy efficiency – Save 40% or more on your gas/steam/oil costs.
- Shaking – not ‘vibrating” – Few moving parts and far less maintenance and gentler on your product
- Up to 1112°F [600°C] drying air temperature
- Smaller footprint
- Fully automatic operation.
- Very gentle on your product.
- Sub-Fluidization
- Plug Flow; First-in, First-out.
- Well mixed fluidization. We cover the entire spectrum and can accurately control the amount of time the product is in the dryer.
- All Stainless Steel Product Contact Areas. Other alloys are available, we work with all construction materials.
- USDA Accepted, Dairy, Food, and Pharmaceutical Grades. Exceeds all USDA and FDA criteria for cleanliness and hygiene.
