Nutraceutical manufacturing processes may include a broad range of materials, from organics to inert minerals. Ventilex fluidized bed dryers and coolers, coupled with our advanced PLC and MCC control systems, offer nutraceutical manufacturing the flexibility to dry and cool a wide range of materials in a single system. Our Fluid Bed Dryers are used in all types of industries for Drying and Cooling as well as product conditioning. Ventilex fluid bed systems support applications including; derivates, supplements, ingredients, and end products.
At the center of the Ventilex Fluid Bed Dryer System are the system controls. The PLC-controlled system integrates the latest in instrumentation with the sturdy Fluid Bed Dryer. The Ventilex design incorporates a “Plug Flow” product transport system. This “Plug Flow” system gently lifts the product by cam motion, and deposits it forward a few fractions of an inch at a time. Product retention times can be as high as two hours, and little degradation will occur. Ventilex’ use of “shaking” instead of vibration for product transport shows the thought and care we have for your process and product. Our unique “shaking” mechanism treats product gently and can achieve “plug-flow” sub-fluidization when necessary. In addition to our “first-in, first-out” product transport, you can be assured that spread residence times are kept to a minimum. In fact, Ventilex is one of the only manufacturers of Fluid Bed Dryers and Coolers that can give you up to 2 hours of product drying and/or cooling!
The heart of our drive mechanism is in the simple crankshaft design. Based on the time-proven locomotive crankshaft, Ventilex raises and then lowers the entire dryer and/or cooler at the same time. This allows the product to be gently “thrown” forward a few fractions of an inch at a time. The entire “product bed” moves in harmony, thus achieving the desired “plug-flow”. Where others use high frequency, resulting in a potentially damaging side effect of high gravities applied to the product – sometimes as high as 5-7 x Gravity, Ventilex keeps the forces on the product under 1 additional gravity at all times.
Ventilex fluidized bed systems offer many benefits for nutraceutical manufacturing:
- Drying and Cooling in the same equipment – improves process efficiency and allows for a smaller footprint
- Highest efficiency method of drying
- Compact, robust design
- Complete Systems
- Integrated PLC, MCC and instrumentation
