Alpha Process Engineers

No. 5, 10 Link Street, Nehrunagar Indl. Estate, Kottivakkam, OMR, Chennai - 600041 Ph. : 009144 24540294, 24542371 Email : alphaprocessengineers@gmail.com Website : http://www.alphaprocessengineers.com
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ALPEN TURBO DRYER

ALPEN Turbo-drying technology offers an efficient and optimal means of drying low percent solids solutions, containing heat-sensitive product. This is particularly true of several of the ingredients in the Pharmaceutical & Drugs ( including APIs ), Nutraceutical, Biotechnical and Food Industries which are manufactured from the extraction or reaction of plant materials using solvents ( water, methanol, hexane, etc. ). These processes result in a product in the form of a liquid with very low percent solids level. These products have one common undesirable characteristic viz., they exhibit stickiness while transitioning to the solids phase during drying. Drying methods such as freeze drying, spray drying, tray drying etc prove to be either expensive or less energy-efficient methods. De-agglomeration became an additional process-step before powder phase was obtained, often resulting in yield loss, extra labor resource and space and spillage issues.
ALPEN Turbo Dryer operates in a novel way, combining the advantages of fluidizing ( through high-speed agitation ) and vacuum drying ( with solvent recovery ), conserving heat-energy consumption and operating efficiency. Inherent in the process is de-agglomeration, shortening the drying time further and resulting in an end-product with very low moisture content. Optionally, for obtaining very fines, the milling of the dried product can be achieved in the dryer itself, incorporating a disintegrator as an integral component of the dryer. The Turbo-Dryer also incorporates specially designed scraping mechanism that can effectively minimize manual post-drying scraping needs to an absolute minimum, if not eliminate the same entirely. To achieve this, the agitation cycle is adjusted. These Dryers are engineered to maximize heat transfer rates, resulting in overall heat transfer coefficients that are many times higher than those of traditional dryers. This advanced drying technology generates rapid drying in a single drying chamber and in a single batch-run. Optionally, to prevent carry-over of solids into the vacuum line, ALPEN Turbo Dryer incorporates an enhanced Pulse Back Filter mechanism in which a pneumatic pulse jet system ( using air, Nitrogen, or suitable inert gas ) provides continuous automatic bag cleaning. This provides an efficient dust control system for the Turbo Dryer. 1. Controlled drying through effective/optimum heat transfer. 2. Improved drying rates. 3. Increased efficiencies of drying. 4. Efficient single unit processing of the entire process. Drying in ALPEN Turbo Dryer enables the customer to produce a pure, dried product with solvent levels below the limits set by the FDA. Also, the design and construction of the Dryer conforms to GMP standards and can be offered to meet or exceed FDA, 3A, USDA compliance as required by the customer. N. Muralidhar Technical Director Cell : 00919840167887