Precise design – thermal process for powder production enables fine adjustment

A new thermal process for powder production – Advanced Pulse Powder Technology – is designed to enable targeted particle design. Manufacturers of advanced ceramics can thus achieve unique and customized product properties. (Article in German language)

Particle synthesis in pulsed hot gas stream: Powders tailored to customers’ needs

Glatt Ingenieurtechnik developed a new powder technology that allows powder composition and particle design to be adjusted to meet a customer’s specific application needs. By synthesising the powder in a pulsed hot gas stream, product structures can now be generated that were not accessible with conventional techniques.

Powder production accelerates pulse beat – spray pyrolysis reactor for pigments and catalysts

Powder production accelerates pulse beat – spray pyrolysis reactor for pigments and catalysts.
Tailor-made – this stands for unique, high-quality and suitable. The Apptec process developed by Glatt for powder synthesis, on the other hand, leaves little room for chance. With a pulsating hot gas stream, this further development of spray pyrolysis enables unerring particle design for application fields such as catalyst and pigment development. (Article in German language)

A matter of gas flow management – Microencapsulation of essential oils by spray granulation unsing spouted bed technology

Essential oils are volatile substances that are susceptible to oxidation and light. For protection and easier handling, as well as for better dosing and targeted release properties, these substances are increasingly offered and used by various industries in an encapsulated and often free-flowing form.

Customized properties – drying and stabilization of microorganisms by fluid bed and spouted bed technology

Application-specific product formulations require that the organisms are kept in a state capable of multiplying from the time of their production through storage to transport to the place of release. Fluidized bed and spouted bed processes offer a very high potential for different heat and mass transfer processes due to their unique fluid mechanical and thermodynamic properties. The drying and stabilization of microorganisms for food and nutraceuticals is one of many examples that illustrate the close interplay between formulation, process engineering and plant engineering.

In one step – Drying by fluid bed spray granulation

Thermal drying is an essential process in almost all industries to convert liquid or moist raw materials into solid dry products. A wide variety of processes and apparatus are available to carry out drying technology applications. The selection of suitable processes is usually complex and depends on the prevailing conditions. One possible basic principle for drying technology applications is fluidized bed technology. The fluidized bed is characterized by very intensive process control.

Atex-compliant system design for high process reliability

So that it will not go “boom” and the plant will blow up! This must be taken into account in advance when planning and designing a plant. Fluid bed and spouted bed systems of various designs and sizes are used in many branches of industry for product design and the production or refinement of granulates and pellets. The solid starting materials for this are often in powder form, the handling of which in plants can lead to a dust explosion risk. Other aspects of the safety design of fluid bed and spouted bed systems are, depending on the application, the use of organic solvents or the formation of hazardous substances through reactions or decomposition. (German article)

Design and operation of energy-efficient fluid bed systems – Integrated approach saves costs

Designing and operating fluid bed systems with energy efficiency: Systems for agglomeration, spray granulation and coating in the fluid bed are used in nearly all industries with the production and refinement of solid product forms. In addition to the material and application properties of the manufactured products their manufacturing costs can also be significantly influenced already during the design of the fluid bed systems.

Instantizing made easy – Agglomeration by fluid bed process – Granules from powder

High dust content and bad flowability often cause problems during the filling, dosing or application of powdery substances. This situation can be improved considerably through agglomeration using the fluid bed technology. Glatt Ingenieurtechnik designs und constructs these kind of fluid bed plants for various applications. (German article)

Spray Granulation Gives Solid Materials Customized Properties

Flowability, dustlessness and easy dosing — these are some of the plus points of granulates produced by fluidized or spouted bed technology. The product design can be specifically influenced by process engineering. (German article)