fluid bed drying of liquids, spray drying
Dr. Michael Jacob, Head of the Process Engineering Department at Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, will give a lecture on “Vacuum drying in fluidized beds”. This will be part of the 4-day program around fundamentals and applications in drying, granulation and agglomeration.
Dipl.-Ing. Katja Oppermann, Glatt Ingenieurtechnik, Weimar, will give a lecture on “Process options of fluid bed technology for value-adding product forms” at the SEPAWA Congress round about the detergents/cleansers, cosmetics and fragrance industry in Europe.
Sophisticated product design with Glatt fluid bed and spouted bed technologies @ ProPak 2019, booth P1: Added-value ingredients and active substances require gentle processes. Glatt’s laboratory plant enables the small-scale production and testing of innovative product ideas.
Particle design and drying in just one process step using fluidized bed technology. Perfect determination of particle properties, functionalization and protection of active, volatile and sensitive substances. Listen to the lecture on ‘Functionalization of food supplements’.
Hot one-pot process – high temperature fluidized bed for simultaneous particle formulation and functionalization. The requirements for the high-performance materials of the future pose new challenges for product developers: Innovative applications require increasingly complex materials, but their desired properties can so far only be achieved in cost-intensive multi-step processes. With high-temperature fluid bed systems, plant manufacturer Glatt overcomes previously applicable temperature limits. (German article)
Particles in an onion look – drying of liquids by fluid bed spray granulation. If liquid starting products are to be converted into bulk materials, both the spray drying and fluid bed spray granulation processes are used. The choice of technology depends on which particle properties need to be set to enable specific applications. (German article)
Fluid bed technologies are ideally suited for carrying out heat and mass transfer processes, which are in demand during drying. Particles can be simultaneously refined and functionalized economically in parallel with drying by means of spray granulation, spray coating or spray agglomeration. The selection of the right drying process is challenging: it depends on the prevailing conditions in each case and requires a holistic approach. (article in German language)
Fluidized bed and spouted bed are among the leading technologies when it comes to improving the physical properties of bulk solids, such as particle size distribution, bulk density, structure and morphology, in order to deliver beneficial application properties like enhanced dispersibility, solubility and flowability. The combination of processes such as drying, granulating and microencapsulating in a single step provides a cost-effective manufacturing solution.
Now that functional ingredients have established themselves as a dynamic market segment, the optimization of particle design has become increasingly important. The growing complexity of functional products is putting greater demands on established production processes. Fluidized bed and spouted bed processes offer manufacturers almost unlimited possibilities in terms of optimised particle design and the functionalisation of ingredients.
With populations aging in virtually every nation across the globe, consumer demand for solutions that can tackle age-related conditions such as sarcopenia and keep people active for longer is growing at an impressive rate. The industrial-scale production of innovative food ingredients requires state-of-the-art technologies. Fluidized bed processes offer manufacturers almost unlimited possibilities in terms of optimized particle design and the functionalization of ingredients.
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