Laboratory Spray Dryer features:
- Ideal for research and development
- Designed for spray drying of small volumes of high value pharmaceutical and chemical formulations
- Water or organic solvent based formulations can be spray dried by using compressed air or inert process gas
- Two-fluid nozzle atomization
- High efficiency cyclone and bag filter
- Easy to dismantle for cleaning and fast product switch
Application:
Small-scale evaluation of spray drying feasibility and testing of the unit for clients interested in the smallest spray dryer for their R&D applications.
Capacity:
The evaporative capacity is 500-1000 g/h and the minimum feed requirement is a 50 ml solution and not less than 0.5 g of solids.
Specification:
The drying chamber of the SDMicro™ has a diameter of 200 mm, a cylindrical height of 350 mm, and a 60 degree conical bottom. The drying gas flow rate is 10-30 kg/h and the maximum inlet temperature is ~200°C.
Small-scale Spray Drying
Pharmaceutical and chemical companies use the the new SDMICRO™ Spray Dryer to evaluate spray drying during the early stages of product development. Companies can identify the most appropriate isolation technique for the product to guarantee the most efficient manufacturing process.
The SDMICRO™ is a fully functional small scale spray drying plant. Computational Fluid Dynamics have been used to design the smallest possible spray drying chamber, which retained the same air flow pattern as a full scale production model. The resulting equipment can make test volumes of product at the smallest possible scale (100 to 200 ml).
The Intrinsically Safe operation makes the SDMICRO™ suitable for use with Nitrogen for products dissolved in organic solvents. Compressed air is used for drying of aqueous fluids.
The cyclone is used for the initial powder collection, and the bag filter collects fine particles passing through the cyclone. The cyclone may be by-passed completely for collecting very fine powders in the bag filter.
The SDMICRO™ is easy to dismantle for simple cleaning and fast product switching.