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Technical articles from our engineering team
Practical guidance on drying and mixing technology, equipment selection, and process considerations for chemical, pharmaceutical, and food processing applications.
Vacuum Drying Principles: Why Lowering Pressure Lowers Temperature
A practical look at why vacuum drying allows moisture to evaporate at reduced temperatures, and what that means for heat-sensitive and solvent-laden materials.
Drying Heat-Sensitive Materials: Key Considerations for Process Engineers
How to approach drying for materials that degrade, discolor, or lose activity when exposed to excess heat or oxygen.
Solvent Recovery in Vacuum Drying: How Closed-Loop Systems Work
An overview of how vacuum drying systems capture and recover organic solvents instead of releasing them to atmosphere.
Spray Dryer Selection: Matching Atomization to Your Liquid Feed
A guide to the factors that determine whether centrifugal spray drying is the right fit for converting a liquid feed into powder.
Fluidized Bed Drying Basics: Uniform Drying Without Dead Zones
How vibrating fluidized bed dryers keep powders and granules moving uniformly through the drying and cooling process.
Paddle Dryer vs. Rake Dryer: Choosing the Right Agitated Dryer
A side-by-side look at hollow blade paddle dryers and vacuum rake dryers to help clarify which agitated drying design fits a given process.