ANFD (Agitated Nutch Filter Dryer)
Global Engineering provide a full turnkey sevice for Agitated Nutsche Filter Dryers (ANFD’s) from design and manufacture to assembly, installation and commissioning.Our ANFD’s are innovatively designed and engineered to help improve plant operational processes efficiency. We can also provide ANFD’s with barrier isolator (Glove box) technology for contained discharge and/or charging operations.
We are experienced in process media filtration and drying performance and provide equipment with high levels of safety and quality that meets all appropriate industry regulations.
Our ANFD’s feature a differential mixing agitator and paddle that moves vertically for a thorough mix performance. The filter drier agitator consists of a series of sharp curved blades that achieves mixing penetration into difficult cakes without undue product stress. While moving and lifting the cake media around the internal clearances within the filter dryer, agitation mixing efficiency is achieved through differential velocities.
Salient Features
- Design & Construction: ASME Sec.VIII, Division-I, Latest Edition
- Main Dimensions: Designed to suit specific applications
- Flange Drilling: ANSI – B 16.6, #150
- Capacity: Typically supplied from 2L (for Kilo labs) to 12,000L (for bulk production), although larger models can be designed to suit client requirements.
Design Features
- Pressure : 0-6 barg (0-90 psig)
- Operating Temperature : up to 200 Deg.C (390 Deg F.)
- Filtration : 10-200 Micron
- cGMP equipment design and construction
- Single (Monoblock) or Double (Detachable base) model options
- Highly efficient drying with integrated heating system
- Minimum gap design allowing reflux cleaning to achieve typically 2.5ppm to non-detectable
- Minimum solvent volumes beneath filter mesh for process optimisation
- Direct heel recovery system to improve productivity
- Sealed single piece agitators prevents leakage of heat transfer fluid into the process media
- Total interchangeability between cloth and mesh filtration media
- Optional detachable portable filter unit supplied on caster wheels (far right photo)
- High strength, precision machined inter-locking castellations on ANFD base and portable filter unit.
- FEP Elastomer sealing
- Detachable bottom from shell can be aligned by ‘ Super Clamp’ or Bayonet Type instead of conventional C clamp arrangement (see supply options)
- No manual handling between filtration and drying operations
- Thorough cake washing as desired.
- Product purity can be maintained.
- Complete Automation with PLC based control is possible (see options).
- The machine can be designed covering small to large filtration areas
- Solvent recovery is achievable.
RCVD (Rotary Cone Vacuum Dryer)
Global Engineeringprovide a full turnkey service for Rotary Cone Vacuum Dryers from design and manufacture to assembly, installation and commissioning.
The Global Engineering Rotary Cone Vacuum Dryer (RCVD) is completely jacketed for optimum dryer efficiency. Heat transfer fluid, typically hot water, steam or vapor, is circulated around the conical jacket for even product drying through conduction. Global can supply the Thermal Control Unit where required (see options below).
As the dryer rotates, given the shape of the vessel, the entire product batch is thoroughly mixed and high speed dried. This blending and inter-folding process maintains uniform temperatures and eliminates any probability of product re-condensation due to cold spots. Global then use a high vacuum to draw off any remaining moisture while the product is in motion and thereafter the batch is easily discharged and cleaned given the conical shape of the vessel.
RCVD’s provide a range of operational benefits as stated below, making them an ideal item of process equipment for batch production in the Pharmaceutical, Food and Chemical sectors.
Salient Features
- Design & Construction: AMSE Sec.VIII, Division-I, Latest Edition
- Main Dimensions: Designed to suit specific applications
- Flange Drilling: ANSI – B 16.6, #150
- Capacity: Typically supplied from 300L to 5,000L
- Operating Pressure: 6 Barg (90 psig)
- Operating Temperature: up to 200 Deg.C (0-390 Deg F.)
Design Features
- cGMP equipment design and construction
- Robust construction. Double pedestal supported (Single version is non-preferred but can be supplied for limited physical space applications)
- Sealed single piece heating jacket
- All bearings of the dryer are external to the blending vessel
- Non-clogging design. Easy to clean
- Direct Drive mechanism – Global design does not have a conventional belt pulley, chain sprocket , spur gear other mechanical member for torque transmission or speed reduction. Hollow shaft gearbox is used.
- Cantilever type support can be given for RCVD models up to 1000 Litres thereby saving the space beneath the equipment and thereby isolating the serve area
- Complete Automation with PLC based operation is possible
VTD (Vacuum Tray Dryer)
Global Engineering design and manufacture Vacuum Tray Dryers (VTD’s) that are easy to use and consume less power than other traditional types of Dryers. We design VTD’s from laboratory to production scale and can meet sterile process requirements when necessary for drying highly toxic or sensitive products.
We can customise our VTD’s where needed and have both circular and rectangular drying systems along with a vacuum pump system to fulfil the operational requirements of our client applications.
Our products are typically manufactured from stainless steel as shown. Where required, the contact and vapour parts can be finished with high corrosion resistant materials including Teflon plastic coating, StanCoat and Alloy C276 (Hastelloy).
Salient Features
- Design & Construction: AMSE Sec.VIII, Division-I, Latest Edition
- Main Dimensions: Designed to suit specific applications
- Flange Drilling: ANSI – B 16.6, #150
- Capacity: Typically supplied from 24 Trays,36,Trays,Etc..
- Operating Pressure: 6 Barg (90 psig)
- Operating Temperature: up to 100 Deg.C (0-290Deg F.)
Design Features
- Modular Design with high attention to operator health, safety and access.
- Rounded edges and corners throughout the design
- Sturdy welded external chamber reinforcement ensures maximum operating protection and dependability under full vacuum operation
- Hollow pad type baffled heating shelfs
- All shelf to manifold connectors are located outside the dryer chamber
- Validation ports and nitrogen purge nozzles
- Fluid heating and circulating systems either steam or electrically heated, with PLC based process control possible
- Vapour condensation unit along with a receiver
- Vacuum pump system provided to match customer requirements.
- Circular and rectangular drying systems ideal for small to moderate levels of production
- Load cell system assimilation for lab models (optional)
- cGMP construction for pharmaceutical models.
- Integral Barrier Isolator with operator half suit as shown to right (optional)