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04.04.2018  |  18348x
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GF ModFlex - Plug & play thanks to modular + compact design

Glatt presents a new fluid bed design for continuous spray agglomeration for food

ACHEMA 2018, Hall 3.0, Booth F1: At ACHEMA, the leading international trade fair for the process industries in June in Frankfurt am Main, market leading supplier of fluidized bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt, will showcase several new developments, including a new modular and compact plant concept for continuous agglomeration - focused on food applications - as well as a modular control system that’s easy to customize.
For the first time, Glatt will introduce a compact, newly developed fluidized bed plant concept for the continuous fluid bed spray agglomeration of fine powders and powder blends. GF ModFlex enables the production of uniformly porous, virtually dust-free, outstandingly soluble and very easily dosed granules. The process also ensures the homogenous incorporation of ingredients into agglomerates.
Being a gentle process, the nutritional and functional properties of the ingredients are preserved. When it comes to product quality, the systems designed due to this new concept are by no means inferior to its big “brothers”. Specially designed for production volumes of 100–3000 kg/h and, thanks to the compact design with space-saving filters, they are particularly suitable for use in confined spaces or rooms with low ceilings. Another plus: installation times are reduced by more than a third.
The ATEX-compliant, wash-in-place (WIP) version solves two key challenges when processing powdery substances: cleaning operations are semi- or fully automated, time-saving and effective, and explosive powders can be processed safely. Depending on the application, the spray nozzles can be supplied as either top or bottom spray versions.

Glatt’s ever popular planning services, from single modules to turnkey projects, is not only available to the global pharmaceutical and biotech sectors, but also for producers of fertilizer, food and animal feed, and within the chemistry and fine chemicals industry. Interested parties are invited to learn more about the engineering specialist’s product and process development services for granulation, coating and/or microencapsulation, and register to test their products and processes at the company’s Technology Center in Weimar.

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Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt Ingenieurtechnik GmbH
Glatt is specialized in intelligent particle design for the generation and functionalization of powders and granulates with defined, adjustable properties. The focus is on particles and powders for pigments, catalytic, ceramic or battery materials as well as for granules and pellets as additives for e.g. industrial salts, detergents and cleaning agents, fertilizers, pesticides, food, feed, dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals. Encapsulation of flavors, enzymes, vitamins, microorganisms, probiotics or fatty acids (PUFA) is just as possible as encapsulation of essential oils and other active, sensitive substances to be protected. With Glatt APPtec®, a unique technology for spray calcination, it is possible to generate, coat and then calcine particles in a pulsing hot gas stream in a single process step. As a pioneer in fluid bed and spouted bed technologies, Glatt masters these important processes for the formulation and optimization of particle properties through defined spray agglomeration, spray granulation, spray coating or (micro)encapsulation as well as through combinations of these processes. Also in the high temperature range. Glatt supports the product idea from the early phase of product formulation through process development to scale-up to production scale. Under the leadership of the Glatt Process & Plant Engineering teams, customized production plants for nutrition, fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biotech applications are successfully planned and commissioned. Worldwide. Whether based on powder synthesis, fluid bed or spouted bed technology, Glatt also offers certified contract manufacturing for customers without their own production capacities.
Last update: 27.02.2024

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