fluidized bed dryer / cleaning / for dairy products / vibrating

VR 150/15 natural-frequency vibrating conveyor dryer with 22 m2 fluidizing plate for milk powder
In the last few years, VIBRA MASCHINENFABRIK SCHULTHEIS GmbH in Offenbach/Main has delivered numerous, truly pioneering drying plants based on the above-mentioned criteria. In addition to fluid-bed dryers which have to be cleaned thoroughly and completely (Figure 1), and which are consequently often equipped with an automatic CIP system, the firm?s engineers have also developed a solution in which only the - bacteriologically highly sensitive - fluidizing plate of the fluid-bed enclosure requires wet cleaning. Figure 2 shows a natural-frequency vibrating conveyor dryer with a 22 m2 fluidizing plate which integrates this solution. The fluidizing frame, which is subdivided into several sections, is clamped during operation between the air box and the dryer hood . When the hood is lifted off pneumatically, it can be moved in only a few seconds through a door at the end into the wet area on integrated rollers supported by ball bearings. By using pneumatic drives both to open the dryer hood and to close it again such that it is capable of withstanding vibration, manual intervention by the operator in order to clean the dryer is restricted to gently pushing the fluidizing plate into the wet area. There is no need to dismantle the elastic connecting sle eves for the supply and exhaust air and for feeding and discharging the product.