Carrier - Conventional Fluid Bed Dryers

Fluid bed processing passes a gas directly through a bed of solid material via a perforated plate, nozzles, or other fluidizing media, thereby lifting and mixing the solids.

• Fluid bed is established by passing gas through a bed of solids. At a certain gas velocity (the fluidization velocity), the bed will behave much like a boiling liquid.
• Fluid beds can be multi-functional, i.e. drying, cooling, classifying, sterilizing, etc., in a single unit.
• Continuous operation or batch.
• Product is continually mixed to promote uniformity.
• Easily adaptable to batch or continuous processing.
• Indirect heat transfer tubes or plates can be immersed in the bed to significantly reduce size and cost of the fluid bed and increase energy efficiency.
• Efficient heat transfer with low energy consumption.
• Efficient processing without product degradation; gentle fluidizing action.
• Vibration can be used to aid in processing more difficult products.
• Sampling ports.
• Variation in process by controlling bed depth, retention time, and product temperature.
• Sanitary, U.S.D.A (3A) approved construction.
• Easily cleaned, rugged construction, dust tight, and low maintenance.