Designed for a hygienic process in the food and beverage
industries
DESIGN OF THE RAY™ 1
The freeze drying pilot plant RAY™ 1 is used in the food and beverage
industries for small-scale production of market samples and for pilot testing
of new products prior to full-scale production. The RAY™ 1 also features easy
cleaning and maintenance.
The RAY™ 1 plant is also used in bacterial
and pharmaceutical applications.
The pilot plant RAY™ 1 is operated via
a PC control system. Parameters are monitored and stored during the freeze
drying process to provide full documentation of the process. This makes it
possible to repeat the test with the same freeze drying characteristics.
Modem for remote control or troubleshooting can be integrated in the PC
system.
Test runs with the RAY™ 1 provide excellent data for scaling up
to industrial production, either in one of the Atlas RAY™ batch freeze dryers
or in a CONRAD™ continuous freeze drying plant.
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
Various auxiliary equipment can be supplied wih the RAY™ 1pilot plant
.
For solid products:
- Low-temperature freezer
- Granulator and sieve arrangement
For liquid products such as coffee and tea, etc.:
- Foaming equipment for bulk density control
- Granulator and sieve arrangement for definition of granule size
- Prefreezing and final freezing equipment for controlled freezing process