LAB SPRAY DRYER FEATURES
The SDMicro™ is the smallest spray dryer type produced by GEA Niro. It helps pharmaceutical or chemical companies to evaluate spray drying during the early stages of product development. The spray dryer is a fully functional plant in very small scale. The resulting equipment can make test volumes of product at the smallest possible scale, 100 – 200 ml.
Ideal for research and development
- Designed for spray drying of small volumes of high value pharmaceutical and chemical formulations
- Water or organic solvent based formulations can be spray dried by using compressed air or inert process gas
- Two-fluid nozzle atomization
- High efficiency cyclone and bag filter
- Easy to dismantle for cleaning and fast product switch
SMALL SCALE SPRAY DRYING
Companies can identify the most appropriate isolation technique for the product to guarantee the most efficient manufacturing process.
Computational Fluid Dynamics have been used to design the smallest possible spray drying chamber, which retained the same air flow pattern as a full scale production model.
The Intrinsically Safe operation makes the SDMICRO™ suitable for use with Nitrogen for products dissolved in organic solvents. Compressed air is used for drying of aqueous fluids.
The cyclone is used for the initial powder collection, and the bag filter collects fine particles passing through the cyclone. The cyclone may be by-passed completely for collecting very fine powders in the bag filter.
The SDMICRO™ is easy to dismantle for simple cleaning and fast product switching.
FURTHER READING:
SDMICRO™ Catalogue (PDF)