HELIX TYPE DRYER / VERTICAL MIXER DRYER (VMD)
A VMD is a specialized high intensity mixer dryer mostly used in Chemical and Pharma API industries. With a vertical design and ribbon type heated helical blade shaft it serves as a very good mixer cum dryer for uniform drying of wet cake products.
This equipment has 3-dimensional mixing by virtue of the Helical blade transferring the material up and to the center. This cyclonic motion gives very good mixing of the contents in the equipment. Also, the material is shuffled gently as the helical blade gives a gentle motion to the product.
This equipment is very widely used in drying process of various Chemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Agro Chemicals, Pesticides, Insecticides, Dyes and Intermediates, Pharmaceutical and API’s and even Sterile API’s, Food industries.
It can be provided in GMP, Non-GMP constructions.
Variety in construction
Design Features
- Single Helix or Double Helix
- Dished Top end or Flat Top end design
- Retractable bottom cone design
- With integrated lump breakers
- With integrated pneumatic actuated charging and discharging valves
Shaft Sealing Options
- Single or Double stuffing box
- Single Dry or Double Dry Mechanical seal
- Double Dry seal with gas barrier system
- Double Wet seal with liquid barrier system
Salient Features
Material of Construction (MOC):
Stainless steel (SS316L, SS316, SS304), Hastelloy (C-276, C-22), Monel, Titanium etc.
