Pilot Freeze Drying Plant - RAY™ 1

The Atlas RAY™ 1 is designed for a hygienic process and features easy cleaning and maintenance.

Pilot Freeze Drying Plant-RAY™ 1

The RAY™ 1 pilot plant 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 plant is also used in bacterial and pharmaceutical applications.

The RAY™ 1 plant 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 driers or in a CONRAD™ continuous freeze-drying plant.

Auxiliary Equipment

Various auxiliary equipment can be supplied wih the RAY™ 1 pilot 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