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Fluid Bed applications
A whole range of products can be processed in the Fluid Bed and sub-Fluid Bed and long residence times, up to two hours per machine, are possible. Our unique drive provides an ideal plug-flow.
The Fluid Bed can be used in the following processes:
| agglomerating |
fermenting |
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| baking |
freeze drying |
| blanching |
inert gas drying |
| calcinating |
pasteurizing |
| conditioning |
puffing |
| cooling (evaporative) |
reacting |
| deactivating enzymes |
roasting |
| dedusting |
steam stripping |
| drying |
sterilizing |
Food, dairy and nutraceuticals
Within the Food, Diary and Nutraceuticals industries, the Fluid Bed is applied for derivates, supplements, ingredients and end products.
Applications
The Food, Diary and Nutraceuticals industries process the following products among others in a Ventilex Fluid Bed:
| rice |

 
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| salt |
| sausage farce (rusk) |
| seeds |
| soya |
| sugar |
| tea |
| tobacco |
| tomato pulp |
| vitamin A |
| vitamin C |
| beta carotene |
| breadcrumbs |
| calcium gluconate |
| cereals |
| cheese |
| cocoa beans |
| coffee |
| crumb |
| dextrose |
| GDL |
| grains |
| herbs and spices |
| KGA |
| lacticol, sorbitol, xylitol |
| lactose |
| licorice extrudate |
| lycopens |
| meat |
| nuts/peanuts |
| potato flakes |
| powdered milk |
| PUFA |
Biomass, animal feed and inorganic waste
It is possible by means of Fluid Bed processing to upgrade waste products and make them suitable for re-use. In this way the environment is burdened as little as possible.
Applications
The Ventilex Fluid Bed is used in these industries for among others the following products:
| blood meal |
paper waste |
| citrus peel |
potato residue |
| compost |
return brood |
| domestic waste |
slaughter waste |
| fish feed |
sludge |
| fish meal |
wood |
| manure |
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Minerals
To process these products a strong, solid installation is needed.
The Ventilex Fluid Bed systems are therefore durable and corrosion-resistant.
Applications
In the mineral industry, the Ventilex Fluid Bed is used to process among others the following products:
| aggregates |
gypsum |
| blast furnace slag |
iron slag |
| calcium carbonate |
limestone |
| calumite |
marble sand |
| china clay |
non-ferrous metals |
| copper slag |
rock salt |
| ferrous metals |
sand |
Chemicals
To process chemical products, Ventilex offers total solutions with the right flue/discharged gas systems. They have been designed specially for the chemical industry.
Applications
In the chemical industry, the Ventilex Fluid Bed is used to process among others the following products:
| ammonium sulphate |
pesticides |
| butyl rubber |
plastic granulate |
| calcium chloride |
polymers |
| carboxyl methyl cellulose |
potassium chloride |
| chemicals |
potassium sulphate |
| chromic acid |
rubber pellets |
| detergent powder |
salts |
| fertilizer |
silica gel |
| flame retardant |
sodium sulphate |
| herbicides |
twaron (kevlar) pulp |
| hexamine |
vanadium oxide |
| penta eritritol |
Zn Pb granulate |
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