Products and Services

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

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.

Typical Capacities

Product Type Vegetables Shrimps Boiled Beef Tea Granulate Coffee Granulate Dry Matter   % 10.0 22.0 35.0 25.0 40.0 Load kg/batch 6.0 6.6 7.8 5.5 6.9 Batch time    h 8.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 Sublimation kg H2O/batch 5.4 5.1 5.0 4.1 4.1 Production  kg/batch 0.6 1.5 2.8 1.4 2.8

(Capacity and freeze-drying time depend on e.g. product type, bulk density, product layer thickness and heat sensitivity)

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, et c.:

• Foaming equipment for bulk density control
• Granulator and sieve arrangement for definition of granule size
• Prefreezing and final freezing equipment for controlled freezing process

Click here to download the Atlas Freeze Drying brochure in pdf format.

GEA Process Engineering Inc. • 9165 Rumsey Road • Columbia, MD 21045
Tel. 410-997-8700 • E-mail: info@niroinc.com • Website: www.niroinc.com

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