INDUSTRIAL FOOD PROCESSING
The hegatec Vacuum Belt Dryer is used for gentle drying of pasty and liquid products.

FAST AND GENTLE DRYING
for malt, chocolate, fruit concentrates, vegetable concentrates, meat extracts, spices, milk products, coffee extract, lactic acid bacteria, enzymes, herb extracts, aroma and specials like pure fruit concentrates, soya, pure coconut sugar, different kinds of sugar, etc.

BENEFITS
▪  gentle drying by reducing the boiling point
▪  continuous, automated process
▪  fast drying
▪  low product temperature
▪  low loss of aroma
▪  controllable bulk density
▪  no oxidation of the product
▪  controllable Maillard reaction
▪  very good water solubility of end products
▪  very good instant product properties
▪  possibility of solvent recovery
▪  automatic cleaning

PROCESS
The process starts with mixing the liquid or pasty product in the hegatec Feeding Vessel. The feeding pump ensures a uniform distribution on the conveyor belt inside the dryer. The housing of the hegatec Vacuum Belt Dryer is under vacuum. The operating vacuum is precisely controlled by the hegatec Vacuum System. After feeding the product on parallel operating conveyor belts, it
is conveyed through different heating zones and a final cooling zone. The integrated hegatec Inline Granulator mills the final product. The required dry matter of the final product can be regulated by adjustable parameters such as feeding volume, conveying velocity, temperature and pressure.