Spray Drying

The BUCHI Mini Spray Dryer S-300 is a fully automated laboratory spray dryer for producing fine powders in R&D, formulation and process development. It handles aqueous, organic and corrosive feeds and produces particles across a wide size range with a high yield thanks to its coated cyclone and optimized gas flow. Auto Mode automates heating, conditioning and shutdown, while remote monitoring and method programming via the mobile app and PC keep runs reproducible and hands-off.

Key specifications:

• Inlet temperature: up to 220 °C (Advanced) or 250 °C (Corrosives)

• Evaporation capacity: up to 1.0 L/h H₂O (higher with organic solvents)

• Particle size range: 1 – 60 μm

• Yield: up to 70 %

• Feed compatibility: water, organic solvents, acids and alkalines (Corrosives model)

• Nozzles: two-fluid, three-fluid and ultrasonic

• Auto Mode with method programming and sample queue

• Real-time inlet, outlet and product temperature monitoring

• PDF / CSV reporting, mobile app remote control

Available models:

• S-300 Basic — aqueous formulations

• S-300 Advanced — aqueous and organic solvents (with Inert Loop S-395 option)

• S-300 Corrosives — acids, alkalines and mixed feeds

Applications:

• Pharmaceutical solid dispersions and inhalable drugs

• Food and nutraceutical encapsulation (vitamins, probiotics, flavors)

• Cosmetics and fragrance formulation

• Battery electrode and catalyst materials

• Nano-material and chemical process development

SiccaDania Small Scale Spray Dryers provide high-quality spray drying for both R&D and production, allowing customers to innovate and experiment at small scale before upscaling to full production-size spray dryers. All units are available as standard plants, and can also be designed on a modular concept with a range of optional items so each individual plant can be custom-built to match specific customer requirements. Because the spray-drying process is fully scalable, the small-scale units are offered in many flexible configurations that enable accurate process simulation of larger industrial-size spray dryers, and are provided in either a single-stage or multi-stage configuration.

Key features:

• Standard or fully modular design with a range of optional items

• Available in single-stage or multi-stage configuration

• Scalable process design enabling simulation of larger industrial spray dryers

• Custom-built plants tailored to specific customer requirements

• Suited to both R&D experimentation and small-scale production runs

Typical applications:

• R&D process development and formulation testing before scale-up

• Small-scale production of spray-dried powders

• Process simulation ahead of investing in full industrial-scale spray dryers