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The characteristics
of the Rotoform
process
• Pastilles are solidified directly from the
melt, eliminating the energy and
equipment costs associated with
subsequent grinding, crushing or
other breaking processes. Free flowing pastilles of a uniform size and shape
• Pastilles are of a highly uniform shape
and stability, with practically no dust cooling media (water) and product are • Melts with widely varying properties
produced. kept apart, ensuring no possibility of can be handled with special
• Pastilles are free flowing and ideal for contamination either way. Rotoform models: viscosities from
handling, blending, storage and further The excellent thermal conductivity of 1 to 50,000 mPas, temperatures up
processing. the steel belt means cooling time is to 320°C.
• Higher bulk density and better packing short, so very little vapor or gas can • Pastilles can be produced with
properties than bulky flakes. get into the atmosphere and little diameters from 1-30 mm.
• Environmentally friendly production as oxygen can penetrate the product.
Granules silo
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The principle of the Rotoformer
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The Rotoform family
Typical products
Rotoform® 3000 270 50,000 30 6 Hot melt adhesives
standard unit for solidifying low and Resins
high viscous melts Sulphur
The experience we have gained in steel Waxes
belt based granulation has enabled us to
adapt, develop and improve upon the Rotoform® HS 270 100 15 12 Sulphur
Rotoform concept, building solutions to latest addition to the family, specially Urea
a range of new chemical processing designed for high speed, high
capacity pastillation
applications.
Rotoform® HT 320 50,000 30 5 Bitumen
The basic principle remains for melts which feed in at high High temp resin
unchanged – the efficient processing of temperature (up to 320˚ C) PET
a melt into solid pastilles – but an entire Pitch
Rotoform family has now been
Rotoform® FD 200 50,000 30 3 Chocolate
developed to allow the production of meets the special Cheese
pastilles from virtually any meltable requirements of the food Chewing gum base
chemical and a wide range of food industry in terms of hygiene Emulsifier
products. and ease of Fat
dismantling / cleaning Soup concentrate
With the right Rotoformer configuration Rotoform® MC 270 1,000 2 0.5 Additives
it is now possible to produce pastilles out for production of micropastilles UV stabilizer
of chemical melts with any of these (down to 1 mm dia.) Waxes
extreme and demanding requirements.
Rotoform® MI 220 5,000 15 0.02 Laboratory use
for R&D and small capacity Small scale
production (<20 kg/h) production
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Rotoform HS – for high speed processing
F1 = F2
V1 V2 » V1 V2
F1, F2 = centripetal force s1, s2 = circumferential speed V1, V2 = belt speed
r1, r2 = depositor radius
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Rotoform FD – for the food industry
• Cheese
• Chewing gum base
• Chocolate
• Emulsifier
• Fat
• Soup concentrate
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Rotoform AS – for abrasive &
sedimenting products
The Rotoform AS has been specially • High velocity product flow through the • Sulphur bentonite (a suspension of
developed for the pastillation of abrasive Rotoform reduces the time available elemental sulphur and up to 10%
and sedimenting melts, typically those for separation to take place. bentonite, a special form of clay)
containing solids – in form of a powder • Interior workings designed to • Stearate
or ground material – of a severely eliminate the possibility of ‘dead • Suspensions of wax and solids
abrasive nature. corners’ where sediments might
separate.
The inherent advantages of the
Rotoform, combined with additional Throughout, the system has been
purpose-designed equipment, make the designed with very few moving parts,
Rotoform AS the ideal solution to the reducing friction to a minimum.
challenge of pastillating abrasive and
sedimenting products. With the Rotoform AS, materials which
at one time were impossible to
A number of special design features have pastillate can now be processed,
been incorporated to ensure successful including:
handling of these product types:
• Catalysts (nickel catalyst which
• Low volume processing means fewer contains up to 30% sharp edged
solids in the system at any one time, nickel powder)
reducing the possibility of separation
from the basic melt.
Product
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Rotoform MC – for micropastilles
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Rotoform MI (Mini) – for laboratories
and pilot plants
Delivering all the benefits of our from 10 to 5,000 mPas can be handled consisting of a stator, metering bar,
standard Rotoform system but on a successfully.The key advantages of this rotating shell, refeed bar and the drive.
smaller scale, the Rotoform MI is ideally system are:
suited to use in laboratory testing The melt is brought via compressed air
operations and within existing plants to • Maximum versatility – strips and or inert gas to the Rotoform MI system
define quality, production rates and other pastille forming where a needle valve guarantees exact
key parameters of products in the • Premium quality Rotoform pastilles dosing onto the belt. As with all
development stage. • Simple operation and accurate system Rotoform systems, the feed and steel
control belt cooler are perfectly synchronised.
System capacity depends on the Cooling is carried out by means of cold
products being processed and can be up The Rotoform MI granulation system is water sprayed onto the underside of the
to 20 kg/h. Maximum melt temperature based on a small scale steel belt cooler steel belt.
is 220°C and products with viscosities and matching Rotoform feeding device,
Product
Compressed air
Heating
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Design data
mm A B C D E F G
400 400 565 566 1160 380 730 1000
600 600 665 666 1160 380 730 1300
800 800 765 766 1160 380 730 1600
1000 1000 865 866 1160 380 730 1900
1200 1200 965 966 1160 380 730 2200
1500 1500 1115 1116 1160 380 730 2650
Dimensions for drum diameter 800/1000 mm
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The Rotoform product range
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Steel belt coolers with
Rotoformers in action worldwide
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The Rotoformer in the sulphur industry
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Our responsibility for turnkey solutions
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The solution for pastillation
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