Conical screw vacuum dryer for hazardous and temperature-sensitive products
When you need precise moisture control for temperature-sensitive materials, this vacuum dryer offers gentle handling and efficient drying to maintain product integrity even for the most delicate compounds.

Dries, Mixes, and Homogenizes Products Efficiently
The BOLZ-SUMMIX MF-Series Conical Screw Vacuum Dryer by HEINKEL Drying & Separation Group is an expertly engineered vacuum contact dryer that excels in preserving product integrity while drying sensitive and hazardous materials. Its unique conical design employs gentle mixing, minimizing mechanical stress on products such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, fine chemical intermediates, and food powders. With an operating pressure range from -1 bar to +6 bar, it ensures efficient moisture removal under low-temperature conditions, making it ideal for temperature-sensitive substances.
This equipment features a fully contained system that allows for almost complete solids and solvent recovery, thereby maximizing safety for both operators and the environment. The MF-Series supports diverse operations—batch, continuous, multi-product, and multi-process—enabling high flexibility in pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. The integrated CIP system ensures easy cleaning and maintains stringent hygiene standards, while material options such as stainless steel and Hastelloy provide robust corrosion resistance. Designed to comply with GMP, FDA, and ATEX standards, this dryer is a versatile solution for high containment drying, mixing, and homogenizing processes.
Benefits
- Ensures product integrity with gentle mixing, preserving quality in sensitive applications.
- Enhances safety and environmental compliance through high containment and solvent recovery.
- Reduces drying times and energy consumption with efficient heat transfer in low-temperature operations.
- Offers operational flexibility, supporting diverse batch and continuous processes across industries.
- Facilitates easy and thorough cleaning with integrated CIP, maintaining high hygiene standards.
- Applications
- Surface coating,Fine chemicals,Chemical,Food products,Metal / recycling,Pharmaceutical
- End products
- Protein powders,Active pharmaceutical ingredients,Metal powders,Powder coatings,Baby formula,Food additives,Industrial adhesives,Fine chemical intermediates
- Steps before
- Purification,Emulsification,Homogenizing
- Steps after
- Packing,Coating,Tablet Pressing
- Input ingredients
- hazardous products,toxic products,mechanically sensitive products,temperature-sensitive products,multi-product,multi-process
- Output ingredients
- dried products,low moisture content products,reproducible product quality,good as initial product
- Market info
- Heinkel (Bolz Summix) specializes in engineered-to-order industrial equipment, offering expertise in solid-liquid separation and mixing technologies, with a strong reputation for high-quality centrifuges, mixers, and dryers tailored to various industry needs.
- Temperature Range
- Operating temperature 160°C - 240°C
- Pressure Range
- -1 bar up to +6 bar
- Explosion Shock Proof Design
- 10 bar ESP
- Filling Volume
- 10-100% of working capacity
- Material
- Stainless steel (AISI 304,AISI 316L,AISI 316,AISI 904L,Hastelloy C22)
- Surface Finish
- Product contact – fine polish / electro-polish
- Operating Principle
- Vacuum Contact Dryer
- Cycle Time
- Short drying times
- Drive System
- Low drive power with reliable drive systems
- Drying Method
- Indirect heating
- Product Discharge
- Almost 100% by gravity
- Containment Level
- Very high,almost 100% solids and solvent recovery
- ATEX Compliance
- Safe and ATEX compliant
- Cleanroom Installation
- Possible in feed area or dryer discharge area
- Working mechanism
- Vacuum contact dryer
- Integrated steps
- Drying,mixing,homogenizing,re-wetting
- CIP principles
- Optimized CIP facilities with complete liquid drain
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Product handling
- Gentle mixing,suitable for mechanically sensitive products
- Containment level
- Almost 100% solids and solvent recovery
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- AISI 316L / Hastelloy C22
- Density/particle size
- Customizable
- Cleanability
- Optimized CIP
- Abrasion resistance
- Yes
- European PED Pressure Equipment Directive
- AD-2000 calculation
- Tank shape
- Conical
- Discharge method
- Gravity
- Filling volume
- 10-100% of working capacity
- Material
- Stainless steel (AISI 304,AISI 316L,AISI 316,AISI 904L,Hastelloy C22)
- Surface finish
- Fine polish / Electro-polish
- Shaft Seal Options
- Single lip,multiple lip,gas-purged,liquid quench
- Control System Integration
- PLC/SCADA
- Material Options
- AISI 304,AISI 316L,Hastelloy C22
- Surface Finish Options
- Fine polish/electro-polish,sanitary polish/glass blast bead
- Jacket Options
- Heating jacket/insulating jacket
- Valve and Nozzle Options
- Sampling,filling and discharge valves,WIP/CIP/SIP nozzles
- Safety and Clean Room Installation
- ATEX compliance,clean room installation