Pneumatic conveyor for fragile powders
Handle your delicate powders with care, ensuring minimal breakdown while achieving high throughput, with a vacuum conveying solution optimized for dense-phase transport.

Conveys and Handles Fragile Powders and Granules
The Tetra Pak® VDP FD Pneumatic Dense Phase Conveyor is a sophisticated solution engineered for seamless integration into food and beverage processing lines. This pneumatic conveyor is designed to gently transfer fragile powders and granulated ingredients, minimizing product breakdown and maintaining product integrity. The system operates with a vacuum dense-phase method, which ensures both continuous and batch processing capabilities. With a throughput of up to 7 tonnes per hour, this conveyor handles a range of applications, including milk powder, cheese powder, and almond milk powder production.
What sets the Tetra Pak® VDP FD apart is its hygienic design, featuring a fully dismountable filter and an air-pulsion reverse jet cleaning system, adhering to EHEDG recommendations and food safety certifications. The conveyor’s high negative pressure allows for high product concentration at reduced compressed air consumption, optimizing energy efficiency. Moreover, the equipment can manage high air volumes, facilitated by a 5m² filter surface with PE and PTFE coatings, reducing total cost of ownership by cutting product waste during transport by up to 50%.
Engineered for operational safety, the conveyor includes explosion-proof features and ergonomic access at standing height, ensuring a secure working environment. Its adaptability across various industries, from dairy to plant-based products, coupled with customization options, supports diverse production needs, promoting efficient, high-capacity operations.
Benefits
- Ensures product integrity with gentle handling that minimizes breakdown of fragile powders.
- Enhances hygiene with full cleanability and non-contact design, reducing contamination risks.
- Increases efficiency by cutting product waste by up to 50% during conveyance.
- Offers flexible integration through both continuous and batch processing capabilities.
- Promotes operational safety with ergonomic design and explosion-proof features.
- Applications
- Nectar,Still drinks,Cheese,Plant-based products,Plant-based powder,Milk powder,Ice cream,Powder,Infant formula powder,Whey,Juice,Dairy
- End products
- Skimmed milk powder,Whey protein isolate,Almond milk powder,Cheese powder,Infant formula,Fruit juice powder,Mango nectar powder,Soy protein isolate,Milk protein concentrate,Non-dairy milk powder,Ice cream mix,Whey protein powder
- Steps before
- Drying,Grinding
- Steps after
- Packing
- Input ingredients
- fragile powders,granulated ingredients
- Output ingredients
- conveyed powders,granulated products
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Capacity
- 300-2,000 litres
- Production throughput
- up to 7 tonnes/hour
- Air volume handling
- Large,due to 5m2 filter surface area
- Negative pressure
- High
- Enables high capacity and concentration
- Velocity
- Very low
- Ensures gentle handling
- Conveying methods
- Continuous and batch
- Hygienic design
- EHEDG recommendations,food safety certified
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Continuous
- Automation level
- PLC / SCADA
- CIP/SIP
- CIP
- Cleaning method
- Manual / Air impulsion
- Air incorporation control
- Yes
- Energy efficiency
- Low velocity reduces energy use
- Operator safety
- Explosion-proof
- Abrasion resistance
- Ensures minimal product breakdown
- Biological compatibility
- Food safety certified components
- Cleanability
- Designed according to EHEDG recommendations
- Density/particle size
- Handles high product concentration
- Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
- No contact between product and moving parts
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Hopper volume
- 300-2,000 litres
- Discharge method
- Rotary valve / Butterfly valve
- Filter surface area
- 5 m²
- Filtration material
- PE with PTFE coating
- Discharge method
- Rotary valve / Butterfly valve