Sandvik Process Systems, supplier of high performance pastillation systems for chemical and food products, has recently supplied and commissioned a plant for fatty acid with a production capacity of more than 3tns/hr – a capacity that has never been reached before on granulation systems for this type of product. This achievement is the result of steady development of the Rotoform process and equipment of which more than 1300 are in operation with almost 10% having been supplied for the pastillation of fat chemicals. The chemicals from fatty acid, fatty alcohol, fatty amines, polyethylenglycol, fatty soap and stearate are used as detergents, rubber additives, lubricants, surfactants, food additives, cosmetics and pharmaceutical intermediates. The Rotoform process, which is a combination of the Rotoform dropforming equipment and a steel belt cooler, is extremely efficient, flexible and environmentally friendly. The steel belt operates independently so that neither the product nor the cooling media – water can be contaminated. The flexibility of the system means that a switch over from one product to another, which is frequently required in this industry, can be undertaken quickly and at short notice. Supplied to a leading manufacturer of fat chemicals in India, a large number of fat chemical producers around the world are also benefiting from the Rotoform process, including leading manufacturers in Europe, India, Japan, China and Malaysia.
