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KD10

Pilot Plant

KD10

Short path distillation in a stainless steel pilot plant with 0.1 m2 wiped heating surface. KD10 units are suitable for various throughputs 
at evaporator temperatures of up to 350 °C and pressures of up to 10-3 mbar.
Discover the wide range of applications for our multipurpose systems.

 

Our customers highly appreciate the following key benefits of our pilot plants:

  • They are robust, high-quality and flexible allrounder for continuous small-scale production as well as in research and development.
  • They are perfect simulators of industrial processes, ideal for process development and tracking, thanks to their clear design and transparent processes and product flows.
  • They are a tool in process development for short path distillation that has been continuously refined since the 1960s.
  • Best choice in terms of delivery times and price-performance ratio with maximum flexibility thanks to optional accessories.

KD10 Basic Version

The KD10 is our most popular pilot plant for short path distillation. It is ideal for process development and small-scale production. The unit is highly flexible and can be used for the distillation of both high and low viscosity products as it is fully heatable. The KD10 distills continuously. The KD10 has an upstream degassing stage. Standard configuration:

  • Heatable feed vessel (10 l capacity) equipped with a feed pump
  • Degasser
  • Evaporator (incl. corresponding heater)
  • Vacuum system for pressures of up to 0.05 mbar (expandable optionally to a vacuum system achieving pressures of up to 10-3 mbar)
  • Cold trap (to be filled manually with liquid nitrogen or dry ice)
  • Cut measuring vessels and feed pumps for distillate and concentrate

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Optional Accessories

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The KD10 can be equipped with the following accessories to adapt it to your distillation tasks and preferences:

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1 - Suction Lance

The suction lance incl. a small vacuum system for the feed container enables continuous filling of the evacuated feed container directly from the vessel in which the feed material is provided (e.g. from canisters, drums or IBC containers).

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2 - V-Tab Smart Distillation Control

Tablet control with interface to all temperature control units, pumps, sensors and the vacuum system as well as a weighing system for distillate and concentrate.
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3 - Mass Flow Meter in Heatable Design

Precise and continuous feed flow measurement and control of the feed pump.
This option is only available in combination with V-Tab.

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4 - Feed Transfer Pump

A pump between the degasser and evaporator, which replaces the standard siphon installed at this point. Is required if the light fractions of the product to be distilled differ greatly from the main fraction in terms of their boiling point.

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5 - Concentrate Cooler

Additional heat exchanger at the concentrate discharge for rapid cooling of the concentrate. Of particular relevance e.g. in distillation processes in which the concentrate is the valuable product and reacts sensitively to prolonged exposure to heat.

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6 - Cooling Coil Insert for Cold Trap with Cooling Unit

Continuously cooled plug-in cooler eliminates the need for manual coolant replenishment.

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7 - Roots Vacuum Pump

Replaces the standard oil diffusion pump. This gives a more stable and controllable vacuum as the pumping curve of a roots-blower is linear and not logarithmic as the pumping curve of the oil diffusion vacuum pump.

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8 - Block Wiper System

A block wiper system that comes instead of or in addition to the standard roll wiper system.
Recommended for products with viscosities above 1,000 mPas or products that tend to polymerize.

Alongside our standard models,
we offer customized solutions to suit your individual distillation needs.

We use our systems in our own technical center for process design.
Our system design is based on technological experience and continuous research and development since 1952.

UIC – Pioneer in Short Path Distillation