The TORBED processor is our core technology.
Originally conceived to improve on conventional technologies for exfoliation of mica to produce vermiculite, the TORBED processors were designed to ensure thorough processing of raw materials with minimum waste and maximum efficiency, reducing both capex and opex.
We have deployed our revolutionary TORBED technology across many industries, delivering long lasting benefits in cost saving, resource efficiency, energy efficiency, and many other industry specific areas.
TORBED processors present a highly efficient alternative to machines, for example such as for use as an industrial belt dryer, an industrial rotary drum dryer, a rotary kiln for calcining or a fluidized bed gasifier.
The Basics
The cornerstone of the TORBED technology is the design of the processor geometry and the stationary blades which dictates the flow patterns within the processor.
The developed flow patterns interact with the solids in the TORBED processor, and the solids fluidise, creating a TORoidal fluidised BED, hence the name! The motion developed in the bed retains particles within the processor even at very high gas speeds.
High gas velocities are important as they create the conditions for fast reaction rates. A high speed gas strips away the boundary layer around a particle, exposing it to heat or to reactants and intensifying the process. The TORBED does this without entraining the particles in the gas stream, which would reduce the intensification that is otherwise achieved.
The benefits of this technology are myriad, and surface in different ways depending on the application (for example for use as an alternative to a conventional industrial fluidized bed gasifier, an industrial rotary drum dryer, a rotary kiln or an industrial waste combustor) that the TORBED processor is being used for.
If you are considering a process that requires gasses and solids to interact (gas, solid contacting) go to our processes page and explore how we might help you.
Processes
The TORBED Technology offers an efficient and often more effective alternative to conventional technologies, including rotary kilns, fluidised beds and circulating fluidised beds, Combusters, gasifiers, drum dryers, belt dryers and rotary hearths.
We can change the way you process
News
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Unlocking Industrial Efficiency with the Torbed Processor, an alternative to a Rotary Kiln for Calcining
Using a TORBED processor as opposed to a rotary kiln for calcining offers businesses a robust, efficient solution for thermal processing. Torbed processors excel in transforming raw materials through high-temperature reactions ensuring precision and consistency. Enhanced Efficiency: Continuous operation allows for uninterrupted production, minimizing downtime ...
The TORBED Dryer vs an Industrial Rotary Drum Dryer
A TORBED dryer is a robust, continuous or batch-flow thermal processing unit engineered to efficiently reduce the moisture content of various bulk materials. It is a critical component in numerous manufacturing and processing industries, optimizing material properties for subsequent stages or final product quality. Core ...
A Refugee From Tatooine? OR R2D2’s Delinquent Cousin?
Or perhaps an extra from War of the Worlds? Affectionately known in the office as Sputnik, this is in fact not a mislaid film star, or a Russian satellite but a newly refurbished heating element from an all-electric TORBED T750 food processing machine; one of ...
The TORBED Processors vs Fluidized Bed Gasifiers: A Versatile Thermochemical Conversion Technology
Our Torbed gasifier presents a challenge to conventional technologies (Fluidized bed, updraft and downdraft gasifiers) in the thermochemical conversion of various carbonaceous feedstocks into a combustible synthesis gas (syngas). Gasification is a part of a range of thermal applications of which the TORBED processor is ...
Rotary Kilns: Essential Technology for High-Efficiency Calcination
The TORBED processor offers to an alternative to a rotary kiln for a range of high-throughput thermal processing, notably in calcination —a crucial industrial process involving the heating of materials to high temperatures to induce thermal decomposition, phase transition, or removal of volatile components, without ...
Revolutionizing Drying Processes TORBED Dryer vs Industrial Belt Dryer
In the demanding landscape of modern manufacturing, efficient and consistent material drying is paramount. The TORBED dryer stands as a cornerstone technology, offering a robust and versatile solution for a wide array of applications across numerous sectors. Designed for continuous operation, the Torbed dryer leverages ...