Uniting major processing steps into a complete, production style system requires an experienced manufacturing integrator. Equipment sizing, material flow, reaction control and many other factors must be carefully designed for.
EPIC has over twenty years of experience designing and building process systems that expertly integrate unit operations and unit processes into fully functioning, production level process systems.
The most common unit operations and associated equipment that we work with include:
Mixing & Blending
Mixing & Blending
The quality of your final product depends on how well it is mixed. EPIC’s process experts can help you select the correct equipment for your making process, even customizing your mixer to complete additional steps (i.e. drying, coating, etc.) while mixing. View our gallery of mixing systems to see integrated mixing and blending systems EPIC has designed and installed.
Mixing and Blending Applications:
• Mixing
• Blending
• Emulsion
• Suspension
• Dispersion
Examples of mixing equipment integrated by EPIC:
- Batch mixers:
- Helical blade
- Screw-discharge mixers
- Intensive mixers
- Bulk blenders
- Continuous mixers:
- Single screw mixers
- Static mixers
- Farrel continuous mixers
- Twin-screw extruders
- Other:
- Horizontal drums
- Vertical screw mixers
- Ribbon mixers
- Tumblers
Reaction
Reaction
Your product quality and production rates are at stake if the correct reactor is not selected. Important factors include vessel size, fluid velocity, reaction kinetics, etc.; EPIC will thoroughly map your process requirements before selecting the appropriate reactor for your system. View our gallery of modular process systems with reactors to see select examples of our work with the reactor unit operation or contact an engineer today to start designing your system.
Some common reactors EPIC has worked with:
- Batch Reactors
- Continuous Reactors
- Continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR reactors)
- Fluidized bed reactors (FBR reactors)
- Fixed bed reactors
Separation
Separation & Purification
What phases are you trying to separate? What do you need to recover, and at what rates, from the separation process? EPIC will explore in detail your process conditions, system goals, and purity requirements before selecting the optimal separation/purification equipment. View a gallery of select separation systems we have integrated, or contact an engineer today to start discussing your process specifications.
Common separation processes and equipment include:
- Absorption/stripping
- Packed columns
- Tray columns
- Precipitation
- Induction coils
- Resistance heaters
- Distillation
- Flash
- Steady-state
- Batch distillation
- Vacuum distillation
- Extraction
- Electrical extractors
- Unagitated columns
- Pulsed columns
- Reciprocating contactors
- Mechanical separation
- Sedimentation
- Thickening
- Clarification
Sizing
Sizing
Reduction or enlargement of your products requires an integrator with intimate knowledge of particle size distribution, grindability and bulk density properties. To learn more about sizing equipment EPIC has integrated into process systems, contact an expert process engineer today.
Common Size Reduction Equipment
- Shredders
- Jaw crushers
- Mills
- Roll crushers
- High-speed-peripheral mills
Common Enlargement equiptment
- Centrifugal granulators
- Tumbling granulators
- High-shear mixers
- Spray drying
- Pressure compactors
Heat Transfer
Heat and Mass Transfer
EPIC is experienced at designing for heat transfer, modeling heat and mass transfer, developing material balances and integrating appropriate equipment. To learn more about heat transfer systems we have installed on process systems, contact an engineer today to start discussing your heat transfer needs.
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
Examples of heat transfer equipment:
- Condensers
- Reboilers
- Evaporators
- Heating and cooling vessels
- Air cooled heat exchangers
Transportation & storage
Transportation & storage
Flow rate, mix and fill rates are subject to how well your transport and storage equipment is integrated into the complete process system. Process materials flowing through a system are being transported by a combination of piping, instrumentation, valves and tanks. EPIC’s expertise in system integration is in design, integration and automation of product transport systems. For examples of past work, contact an engineer today to start designing your modular process system.
Categories of transport equipment:
- Instrumentation (flow measurement)
- Pumps
- Process piping
- Joints
- Fittings
- Valves
- Storage and process vessels
- Pressure vessels
Contact EPIC today to start connecting your unit operations requirements into a fully developed process system or scan through the common types of modular process systems we build.
Complete Systems from Unit Operations
Your unique set of unit operations will be integrated by our experts into a complete modular process system using EPIC’s turnkey process. We develop custom solutions for every client, but most systems we develop fall into one of the following categories:
- Pilot/demonstration plants
- Production/commercial plants
- Continuous process systems
- Distillation systems
- Batch manufacturing systems
- Modular pipe bridges
- Process utility systems
- Raw material handling & delivery systems
Contact an EPIC engineer today to start developing your modular process system.
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