Increase Product Yield and Improve Product Quality with Thin Film Evaporation

LCI Thin Film Evaporation technology is designed to deliver the results you value most- superior end product quality, high processing efficiency with minimal waste, and reliability.

Increase product yield

Obtain desired product yield in a single, continuous pass
Higher yield due to fewer side reactions such as decomposition and polymerization due to temperature exposure
Low vacuum operation (down to 0.001 mbar) reduces operating temperature of the process
Various rotor designs to allow for “squeezing” of residues
High evaporation ratios: up to 99 to 1
Maximize product recovery of valuable materials

Improve product quality

Color preservation of your concentrated product
Minimize aroma losses of volatile ingredients
Preserve the constituent content of your product
Elimination of steam and other stripping agents in the vapor stream

Articles

How thin film evaporation technology gives you an advantage in lecithin production

2/22/2024

As the world population grows, there is an increased need for dried soy lecithin to support the food industries that serve the world's population. TFEs effectively dry the lecithin to < 1 wt% moisture, and keeps color properties, while adeptly overcoming viscosity increases created by the drying process.

Thin Film Evaporators

An LCI agitated thin film evaporator (TFE) or wiped film evaporator (WFE or "wiffe") provides short residence time and open, low pressure drop configuration, allowing continuous, reliable processing of many heat sensitive, viscous, or fouling materials without product degradation.

Short Path Evaporators

Short path evaporation is excellent for gently processing heat sensitive, high boiling products. Short path evaporation perfectly complements LCI's thin film evaporation technology program, allowing us even greater capability to provide the right solution for your separation problems.

High Viscosity Processor

LCI’s high viscosity processor is ideal for various polymers, resins, highly viscous food products and many others because it provides higher heat and mass transfer rates for viscous fluids and reliability when compared to other types of evaporation equipment.