Complete Plaster of Paris (POP) Bandage Coating plant with Solvent Recovery

Listing description

Plant for the coating of POP bandages, with solvent recovery system. Includes three 1000 litre stainless steel mixing vessels for the pre-mix, IVF Technology 900mm gauze sheet impregnation unit with drying oven and slitter, and Sutcliffe Croftshaw solvent recovery system.

The line comprises the following main units:
Unit 1: Three 1000 litre stainless steel mixing tanks for the preparation of
solvent. These mixers are used for mixing the solvent with the chemicals
according to a formula to prepare the POP pre-mixture.
Unit 2: IVF Technology AG (Switzerland) impregnation calibrating system with
slitting device with vertical oven. Accepts gauze of max. 900-mm. Variable
speed up to maximum 6 metres per minute.
900 mm cotton gauze is passed through an impregnation tank containing a
slurry of POP and then through adjustable metering rollers to pick up the
correct amount of the plaster. It then passes into a space-saving (3m high x
720cm long) vertical oven where it dries. The oven is heated to 100ºC using a
diesel heat generator. The dried web then discharges into a slitting machine
equipped with pneumatic knives. These knives are adjustable to the desired
bandage width. The POP strips are loaded onto reel cores for removal and
further processing.
Unit 3: Complete Solvent Recovery Plant including two stainless steel vertical
2500mm diameter flatbed adsorbers.
Designed & part manufactured by Sutcliffe Croftshaw Ltd, (now Megtec Ltd)
from UK.
The solvent (in vapour form) from Unit 2 above is collected and passed to the
recovery unit where it is adsorbed on a bed of activated carbon. Thereafter it
moves through a process of heat exchangers where it is liquefied and recycled
into Unit 2 above. About 90% of the solvent is recovered.

The output of the plant is up to around 6 metres per minute, or 2500metres
(900mm width) per 8-hour shift

This equipment is located in JO