APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MICROWAVE VACUUM DRYING STERILE PRODUCTS

• Main Authors: BHAMBHANI, Akhilesh, EVANS, Robert, K, STANBRO, Justin, BLUE, Jeffrey, T, FENNELL, Terrence
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.04.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; DRYING; DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A microwave vacuum dryer includes a loading chamber and a first vacuum pump in communication with the loading chamber, a first door separating the loading chamber from an external environment, a drying chamber adjacent the loading chamber, a second vacuum pump in communication with the drying chamber, and a condenser in communication with the drying chamber, a second door separating the loading chamber and the drying chamber, an unloading chamber adjacent the drying chamber and a third vacuum pump in communication with the unloading chamber, a third door separating the drying chamber from the unloading chamber, a fourth door separating the unloading chamber from the external environment, and a microwave chamber having a plurality of magnetrons, the microwave chamber positioned on a different plane from the loading and unloading chambers and adjacent the drying chamber.