Vandenbroek International

Vandenbroek International designs, manufactures and supplies thermal drying plants. Through a drying process using a heated dryer drum or belt dryer, a wet product can be converted into dry granules (pellets). Products such as sewage sludge as well as pet food are dried this way. Large parts of the overall drying system are filtering facilities for eliminating the build-up of deposits of combustible dust.

Fortan designed the various parts of these driers with Inventor software in 3-D environment. Recent projects included Panda Waste, Rezekne and Thessaloniki, all involving the 3-D design of an arrangement of a dryer with a cyclone and a drop out box. Another 3-D application was to calculate the dimensions and shape of a drop out box. By employing Ansis software, which uses computational fluid dynamics, the flow pattern was simulated and could be analyzed. In the end the drop out efficiency could consequently be improved.

Compiling all these dryer components into one virtual overall 3-D model in an early stage, it was possible to translate customer requirements into the model. One of the design variables had to do with the operating space around machinery in relation to supporting steel structures. In the virtual model this work space could be examined and the layout be improved. The resulting manufacturing drawings of the Inventor model consisted of the machine components, the steel structure, the service platforms, and stairs.

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