Microwave Drying

 

Flowers and High Terpene Plant Materials

Rapid dehydration: from fresh to dry flower in 45 minutes.

EnWave’s low-temperature process quickly and uniformly dries organic material to the precise moisture needed for combustible or extractable flower.

  • Products Include: Flowers, Spices, High Terpene Armoatic Plants, Cannabis, Potpourri, and Industrial Hemp

    • QUALITY DRIED FLOWERS
  • Low temperature drying retains cannabinoids and terpenes
  • Low-pressure drying prevents oxidation
  • Gentle process preserves resin-coated calyxes
  • Delivers excellent aroma and appearance
    • FAST DRYING TIMES
  • 45 minutes from fresh to dry (80% to 10% - or to 2%)
  • Vacuum pressures lower boiling point for fast water removal
  • Semi-continuous automated process
    • ROBUST & FLEXIBLE SYSTEM
  • Automated tray unloading/washing/drying available
  • 24/7 operational reliability
  • Proven technology with worldwide machine installations
    • DESIGNED FOR MANUFACTURING CONVENIENCE
  • Full PLC control for process automation
  • Remote monitoring of HMI via internet connection
  • Menu driven protocol selection enables easy selection of protocols you develop for specific strains
  • Equipment and protocol monitoring and recording
  • Gravity drainage and SOP for sanitizing
    • VALUE
  • Dry large volumes with a small machine footprint, reducing the need for oversize drying rooms
  • Prevent inventory loss from microbial spoilage
  • Closed cycle drying captures volatilized terpenes for sale or use
    • REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
  • Equipment can be GMP or organic certified
  • Ready for clean-in-place (CIP) automation or COP
  • Compliance certifications: Process recording
    • CAPACITY
  • Drying capacities range from 52 – 105 kg of wet untrimmed flower per hour (115 – 231 lbs per hour) in the medium and large scale machines
  • Process about 420,000 kg (about 925,000 lbs) of wet untrimmed flower per year resulting in about 95,000 kg (about 209,000 lbs) of dry flower per year (in two 8-hour shifts per day operation, 5 days per week).
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    High Capacity Processing

    A single 120 kW quantaREV® system can dry about 840 kg (about 1850 lbs) of wet flower in a single 8-hour day, producing about 190 kg (about 420 lbs) of dry flower per shift.
    Operating just two shifts per day, 5 days per week, a single machine can dry about 420,000 kg (about 925,000 lbs) of wet flower yielding about 95,000 kg (about 209,000 lbs) of dry flower per year.

     
     

    Benefits

    High Speed Processing

  • Rapid drying with significant time savings over Air Drying and Freeze Drying

    • New Product Opportunities

  • Unlock product options otherwise unachievable with other technologies

    • Scalability

  • Machine options that scale from research and design, batch production to continuous commercial production

    • Reduced Energy Usage

  • Rapid drying times equate to reduced energy usage for the equivalent throughput

    • Continuous Processing

  • Integrate REV technology into your continuous production line for full scale processing

    • Flexible Moisture Content

  • This uniform drying method allows for a range of final moisture percentage and the ability to create shelf-stable products at various moisture percentages

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    NutraRev

    Drum-based Machinery

    The product load tumbles in rotating drums, moving through the vacuum microwave chamber, as the microwave energy is used to homogeneously dehydrate the product load to a desired residual moisture content.

  • nutraRev is suitable for the dehydrating of organic materials that can be tumbled without breaking, typically discrete pieces of food
  • Many fruit, vegetables, meat products, dairy products, spices, herbs and grains can be efficiently and homogeneously dired on the nutraREV platform
  • Commercial-scale nutraREV machines are currently being used to produce dried fruit, meat products, dairy products and spices by several of EnWaves royalty partners
  • The operator may also change the combination of vacuum and radient energy via an integrated HMI and PLC system to produce desired end-product characteristics.

    • 10KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Market trials, product innovation & testing, small-scale producers

    Microwave Power: 10 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 12-300 Torr
    Footprint: 2.4 x 1.8 x 3.1 m (LWH)
    Capacity: 9.1 kg of water removal per hour

    *The 10 kW is a pilot-scale machine that can accommodate drums or trays.

    60KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Larger-scale producers and high volume, continuous production

    Microwave Power: 60 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 25-300 Torr
    Footprint: 11.9 x 3.8 x 4.6 m (LWH)
    Capacity: 55 kg of water removal per hour

    100KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Larger-scale producers and high volume, continuous production

    Microwave Power: 100 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 25-300 Torr
    Footprint: 15.3 x 3.8 x 4.6(LWH)
    Capacity: 91 kg of water removal per hour

     

    Quantarev

    Tray-Based Machinery

    The quantaREV® process begins by placing product loads into microwave transparent trays outside the dryer under ambient pressure.

    Those trays are then fed into the vacuum chamber via a belt, through a double sluice entry. Within the dryer the trays are transported continuously one behind the other.

    The product is discharged via a final horizontal sluice. The dried product load is then removed from the trays outside the machinery.

    10KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Market trials, product innovation & testing, small-scale producers

    Microwave Power: 10 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 12-300 Torr
    Footprint: 2.4 x 1.8 x 3.1 m (LWH)
    Capacity: 9.1 kg of water removal per hour

    *The 10 kW is a pilot-scale machine that can accommodate drums or trays.

    60KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Larger-scale producers and high volume, continuous production

    Microwave Power: 60 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 11-300 Torr
    Footprint: 12.1 x 4.5 x 4.6 m (LWH)
    Capacity: 55 kg of water removal per hour

    100KW MACHINE
    Suitable For: Larger-scale producers and high volume, continuous production

    Microwave Power: 120 kW
    Frequency: 2450 MHz
    Vacuum: 22-300 Torr
    Footprint: 16.9 x 4.5 x 4.6 (LWH)
    Capacity: 110 kg of water removal per hour