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Spray dryers and evaporators for plants in the United States

We engineer and build spray dryers, falling film evaporators and complete drying lines, ship them to your plant and supervise installation and start-up. Before you invest, we test your product at our pilot plant.

30+ years
of evaporation and drying experience
Up to 28,000 kg/h
evaporation in a single evaporator
Pilot plant
trials with your own sample

Why US plants work with WITech D&E

Direct access to the design team

The engineers who size your dryer or evaporator are the ones you talk to, from the trial to start-up.

Engineered to your product

Standard series adapted to your feed, solids and final moisture, or equipment built to order when no standard model fits.

Tested before you buy

Spray, convective, rotary and DIC drying, granulation and laboratory at our pilot plant, with your real sample.

Lower energy per kilogram

Multiple-effect evaporation with thermal vapour recompression before drying cuts steam and gas use.

A competitive alternative

The same process engineering as the large OEMs, with a leaner structure and direct decisions.

Support after start-up

Video calls, WhatsApp and site visits with the project engineers, plus spare parts.

What we build for the US market

Spray dryers

Milk and whey powder, plant proteins, honey and fruit powders, flavours and encapsulated ingredients, chemicals.

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Falling film evaporators

Milk, whey, juices, extracts, syrups and effluents, from 1 to 6 effects with TVR.

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Flash and rotary dryers

Starches, fibres, filter cakes, minerals, fertilisers and by-products.

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Dairy lines

Evaporation and spray drying for milk powder, whey and permeate.

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Pilot trials and pilot batches

Process development and first batches before the industrial investment.

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Drying calculator

Water to evaporate, powder output and savings from pre-concentration.

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References across the Americas

Projects by WITech D&E and SEI Contreras, the company we continue.

Instant coffee · Mexico

CAFIVER

Instant coffee plant: four-effect falling film evaporator with thermal vapour recompression and a tall-form spray dryer with high-pressure nozzles, vibrating fluid bed and fines return.

  • Capacity: 5,000 kg/h evaporation; 940 kg/h instant coffee
  • Location: Ixtaczoquitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
  • Year: 2013-2014
Food · Mexico

Sigma Alimentos

Three-effect evaporator to recover soy process streams: falling film and forced circulation with double thermal recompression, automation and CIP, from 3 to 48 % solids.

  • Capacity: 18,700 kg/h evaporation (448 t/day)
  • Location: Atitalaquia, Hidalgo, Mexico
  • Year: 2013
Fish protein · Chile

Landes

Spray dryer for salmon hydrolysate: rotary atomiser, direct gas-fired air heater, vibrating fluid bed, fines return and Venturi scrubber, plus a new chamber cone.

  • Capacity: 450 kg/h powder
  • Location: Talcahuano, Chile
  • Year: 2021-2022
Pharma · Argentina

Biomás (now Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland)

Four-effect falling film evaporator with double thermal recompression, cooling towers and PLC/HMI automation for a biological raw material, developed from pilot trials.

  • Capacity: 28,000 kg/h evaporation
  • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Year: 2017
Plant protein · Argentina

Tomorrow Foods

Turnkey pea protein isolate plant: spray dryer with vibrating fluid bed, flash dryer, three-effect evaporator, UHT, CIP and automation.

  • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Year: 2020-2022
Juices · Mexico

Industrias Frutícolas S.A. de C.V.

Turnkey apple juice concentrate plant with a three-effect evaporator and thermal vapour recompression.

  • Capacity: 20,000 kg/h of juice; 8,000 l/h evaporation
  • Location: Mexico
Chemicals · Chile

BASF Chile

Quillaja extract evaporator for BASF, the German chemical company: two-effect falling film unit with thermal vapour recompression and recirculation, from 5 to 40 % solids.

  • Capacity: 2,500 kg/h evaporation
  • Location: Concón, Chile
  • Year: 2012-2013
Agrochemicals · Chile

Quimetal

Self-inertising spray dryer for microencapsulated sulphur: closed loop with a self-inert atmosphere (O₂ < 4 %) and no nitrogen consumption. In 2022, a mass and energy balance study to raise its capacity.

  • Capacity: 1,200 kg/h product (520 kg/h evaporation)
  • Location: Maipú, Santiago, Chile
  • Year: 2008-2022
Coffee · El Salvador

PLANTOSA (Planta de Torrefacción de Café)

Process water heaters for instant coffee extraction: two shell-and-tube heat exchangers designed to TEMA and ASME, with steam temperature control and condensate units, exported for the extraction line.

  • Capacity: 2 × 2,000 l/h, 30 to 130 °C
  • Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
  • Year: 2019-2020

How a project runs

1

Trial with your sample

You ship your product to our pilot plant and we measure how it behaves before the design.

2

Engineering and quotation

We size the line from measured data and send the technical and commercial proposal.

3

Manufacturing and shipping

We build the equipment and ship it to your plant.

4

Installation and start-up

We supervise installation, commission the line and train your operators, then support you after start-up.

Frequently asked questions

Do you supply equipment to the United States?

Yes. We engineer and build in Argentina, ship the equipment to your plant and supervise installation and start-up, with an English-speaking engineering team.

Can we test our product before buying?

Yes. You ship a sample to our pilot plant near Buenos Aires and receive a report with the process conditions and a sample of the dried or concentrated product. The industrial line is sized from those measured figures.

Which design codes and documentation do you work to?

We agree the design codes, material certificates, electrical standards and documentation your project requires with your engineering team at the quotation stage.

What can you build?

Spray dryers up to 1,500 kg/h of water evaporation, falling film evaporators up to 75,000 kg/h, flash and rotary dryers, forced circulation evaporators, bag filters, scrubbers and fluid beds, plus upgrades of installed equipment from any manufacturer.

Tell us what you need to dry

With the product data and the capacity you are after we answer within 24 business hours, with a first technical assessment of the line that fits your plant.

Or reach us on WhatsApp or at info@witech-dry.com.

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