Process and product development center

Develop your idea in our process and product development center.

Available facilities

• 5 liters/1000 bar R&D unit
• 80 liters/550 bar pilot plant
• Thin-film extractorLiquid-liquid column

Services: Test and toll extraction of limited quantities for marketing purposes.
Our facilities can be used at a daily rate. Please contact us for details.

Tested Raw Materials

Product R&D is continuously carried out for our customers in our pilot plant. Several hundred tests were performed in the recent years.

Test prices

Plant sizes

Research & Development Units

• 5 liters/1000 bar, also available with liquid-liquid column
• 8 liters, up to 1000 bar

Pilot Plants

• 100 liters, up to 550 bar

Other dimensions and design pressures are available upon request.
Each plant is usually equipped with 2 separators for fractionated separation.
All plants can be supplied with a co-solvent system if required.

Design highlights of lab scale R&D units and pilot plants are:

• Closed CO2 cycle with high flow
• Quick opening closures on extractor and first separator
• Industrial valves (no freezing)
• Death space free instrumentation for easy cleaning
• Industrial automation & control system (same as on industrial plants)
• Low inside surface roughness in extractors and separators for easy cleaning
• Secured by safety valves
• Safety design according HAZOP study with notified body
• CE certificate of conformity for complete plant
• Lifetime design & calculation for cyclic load (designed for 40.000 extraction cycles)

... a professional tool for the evaluation of ideas!