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DEDICATED DRYING MACHINES MANUFACTURER  Preheating the product using a variety of methods prior to placing into the vacuum chamber.  Preheating the product in a specially designed vacuum chamber that is configured to provide convection heating.  Heating the walls of the vacuum chamber.  Heating the shelves inside the vacuum chamber. This technique can apply heat directly to the product by contact to the shelf.  Flowing hot gas, such as nitrogen, into the chamber. This can be done using a variety of techniques.  Using infrared heating sources - vacuum infrared drying . This non-contact method can be an effective and costly method of transferring heat to a product under vacuum .  Using microwave heating sources. This technology is advantageous for bulk products with poor thermal conductivity. The microwave vacuum technology is used for high-end drying applications of thermal sensitive products like fruits and vegetables in order to achieve higher product qualities and shorter drying times. Microwave drying is more convenience in compared to conventional drying methods and it offers many kinds of advantages. This technology is suitable for a wide spectrum of food e.g. strawberries, cranberries, banana, carrot, honey, mushrooms etc. but only the demerits is that the technology do have high ownership cost and return of Investment duration is quite slow . Vacuum drying of food products is an unique solution as the boiling point of water act as a negative coefficient of atmospheric temperature i.e at lower atmospheric pressure boiling point of water reduced,and residual moisture 1 to 3% can be achieved safely without product degradation and this is the only reason why vacuum drying can able to retain high nutritional value, color, aroma, texture, structure etc. Dedicated Drying Solutions Corporate Office KDM Analytical B-2/41 First Floor, Rohini Sector-16, Delhi-110089 India Tel +91-9643480893 +91-9540666954 E -mail [email protected] Application Lab D-198, Mundka Industrial Area Delhi-110081 web www.kdmanalytical.com