Valuable Solvents

recovered by

V, acuum

- B a t t e r y «f S t«k*e

' ' I s serwîce s t &c jaolâs ;M etmls " G e s ^ i i t y ;

- Sfant.-~3^" Ι Λ « Ϊ * * Ϊ Ι Ι * ,

•-"Recovery of so lven t s a t emcïencîes a s h igh a s 99^5 î s

typical of S tokes Vacosaim IDjryîug equipEEient.

"Tempera tures for d ry ing a r e often held a s l o w a s 10®° F*.

X h o s h e a t - s e n s i t i v e mate r ia l s s u c h a s plastics^

a l u m i n u m pas tes , m e t a l p o w d e r s , a n d pharmaosn t ica l d r e g s a r e dr ied amd

separa ted from their so lven t s w i thou t t h e impa i rmen t of chemica l a n d

physical p roper t i e s which o c c u r s w i t h a t m o s p h e r i c heating-

Reyno lds Meta l C o m p a n y a t Louisvi l le , for example , o s e s S tokes Rotary

V a c u u m D r y e r s for d r y i n g finely divided afeiiiiiiiiirn p o w d e r . Dry ing is usnifonn.

t h roughou t t h e ba tch , efficient and economical. So lven t is comple te ly recovered,

and t h e r e is n o oxidation of t h e d r y p o w d e r .

I m p o r t a n t , too , i s t h e freedom from fire a n d explosion h a z a r d s . F ine dosst

and so lven t vapor do not mix safely witib oxygen. W i t h o u t air t h e r e is

no oxygen; hence trie danger of combus t ion and explosion i s eliminated^.

Cooling jackets pe rmi t cooling before discharging if des i rable .

S tokes is the only manofec t e r e r of comple te v a c u u m

s y s t e m s . . . S tokes engineers a r e experienced

counse l lo rs r e a d y to w o r k w i t h

you on a n y application of

V a c u u m engineering.

STOSSES 22A2ŒS

Plastics lAoidlsg Presses,

Industrial TaJsfetfcg

zïiû Fender Mslal Pressa ,

Fïarmscectlca? Eq&aîpœât;

Vacccsi Ρrecessing Esyjipsatfi]*

itlgh Vsccusa Pwnpsaitd GsgsSj

SçecxaF Madtâtury

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economically

Drying

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