The next order for an adphos BearLITE® drying technology comes from a leading company in Asia and will be integrated into a new production line for liquid lithium-based battery electrodes.

The BearLITE® all electrothermal drying technology is the most compact and energy efficient solution available on the market. It represents a proven alternative to traditional hot air convection dryers. The BearLITE® technology is versatile and can be used both for water- and solvent-based electrode coatings. Thanks to its excellent drying performance within 6 to 10 seconds even for wet coating thickness

A top-tier global printing company specializing in décor and packaging production has selected an adphos aNIR® drying solution as part of upgrading their 5-color gravure printing press. They have chosen to replace and upgrade their fossil fuel fired convection drying system on an existing roto-gravure press with an all-electric adphos aNIR® drying solution after testing and comparison an aNIR® to shortwave and carbon IR (midwave) drying systems. With the adphos aNIR® solution, the following benefits were noted and expected:

• Energy reduction of over 55% compared to the conventional

Several dozen experts from the technical and economic sectors of the packaging and decorative printing industry gathered for an insightful workshop on “Drying Technologies and New Electrothermal Drying Solutions,” organized by adphos in collaboration with the European Rotogravure Association (ERA).

The event commenced with a welcome from Ms. Stefani Dhami, Secretary of the ERA, and the managing directors of adphos. Throughout various sessions, current drying technologies were presented and compared, highlighting the significant performance differences between

The adphos group in Bruckmühl, Bavaria, has a leading technological role in the field of industrial thermal processes with the company’s own patented aNIR® and aLITE® platform technologies. The electrothermal adphos technology enables coating, printing, dyeing, and impregnation processes to dry and fix within seconds. This is especially true on temperature-sensitive materials such as textiles and non-woven fabrics.

At the techtextil convention (April 23rd – April 26th, 2024) you can learn more about the latest application-optimized and customer-specific solutions that

adphos moved into the completely modernized technical center at its headquarter in Germany. Thus, the possibilities for testing are greatly enhanced thanks to an advanced pilot plant available both for use to the adphos experts and their customers for testing and training purposes.

In the spacious premises with a wide range of versatile equipment, almost all scenarios of thermal drying, heating, sintering or curing can be simulated and improved. The possible applications range from thin film drying and thermal processes to thick film (especially relevant in the battery production),

In a thin-strip plant of a leading international American steel group, a Castrip-plant has been upgraded with an aNIR® heating booster and put back into successful commercial production operation for improved “hot roll quality” after only one week of commissioning.

Thanks to the aNIR® (advanced NIR)-technology based photonic high-performance heating booster “NIR-Rollheater 1800” developed by adphos, local temperature differences caused by impurities before the quenching rolls are corrected and a homogeneous temperature distribution is achieved, resulting in significant improvements

After just two weeks of commissioning, a commercial production line is now available to a leading international décor printing company.

Thanks to the newly developed aLITE (advanced Light Initiated Thermal Emission) technology from adphos, the energy-efficient and completely CO²-free production of water-based decorations on PVC films is now possible. The aLITE drying solution combines high-power photonic energy input with temperature-controlled impingement air to achieve local vapor absorption with defined moisture removal. For the first time, this enables quasi-spontaneous