Continuous Hybrid Reactor

• Below are some notable benefits of our continuous reactor technology:
  • Improved reactor scalability for industrial needs: The paddle configuration can be changed as needed to accommodate a range of industrial applications, letting you scale your operations up or down. This reactor can also be purged with an inert gas for oxygen-sensitive applications.
  • Enhanced process optimization and production throughput: The improved heat transfer and mass transfer (mixing) increase the process efficiency, yield, and quality of products at a much smaller footprint compared to conventional batch reactors. The CHR is very scalable and can be built in many size variation up to a 70″ paddle diameter, with an internal volume of 978.6 cubic feet.
  • Superior mixing consistency for precise chemical reactions: The integrated processes help prevent batch-to-batch variation, allowing for highly repeatable chemical reactions.
  • Efficient heat transfer in industrial processes: The barrel is constructed as a single piece, which enables the barrel jacket to form a continuous loop that encourages maximum heat transfer.
  • Reduction in waste and environmental impact: Reducing waste through safe reuse or controlled disposal decreases the amount of potentially harmful by-products that enter the environment. This benefit is especially valuable for sectors that handle sensitive materials, such as chemical processing, pharmaceuticals, and sealants and adhesives.
  • High-viscosity material processing: The CHR can process and discharge highly viscous materials, expanding its range of feasible applications.
  • Enhanced plug flow characteristics and self-wiping: The CHR rotates its cored shafts to achieve self-cleaning, which contributes to improved plug flow characteristics, like a uniform residence time for all fluid particles in the system. The CHR’s removable shafts also require little disassembly for maintenance tasks.
  • Safe operation: The smaller reaction volume can offer a safety improvement for highly reactive or unstable processes.

• The Readco Continuous Hybrid Reactor completes processes such as:
  • Polymerization
  • Slow and fast reactions
  • Drying
  • Degassing
  • Evaporation
  • Solvent removal and recovery
  • Steam stripping

  These processes allow the CHR to serve sectors with diverse needs, such as pharmaceuticals and food drying, that require the handling of temperature-sensitive materials and precise dehydration techniques. The CHR facilitates reactions of specialty and fine chemicals, including:

  • Polyester
  • Acrylic resins
  • Polyamide resins
  • Vinyl acetate resins
  • Polylactic acid (PLA)
  • Polycarbonate resins
  • Polybutylene terephthalate
  • Super absorbent polymer (SAP)
  • Styrene-butadiene rubber (SSBR)

  The reactor can remove and devolatilize materials like special olefin series, polystyrene, polyethylene, and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). It also enables the polycondensation of edible polymers like glucose.

Readco Kurimoto is committed to the innovation of continuous reactor technology. We value professional development, the application of new technologies, and applied learning to keep our knowledge and abilities constantly growing. We use our industry experience and skills to create equipment like the CHR that will help your business stay on top of its market and continue delivering products and services that satisfy client demands.

Our testimonials prove why we’re the best choice in continuous mixing technology for many.