Catalytic drying oven is best for industrial purposes because it can dry powder and solvent based coatings with infrared energy. This energy is converted to a hydrocarbon-based fuel to usable heat, without a flame.

Catalytic drying oven works with the help of catalyst pads. The catalyst pad is pre-heated to a temperature of 250-300°F. When the energy source in the oven comes in contact with the catalyst, a unique oxidation-reduction reaction takes place that produces infrared energy, water vapor and carbon dioxide. Since the catalytic system operates at temperature below the ignition temperature of natural gas, there is never any flame in the oven.

Benefits of Catalytic Drying Oven

The infrared quality of this oven can reduce costs of the products, enhance product quality, increase productivity and ensure absolute safety. However, there are several other benefits, which are as follows:
High drying efficiency - the dryer produces heat uniformly
Low capital and operating costs
Higher throughputs and better yields
Clean green technology without any regulated emissions
Large range of process flows
Specially designed conveyor system for optimum handling of each product
Full range of controls for start up, processing and shut down

Uses of Catalytic Drying Oven

The catalytic drying oven produces the most efficient and effective sources of heat and helps in excellent drying of products. Following are the uses of a catalytic drying oven:
Dries small grains
Delivers high potency extracts from botanicals.
Kills grain insects like eggs, larvae and adults, without toxic elements.
Provides better flavor, colour and drying performance for fruits and vegetables.
Enhances the quality and appeal of pet food.

Catalytic Drying oven- Advantages

Prevent environment pollution
The catalytic drying oven is quite safe. The infrared energy emit wavelengths, which are "infrared" and not at all in microwave range. So the oven is flameless and therefore it can be used in the environment for it creates no environment pollution.

Advantageous for paints

The catalytic drying oven is especially good for drying paints. Through a convection oven only the outer surface of the paint is dried because the heat does not enter the inside layers. But in a catalytic drying oven, both the outer and inner surfaces are dried evenly. This happens because in an infrared oven, some of the radiant energy dries the outer surface and some penetrate deep inside to dry the inner layers. So the outer skin and the inner layers form an amazing coating.

The catalytic drying infrared oven can be used as a stand alone oven or it can be used by installing it inside a convection oven. In any case the catalytic drying ovens increase the heating process and help in excellent drying of the products.