Thanks to its extensive experience in the design and construction of heat exchangers based on the Pillow Plate concept, FIC is able to offer Bulk Solid Heat Exchangers to the market with unrivalled expertise.  FIC's Bulk Solid Heat Exchangers are thermally and mechanically dimensioned and built to strict standards and undergo a series of tests and trials to provide customers with a totally reliable, efficient and high-performance system.

The heat exchanger is used for the thermal treatment of granular or powdered solids.

Thanks to the use of Pillow Plate, Bulk Solid Heat Exchangers can offer considerable advantages over conventional systems (e.g. fluidised bed systems) because the heat treatment of the product is indirect and more controlled.

These products are used in various industrial sectors: in the chemical sector for cooling fertilisers - urea, NPK, KCl, phosphates, etc. - during the production cycle or for thermal conditioning of inorganic salts - carbonates, borates, sulphates, etc. - during the production cycle or for the thermal conditioning of inorganic salts - carbonates, borates, sulphates, etc. 

In the food sector, for cooling sugar and coffee, and for the thermal treatment of soya or sunflower seeds in pressing processes.

In the metallurgy sector, for cooling foundry sand. In the energy sector, for heating plant seeds to produce biodiesel, and many other applications.