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Evaporators

Our SONDEX® plate evaporators are designed to handle advanced evaporation duties. Using semi-welded plate cassettes, the media are guaranteed to never mix. The plate cassettes are designed to ensure the optimal level of turbulence on both sides while providing an even distribution of the media for superior performance and product quality.

Our standard, semi-welded, and brazed SONDEX® plate heat exchangers are outstanding choices for standard evaporation duties.

However, certain applications prove unsuitable for regular heat exchanger types. To help you obtain unsurpassed product quality, we have created exclusive evaporator plates tailored to meet the challenges presented by advanced evaporation applications.

Features and benefits

Special plate design featuring an extra-large inlet connection for steam. Steam consumption can be reduced when operating with multi-stage evaporators, as the product vapor will serve as the heating media.

Flexible design that makes it easy to increase capacity by adding additional cassettes or decrease it to save energy. Low residence time leads to perfect evaporation conditions and superior product quality.

High performance, even with low temperature differences between the media, which is especially great for mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) and thermal vapor recompression (TVR).

Applications

  • Dairy/food/beverage industry
    - e.g. food production, like juice and alcohol processing
  • Sugar industry
    - e.g. sugar production, such as concentration of sugar content in sugarcane juice
  • Biogas industry
  • Pulp and paper industry
  • Mining industry
  • Chemical industry

Technical specifications

  • Connections up to DN600 (24")
  • Frames designed according to FEA and PED 2014/68/EU (EN13445) and ASME sec VIII, Div. 1 construction standards
  • Plate materials: AISI 304/316, titanium, SMO, Hastelloy*
  • Gasket materials: EPDM-HT, NBR-HT*
  • Plate heights up to 2.4 m (8 ft)
  • Flow rates up to 800 m3/h (3,522 gpm)
  • Working pressure up to 10 bar (145 psi)
  • Working temperatures from -20 °C to 180 °C (-4 °F to 356 °F)

*other materials available upon request

Discover how the SONDEX® gasketed plate heat exchanger operates.

From design and construction to working principles, we take you through the key features behind these high-efficiency heat transfer solutions.

Documents

Documents
Type Name Language Valid for Updated Download File type
Brochure A world of heat exchangers English Multiple 18 Nov, 2024 7.2 MB .pdf
Brochure A world of heat exchangers Bulgarian Bulgaria 04 Oct, 2024 5.3 MB .pdf
Brochure A world of heat exchangers Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan Romania 10 Oct, 2024 9.7 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Polish Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Chinese (CN) Multiple 17 Jan, 2024 9.6 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers French Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Danish Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers German Multiple 17 Jan, 2024 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 01 Sept, 2023 9.6 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Italian Multiple 01 Aug, 2024 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers German Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 20 Sept, 2022 9.7 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers French Multiple 22 Dec, 2023 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Chinese (CN) Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.6 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Hungarian Multiple 13 Sept, 2023 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Polish Multiple 13 Sept, 2023 9.2 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Danish Multiple 15 Sept, 2023 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 13 Sept, 2023 9.6 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 01 Sept, 2023 13.0 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Hungarian Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Italian Multiple 05 Jun, 2025 9.1 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers Russian Multiple 17 May, 2024 16.5 MB .pdf
Operating guide Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers English Multiple 02 Jun, 2025 9.6 MB .pdf
Brochure Gasketed plate heat exchangers - Next-generation heat transfer solutions English Multiple 22 Nov, 2024 4.4 MB .pdf
Brochure Heat exchangers for the power industry English Multiple 19 Nov, 2024 4.8 MB .pdf
Brochure SONDEX® Free Flow sugar brochure English Multiple 27 Nov, 2024 7.2 MB .pdf
Brochure SONDEX® Traditional Plate Heat Exchangers English Multiple 12 Feb, 2024 9.4 MB .pdf

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