Our SONDEX® Free Flow plate heat exchangers are excellent choices for applications that use media with particle-rich contents, fouling tendency, or high viscosity. We customise each Free Flow heat exchanger to suit your application and media type. The contact-free plate channels ensure an unimpeded flow and long intervals between cleaning.
We set the new standard for improved performance and reliability when your media require gentle treatment and are unsuitable for regular heat exchangers due to viscosity, fouling tendency, or particle contents.
Features and benefits
Gentle treatment and even distribution of the media provide the highest possible product output quality.
High heat transfer efficiency and extended intervals between cleaning ensure operation for an entire campaign with minimum downtime and maximum value for money.
Large plate gap designed to counteract fouling with sizeable plate channels and no stagnant zones.
SONDEX® Free Flow
SONDEX® Free Flow plates feature deep and wide channels that provide enough room for media that contain fibers and particles, or high-viscosity media. The channels allow for efficient heat transfer and an ideal flow.
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
- Wastewater industry
- Pulp and paper industry
- Mining industry
Technical specifications
- Connections from DN25 to DN500 (1” to 20”)
- 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, Viton*
- Plate heights up to 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Flow rates up to 1,600 m3/h (7,045 gpm)
- Plate gap from 5 to 12 mm (0.2” to 0.5”)
- 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
SONDEX® Free flow patterns
The SONDEX® Free Flow pattern is designed to treat media that is unsuitable for regular heat exchangers due to high viscosity, fiber and particle contents, or considerable risk of fouling.
Documents
| Type | Name | Language | Valid for | Updated | Download | File type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brochure | A world of heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 13 Feb, 2024 | 7.1 MB | |
| Brochure | A world of heat exchangers | Bulgarian | Bulgaria | 04 Oct, 2024 | 5.3 MB | |
| Brochure | A world of heat exchangers | Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan | Romania | 10 Oct, 2024 | 9.7 MB | |
| Brochure | A world of heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 18 Nov, 2024 | 7.2 MB | |
| Data sheet | Free Flow Plate Heat Exchangers (DN 25 / 1” - DN 400 / 16”) | English | Multiple | 25 Oct, 2022 | 3.1 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Russian | Multiple | 17 May, 2024 | 16.5 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 01 Sept, 2023 | 13.0 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Hungarian | Multiple | 13 Sept, 2023 | 9.1 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | French | Multiple | 22 Dec, 2023 | 9.2 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 20 Sept, 2022 | 9.7 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Polish | Multiple | 13 Sept, 2023 | 9.2 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 13 Sept, 2023 | 9.6 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Italian | Multiple | 01 Aug, 2024 | 9.1 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | German | Multiple | 17 Jan, 2024 | 9.2 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Chinese (CN) | Multiple | 17 Jan, 2024 | 9.6 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | English | Multiple | 01 Sept, 2023 | 9.6 MB | |
| Operating guide | Gasketed and semi-welded Plate type heat exchangers | Danish | Multiple | 15 Sept, 2023 | 9.1 MB | |
| Brochure | Gasketed plate heat exchangers - Next-generation heat transfer solutions | English | Multiple | 12 Feb, 2024 | 5.7 MB | |
| Brochure | Gasketed plate heat exchangers - Next-generation heat transfer solutions | English | Multiple | 22 Nov, 2024 | 4.4 MB | |
| Brochure | SONDEX® Free Flow sugar brochure | English | Multiple | 12 Feb, 2024 | 7.8 MB | |
| Brochure | SONDEX® Free Flow sugar brochure | English | Multiple | 27 Nov, 2024 | 7.2 MB | |
| Brochure | SONDEX® Traditional Plate Heat Exchangers | English | Multiple | 12 Feb, 2024 | 9.4 MB |
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