TORWAVE & Commercial Gas Carbon Substitution: What It Means
The TORWAVE processor merges the established TORBED technology with industrial-scale microwave energy. This hybrid approach enables exceptionally controlled, volumetric heating while maintaining operational resilience under high-temperature conditions—traits particularly valuable for demanding industrial processes. TORWAVE offers an all-electric alternative to gas-fired systems and can replace traditional hydrocarbon-fuelled heating methods—such as natural gas burners—achieving thermal processing like […]
Fine Chemical Processing Equipment: The Torwave Processor
Fine chemical processing equipment plays a vital role in the manufacturing of high-purity chemicals used across pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and specialty chemicals industries. These sophisticated systems are designed to ensure precise control over reactions, mixing, separation and purification processes, often operating under strict safety and environmental standards. Key equipment includes reactors, distillation columns, filtration units, centrifuges, […]
Industrial Microwave Processing
This week’s list of applications that we are currently examining (see torftech.com/news) includes three applications for which the control offered by the TORBED processor needs the enhancement of added industrial microwave heat input. This brings the added control of instantaneously adjustable microwave energy to the already highly controlled environment within a TORBED processor. We refer […]
The cornerstone of an Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy for the Food Industry
The TORBED processor, with its capacity for all electric processing offers much to a decarbonisation strategy. The TORWAVE, combining microwave and conventional heat sources takes this further: More effective air popping of snacks and cereals and ability to pop more complex and larger shapes. Enhanced drying capability. Enhanced roasting of cereals, coffee and cocoa with […]
Industrial Microwave Systems support Industrial Decarbonisation Strategies
We have recently written on the Torftech section of our website, on the broad range of potential applications of the TORBED processor. The microwave equipped TORWAVE system by delivering both conventional and microwave energy extends the range of process possibility further. We set out to design a system where particles would be thoroughly mixed as […]
Catalysis: Thermal Processing Equipment
We have recently written on the Torftech section of our website about the TORBED processors’ long history with the processing of catalysts. The TORWAVE processor, with its combination of microwave and conventional heat sources offers a step change For materials where fine process control is a necessity, the TORWAVE processor offers a step change in […]
Enhanced Thermal Processing Equipment
We developed the TORBED technology for process intensification. By pushing the design principles of fluidised beds with increased gas velocities and a highly engineered processor design, very high heat and mass transfer rates between solids and gases are achieved. This occurs alongside excellent mixing of the solid particles and subsequently precise control over the conditions […]
Advanced Thermal Processing Equipment
In the early days of the TORBED technology, mineral and food applications advanced in parallel. This is proving true of our microwave equipped TOWAVE processor as well. We recently sold one for a mineral drying application. Much of our early test work has been on foodstuffs including coffee, malt and cocoa. Malt (mostly from barley) was […]
Order for an Industrial Microwave Processing System
In the run up to our year end in February, we took an order for a TORWAVE dryer for a mineral application that perfectly illustrates the abilities of the TORWAVE industrial microwave processing system with combined conventional (convection) and microwave heat sources. The TORWAVE can dry particulates more efficiently, saving energy. Water in the centre […]
Extending Industrial Microwave Processing Possibilities
The TORWAVE system is a scalable microwave processing technology with potential applications across multiple industries. By increasing the reactor size and shifting to a higher frequency ISM band, it can support commercial-scale operations, such as a 100kW system with a 1000mm reactor capable of processing over 1 tonne per hour. With optimized components and materials, […]