Thermal Separation Solutions for Demanding Applications

Engineering From the Problem Up

Difficult process challenges rarely have off-the-shelf answers. Artisan’s engineering team works problem-first by evaluating your material and process conditions, testing at pilot scale with your actual feedstock, and designing a solution built around what your application actually requires.

Our separation technologies, vacuum systems, and custom-engineered equipment cover the full range of demanding applications — from heat-sensitive and high-viscosity materials that standard equipment cannot reliably process, to industrial vacuum requirements across chemical, pharmaceutical, power, and process industries.

The result is a system that has been proven before it is built, and built by the same team that designed it — in Artisan’s 120,000 sq. ft. Stoughton, MA facility, from engineering through fabrication and final delivery.

Browse Our Full Range of Solutions

Select a process below to learn more about how Artisan’s equipment and engineering expertise can support your specific application.

Continuous Evaporation & Concentration

The ROTOTHERM® horizontal thin-film evaporator continuously concentrates difficult streams — heat-sensitive, viscous, or fouling — without degradation or excessive residence time.

Continuous Drying

Dry or finish a material continuously without damaging product quality. The ROTOTHERM® handles liquid-to-powder drying at low temperatures, including heat-sensitive and solvent-laden feeds.

Stripping & Devolatilization

Remove residual solvent, monomer, odor, or volatile impurities from difficult streams. The Evaporator/Stripper™ and Short Path Stripper® address what conventional columns cannot.

Solvent Recovery

Recover solvent or valuable material instead of losing it to waste. Artisan’s thin-film systems improve yield, reduce emissions, and lower disposal costs across a range of process streams.

Waste Volume Reduction

Reduce disposal burden and recover value from difficult waste streams — including sludges, brines, and solvent-rich residues — using continuous thin-film concentration and evaporation.

Challenging Distillation

When conventional columns foul, plug, or fail to perform, Artisan’s thin-film evaporators and proprietary tray designs offer an alternative path to separation and purification.

Integrated Processes

Complete systems, equipment, vacuum, condensers, controls, skids, and utilities, engineered and built by Artisan as a single integrated solution for your separation process.

Manufacturing Equipment & Systems

Artisan designs and builds engineered capital equipment and systems, from ASME pressure vessels and modular skids to custom fabrication.

Demonstration & Scale-Up Derisking

Prove your process before committing to capital. Artisan’s Technology Center offers custom pilot setups using your material, with scale-up data that feeds directly into equipment design.

Need Something More Custom?

If your application requires a purpose-built solution, Artisan is equipped to engineer, fabricate, and deliver custom equipment from concept to completion

Have a separation challenge you'd like to discuss?

Our engineering team can evaluate your process and identify the right approach – before any capital commitment is made.

Every solution Artisan recommends can be validated at pilot scale using your
actual material, before any capital commitment is made.

What Our Clients Say

“I was introduced to Artisan more than a decade ago as part of a very challenging azeotropic separation challenge and quickly realized the value of Artisan’s business model to help solve the toughest thermal separations problems. What makes Artisan unique is their ability to help their customers conceptualize a potential solution, pilot that solution on a very short timeframe, and ultimately deliver a commercial scale equipment solution; they can pilot and test when all other OEMs cannot. Since 2012, we have leveraged Artisan to solve over a dozen different process technology challenges, all with unique solutions that have reduced operational expense, improved product quality and streamlined the overall process. Artisan occupies a unique place in the Chemical Industry as a small OEM that punches well above their weight class.”

Glenn CormackGlobal Process Innovation Manager | Lubrizol

“We have had the pleasure of working with Artisan for the last 30 years on over 15 different projects. Artisan’s thin film technology and experienced engineering staff helped us achieve lower residuals than the rest of the industry, allowing our company to experience explosive growth. As the world moves toward higher purity intermediates, we know we can rely on Artisan’s highly dedicated pilot testing staff to push the limits of what was previously thought possible.”

Mark Barkett, LSSBBOperations Technology Manager | Dover Chemical Corporation

“I felt like the entire testing group was genuinely interested in satisfying my process needs and getting the desired end product.” “Several conditions were tried to get the desired outcome, which provides insight on the equipment capabilities.”

Celanese ChemicalsCelanese Chemicals

“Everything we wanted to do was done and much was learned about the process/equipment.” “Pilot operations made it work. Without them it would have been inefficient and costly.”

Mike Leamen, PhD, P.Eng.Director of Engineering | Strenna Industries

“We chose Artisan because they were knowledgeable and because they had a pilot plant that could prove the process before we scaled up to production.”

Jason DanaProcess Engineer | Caravan Ingredients

Not Sure Which Process Is Right for You?

Our engineering team can evaluate your material and process goals, recommend the right service, and arrange a feasibility assessment using your feedstock, before any capital commitment is made.

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