Continuous Wave (CW) Microwave energy offers efficient, cost-effective methods of drying, heating, curing and sterilizing products in industrial manufacturing processes.

Richardson Electronics designs, manufactures, and distributes a full range of components and complete, turn-key systems for most types of microwave drying and heating applications.
  • Ceramic industry
  • Chemical reactions
  • Chemistry / Pharmacy
  • Cornea reshaping
  • Dairy certification: Fat extraction
  • Diathermy
  • Dielectric determination
  • Disinfection
  • Drying: Clay, Ceramic, Foam, Rubber, Glue, Ink, Milk, Molds, Paper board, Pharmaceuticals, Plaster board, Polymers, Solids, Wood blocks, Wood panels
  • Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR)
  • Herb processing
  • Hyperthermia for cancer treatment
  • Industrial drying
  • Lasers: Gas excitation
  • Mineral / Ore extraction
  • Moisture / Solids ration: Ashification
  • Nuclear waste disposal
  • Oil: Liquefaction of crude
  • Pasteurization
  • Photoresist stripper
  • Plastics
  • Rubber: Curing, Foaming, Recycling, Vulcanization
  • Sample dissolutions using heated acids
  • Sintering ceramics
  • Solvent recovery
  • Spectrometry: Coupled plasma, Sterilizing hospital wastes, Thawing frozen blood plasma
  • Vacuum drying
  • Wood industry
If your specific need is not listed here, our engineering team can develop a solution to meet your technical requirements.

Microwave Processing Capabilities

High-power magnetrons are used as the source of microwave energy for a wide range of applications within the food production industry.

Richardson Electronics supplies components and complete systems for microwave food processing applications.

  • Baking bread
  • Blanching vegetables
  • Cooking soup ingredients
  • Disinfection of grain
  • Drying molasses
  • Enzyme inactivation
  • Pasta drying
  • Pasteurization in shipping containers
  • Puff-dried snack foods
  • Rendering bacon
  • Roasting peanuts for peanut butter
  • Sealing food containers
  • Sterilization of fertilizer and soil
  • Tempering frozen meat

If your specific need is not listed here, our engineering team can develop a solution to meet your technical requirements.