LIO 280 Pro

The LIO 280 Pro takes up to 30 kg of fresh product per cycle across 11 stainless-steel trays (3.9 m² of shelf area). As a rule of thumb, high-moisture foods such as fruit, vegetables and ready meals lose 80–90% of their weight in drying, so a full load leaves roughly 10–20% of that as finished product. A typical cycle runs 24–48 h depending on the product, its thickness and water content.

The LIO 280 Pro runs the same chamber, 11 trays and 3.9 m² shelf area as the L model, but adds advanced process control: active chamber-pressure control, pressure-building (controlled leak) control, fast/automatic defrost and automatic condensate drain. In practice that means more repeatable cycles batch-to-batch, the ability to dry sensitive or collapse-prone products (which need a held pressure, not just deep vacuum), and shorter turnaround between runs. Choose Pro if you are validating recipes, selling on consistent quality, or drying pharma-adjacent / high-value products.

It requires a three-phase 400 V / 50 Hz supply, so plan for a three-phase connection in your facility (this is normal for its capacity class). It is air-cooled, so it needs no water or external chiller — just clearance for airflow and a normal ambient room. Average running consumption is modest for a machine of this class, which keeps cost-per-batch down.

The LIO 280 Pro ships with a robust oil-sealed rotary-vane pump as standard (best value, slightly more maintenance — periodic oil changes). The oil-free scroll option (+€5 490 on this model) removes oil handling entirely, cuts maintenance and avoids any oil back-migration risk — worth it for clean-label food, frequent daily use, or where the machine sits in a production room. Both reach the same process vacuum; the choice is about maintenance and cleanliness, not drying performance.

Yes for logging, no for remote. The PLC touchscreen stores recipes and exports full cycle data to USB as CSV, so you can document every batch for QC or traceability. There is no built-in cloud/remote monitoring on the LIO range — if app-based remote oversight is essential to you, flag it and we'll point you to the right alternative in the catalogue.

It carries a 12-month warranty and is CE-certified and built in Europe. These are made-to-order, so expect a production lead time after order (confirmed per quote). For food, nutraceutical and R&D buyers that European build is the core reason to choose LIO over grey-import machines.