LIO 40

The LIO 40 takes up to 3.5 kg of fresh product per cycle across 4 stainless-steel trays (0.38 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 base LIO 40 is the lowest-cost way onto the LIO 40 platform — ideal to validate the process and produce at lower volume (3.5 kg, 4 trays). The L adds shelves for the best cost-per-kg at the same footprint; the Pro adds active pressure control and fast defrost for sensitive products and repeatable, higher-throughput runs. You can start on the base and scale your workflow, but the hardware itself isn't field-upgradeable between tiers, so size for where you'll be in 12–24 months.

It runs on standard single-phase 230 V / 50 Hz (≈1.25–1.45 kW connected), so it plugs into an ordinary commercial socket — no three-phase installation required. 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 40 ships with a robust oil-sealed rotary-vane pump as standard (best value, slightly more maintenance — periodic oil changes). The oil-free scroll option (+€2 530 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.