The Plate Type Overhead Condenser is designed for the assembly on the top of columns, reactors or vessels. For the company COGNIS, GIG Karasek manufacture a Plate Type Overhead Condenser for a fractionating column. The equipment is used for the separation of methyl ester. For the manufacturing of the pillow plates only high quality stainless steel 1.4571 is used. Through laser welded double seam the plates are connected and expanded hydraulically to the desired pillow thickness. In week 27 the 6.5 m long and 18 tons heavy Plate Type Overhead Condenser will leave the workshop of GIG Karasek in Attnang-Puchheim (Upper Austria).