Industrial drum dryer for extruded snacks
For snack producers aiming to achieve precise moisture control, this rotating drum dryer ensures optimal drying and roasting, enhancing texture and flavor profiles in extruded products.
Dries and Roasts Extruded Snack Products
The Drum Drier STT from Hebenstreit GmbH is engineered for continuous drying and roasting of extruded snack products, offering an infrared heating system for precise control over moisture levels. Designed to handle solid and granule types, this equipment is ideal for snack food manufacturers and cereal production lines, efficiently drying products like curls, rings, and spirals. It integrates seamlessly into existing production setups with its PLC-controlled operations, ensuring high-speed, uninterrupted processing. Boasting a heating capacity of 40 to 80 kW, it leverages a rotating drum mechanism to optimize energy use while maintaining product integrity. This robust equipment is built for processing diverse applications such as protein crisps and whole grain products, delivering reliable performance with ease of maintenance. The system’s flexibility in processing various product types addresses a wide range of industry needs, making it a valuable asset for food companies aiming to enhance product quality and production efficiency.
Benefits
- Enhances product quality by ensuring consistent moisture and texture across batches.
- Optimizes energy usage with infrared heating for cost-effective operation.
- Increases production efficiency with continuous, high-speed processing capabilities.
- Integrates smoothly into existing systems with PLC-controlled automation for minimal manual intervention.
- Supports a wide range of snack and cereal applications, providing versatility in product offerings.
- Applications
- Snacks,Pet food,Functional flours,Protein crisps,Wafer products,Extruded products,Breakfast cereals,Whole grain products
- End products
- Filled shapes,Spirals,Curls,Croûtons,Malt rings / beersnacks,Legumes snacks,Rings,Filled snacks,Microcrispies,Pork rind snacks,Flat breads,Balls,Whole grain curls,Sticks,Flakes,Crispies
- Steps before
- Raw Material Preparation,Extrusion
- Steps after
- Seasoning,Cooling,Co-Extrusion,Cutting,Embossing,Conveying
- Input ingredients
- extrudates,raw material,snack ingredients
- Output ingredients
- dried products,residual moisture level,roasted products
- Market info
- Hebenstreit is known for specializing in the manufacture of industrial equipment for wafer production, offering advanced technology and customization for the food industry, with a reputation for high-quality and reliable machinery.
- Heating capacity
- 40 to 80 kW
- Drying
- > 1%
- Heating system
- Infrared
- Process control
- Operating panel
- Rotation speed
- Adjustable
- Airflow control
- Adjustable
- Working mechanism
- Rotating drum with heating system
- Integrated steps
- Drying by infrared heating
- Automation level
- Set by operating panel
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous drying process
- Changeover time
- Configurable via panel
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Drum type
- Rotating
- Heating system
- Infrared Module
- Control panel type
- Operating panel
- Control panel type
- Operating panel of the drum drier or the extruder
- Heating system integration
- Infrared heating system
- Rotation speed control
- Adjustable via operating panel
- Air flow control
- Adjustable via operating panel