Industrial rotary dryer for high moisture content materials
Achieve consistent drying performance with industrial rotary dryers, ideal for handling materials with high moisture content while ensuring rapid evaporation and controlled final moisture levels, crucial for efficient production processes.
Dries and Evaporates Moisture in Solid Materials
The GEA Rotary Dryer is a versatile solution tailored for demanding process industries like food, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Known for its robust construction, it operates by lifting and showering solids through a heated gas stream. This dryer is designed for high-capacity drying of diverse materials, including powders, granules, and slurries, effectively handling up to 50 tons per hour. It offers co-current and counter-current configurations, catering to high-moisture and heat-sensitive materials. Integration into existing production lines is seamless due to its PLC-controlled system and optional remote monitoring. The rotary dryer enhances energy efficiency by permitting high drying temperatures and gas recycling, cutting energy use substantially. Constructed with stainless steel for durability and corrosion resistance, it complies with GMP and FDA standards, essential for pharmaceutical applications. Designed for easy maintenance, its optional CIP system ensures prompt cleaning, and custom engineering support allows for tailored solutions to specific operational challenges.
Benefits
- Optimizes energy usage by enabling higher drying temperatures and gas recycling.
- Enhances productivity with co-current and counter-current options for various material moisture levels.
- Simplifies integration with existing systems through PLC control and remote monitoring capabilities.
- Ensures compliance with industry standards, including GMP and FDA for pharmaceutical applications.
- Extends equipment lifespan with corrosion-resistant stainless steel construction.
- Applications
- Food,Gas,Oil,Chemical,Environment,New food,Dairy,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Steps before
- Grinding,Mixing,Heating,Moistening
- Steps after
- Cooling,Screening,Packing,Quality Control
- Input ingredients
- wet material,materials containing high moisture content,heat sensitive materials,materials with tendency to stick or cake
- Output ingredients
- dried material,materials dried to very low moisture levels,elevated product temperature
- Market info
- GEA is known for its expertise in engineering innovative and sustainable equipment and solutions, focusing on sectors such as food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and energy, with a reputation for quality, efficiency, and advanced technological applications in industrial processing.
- Construction
- Robust
- Lifter options
- Various
- Co-current or Counter-current
- Yes
- Drying Temperature
- High
- Residence time
- Relatively long
- Gas Recycle
- Open circuit or Partial recycle
- Energy Usage
- Energy savings promoted
- Moisture Control
- Readily controlled
- Process Flexibility
- High
- Gas and Material Temperature Sensitivity
- Low
- Initial heat transfer rate
- High
- Efficiency
- Influenced by design
- Application Types
- Process industries
- Working mechanism
- Directly heated
- Lifting and showering the product through hot gas
- Thermal efficiency
- Use of higher drying temperatures and exhaust gas recycling
- Process flexibility
- Can handle wide fluctuations in throughput and product size
- Co-current configuration
- Suitable for high moisture content materials
- Counter-current configuration
- Suitable for materials needing very low moisture levels
- Continuous operation
- Inline Continuous
- Drying temperature control
- Inlet and exhaust gas temperatures
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen / Mechanical / PLC controlled
- Lifter configuration
- Cruciform / Shortfall
- Gas flow configuration
- Co-current / Counter-current
- Gas recycle option
- Open circuit / Partial gas recycle
- Lifter options
- Various lifter types