Multi-pass pet food dryer for consistent moisture content
Achieve precise moisture control and enhanced product quality with an efficient drying solution designed for versatile applications, ensuring optimal texture and safety in every batch.
Controls Moisture and Retains Heat Efficiently
The Solis Multi-Pass Pet Food Dryer from Bühler Group is designed to optimize the drying process for pet food, alternative proteins, and related food ingredients. Employing a dual-plenum airflow system, this dryer ensures consistent moisture removal, critical for high-quality end products like kibble, cricket flour, and dried fruits. With capacities suited for high-volume operations, it integrates seamlessly into continuous, automated production lines, offering energy efficiency with direct-drive fans and insulated structures for superior heat retention. Constructed primarily from 300 series stainless steel, it supports stringent sanitary requirements, reducing bacterial growth and maintenance downtime with its hygienic design and innovative fines management system. Furthermore, its PLC automation allows for precise control and remote monitoring, enhancing processing efficiency. Ideal for use in pet food manufacturing, animal feed production, and broader food processing applications, the Solis dryer enhances both yield and product quality while adhering to industry standards.
Benefits
- Ensures uniform moisture content, enhancing final product quality and yield.
- Cuts energy costs due to optimized airflow and direct-drive fans.
- Enhances food safety with sanitary construction and fines management.
- Reduces maintenance downtime with easy-to-clean design.
- Facilitates seamless integration into high-capacity, automated production lines.
- Applications
- Animal feed,Alternative proteins,Insect technology,Snacks,Pet food,Pulses,Confectionery,Oilseeds,Wheat,Grain,Nuts,Food ingredients,Spices,Vegetables,Dried fruits,Dairy
- End products
- Wheat puffs,Sunflower seed meal,Lentil chips,Roasted nuts,Dehydrated berries,Kibble,Shrimp meal,Flavored almonds,Soybean flakes,Spice blend powders,Dried mango slices,Cricket flour,Grain-free pet treats,Almond flour,Protein kibble
- Steps before
- Extrusion,Shaping,Pelleting,Grain handling
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packing,Sorting,Weighing,Palletizing
- Input ingredients
- extruded pet food,standard kibble
- Output ingredients
- dried pet food,uniform moisture content pet food
- Market info
- Buhler is renowned for manufacturing advanced process solutions for food, feed, and advanced materials. They are highly regarded for their innovation in milling technology and equipment quality.
- Uniform moisture content
- Ensured by dual-plenum airflow
- Energy efficiency
- Enhanced through design and components
- Fines management system
- Innovative system to control fines
- Material
- 300 series stainless steel
- Insulation
- 100mm insulated panels
- Direct-drive fans
- Energy-efficient design
- Airflow
- Blown from both sides of the conveyor
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch / Inline Continuous
- Airflow system
- Dual-plenum airflow
- Energy efficiency
- Designed for lower kWh/kg moisture
- Fines management
- Innovative fines management system
- Cleaning method
- Hygienic design,CIP-friendly
- Automation level
- PLC-controlled
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Pet Food Type
- Standard,Premium
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Discharge method
- Continuous inline
- Material of construction
- 300 series stainless steel
- Support structure
- Stainless-steel round tubing
- Belt type
- Flat wire mesh
- Insulation thickness
- 100mm
- Control panel type
- HMI/Touchscreen
- Support structure customization
- Stainless-steel round tubing
- Material of construction
- 300 series stainless steel
- Fines management system
- Customizable integration
- Heating method
- Dual-plenum airflow
- Fan type
- Direct-drive recirculation fans
- Insulation type
- 100mm insulation panels