Rotary Dryers
Rotary dryers can be manufactured in 3 pass or single pass systems. They can be oil, gas or sawdust fired and can be supplied to dry products in the range of 1 to 12 tons per hour. The dryer can be supplied with drop out boxes and cyclones. A variety of KE rotary valves are designed for some specific products.
Coolers, Cyclones and Hopper Feed Storage Conveyors
When drying wood shavings, if the plant is to continuously feed the baler, cooling is carried out by fluidisation. Ambient air is blown up through the shavings as they pass through the cooler, the dust being extracted from the air by a cyclone.
In order to keep the rotary dryer or baler fed continuously, a Hopper Feed Storage Conveyors can be used. This storage method uses a rectangular hopper with a drag conveyor underneath the shaving’s bed which drags the shavings up from the bottom and discharges them onto a conveyor.