Snacks for the Road

Dried fruits, vegetables, meat and fish are enjoyed around the world. Before electricity was invented it was important to have food for the winter months and that may not have been possible without people sun drying their produce and meats. Today, thanks to electricity there are two ways to dry foods in an easier Continue reading

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Pros and Cons of Fluidized Beds

The purpose of a fluid bed dryer is to make a solid behave as a fluid. This is usually accomplished by introducing pressurized fluid through particulate medium. After this, the medium will have many similar characteristics and properties as fluids, such as the ability to free flow under gravity. One of the several applications fluidized beds are utilized for is chemical reactors. Some advantages of using a fluidized bed include uniform particle mixing and Continue reading

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Drying Solids in the Blink of an Eye

Flash dryers combine mechanical agitation, forced air and hot gases to dry and resize caked and paste-like solid materials. Not to be confused with the flash dryers utilized by many high school clubs and sports teams to make the most suggestive screen print shirts they can get away with. A flash dryer is actually a large industrial dryer that can Continue reading

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Continuous Drying for Fast-Paced Industries

For high-paced industries that require the drying of large quantities of goods and quickly, continuous dryers are a necessity. Continuous dryers are used in an array of industries including publishing, agricultural, food processing, apparel and lumber. There is no one specific design for a continuous dryer. It is a name given to a dryer that dries products continuously Continue reading

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