Patent sketch from 1947

The foundation and the mission statement of the company has remained the same throughout its history. Torkapparater develops, manufactures and sells industrial thermal processing equipment with unique solutions for a wide range of materials. Standardized equipment has never been our business!

Our Business Idea
AB Torkapparater supplies complete systems for thermal treatment (drying, cooling, pyrolysis, gasification) of solid materials. Our systems are well-known for its quality and design features that give our clients correctly adapted equipment and sustainable system solutions at competitive total cost of ownership and lifecycle management.

Clients with numerous applications
Our first clients came from the chemical and mining industry. During WW2 energy supply became a critical issue and Torkapparater supplied plants for drying of forest by-products i.e., wood-chips, sawdust and peat. These are applications that again today are driven by the need for renewable energy, heat recovery and waste management.

Early Export growing into a global market
Today we have supplied over 1,200 plants worldwide, most of which are custom-made to our client’s specific needs. In the beginning we exported to the Nordic and Baltic countries, later also to Asia, Australia and the Americas. Torkapparaters technology has been manufactured under licence to suppliers in Japan and in the US.

Apart from dryers we also work with rotary kills e.g., calciners for mineral processing, and also limekilns for the pulp and paper industry. In 1968 we supplied a rotary kiln on to supports to India that was (and maybe still is) the longest of its kind (63,5 meter).

Complete solutions for heat treatment of solid materials
The demand for advanced system solutions has guided our product development. Torkapparater supplies complete system for heat treatment of solid materials. Including all supporting techniques in such a system. The core technology is our own, consisting of a rotary drum for direct or indirect heat transmissions, our systems are supplied with energy supply with heat recovery as well as materials handling and process automation. Each system is designed according to our clients’ regulations and high quality and environmental requirements and demands.

Torkapparater’s technology has been expanded with steam dryers and dryers for low temperatures as well as torrifaction reactors that meet the demand from the market to handle new materials.

What can I do for you?

Do you need assistant with thermal treatment and or process equipment?

We have experience from over 100s of different materials. We offer our clients to test their material in our mobile test plants.

Please do not hesitate to contact me or my colleagues for your inquiry.

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