ANDRITZ - Paddle Dryer / Cooler
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The ANDRITZ paddle dryer / cooler, a machine with a lot to offer, to most materials. Dried or cooled? The continuous indirect heat transfer set-up within the paddle dryer’s interior produces quality product with incredible efficiency and a minimum of maintenance. Powdered, granulated or pasty materials? The paddle dryer is built to handle products with the utmost care - even toxic materials.
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Proven Technology
ANDRITZ Gouda’s paddle dryer is used for a wide variety of applications. The machine has a heated trough, containing rotating heated paddle shafts. The specially shaped paddles do not have a transport function but are designed for maximum heat transfer. This results in an excellent control of the temperature of the product and enables a uniform product quality. At the outlet side, the product moves out of the machine via an adjustable overflow.
Compact, Safe and Built to Last
ANDRITZ Gouda’s paddle dryers / coolers are well-known for their robust construction with accurate constant tolerances. ANDRITZ Gouda offers any solution that contributes to the reliability of your particular production process. The machines are manufactured with sophisticated, state-of-the-art welding procedures, according to FEM analysis, so they can withstand high temperatures, heavy duty products and corrosion. The machines are designed for a long, continuous lifecycle. Our quality is certified by ASME, TÜV, European PED, Chinese SQLO and other certified bodies, anywhere in the world.
Convective Versus Contact Drying
There are many ways to dry products, but two things are essential: enough heat to evaporate liquid and a means of removing the vapor.
A direct dryer uses hot air flow for both functions. Usually a lot of heat is wasted in the exhaust – and a lot of dust is created and consequent foul smelling - requiring expensive equipment for removal. Solvent recovery can be a problem too.
An indirect dryer avoids all these problems: air flows, where present at all, are negligible. Moreover, a fully enclosed operation enables the safe treatment of toxic, noxious and/or flammable products.
Energy Efficient / Environmental Friendly
The ANDRITZ paddle dryer is a compact machine. That is because it has many square meters of heat exchanging surface relative to the volume. Two hollow shafts with hollow paddles turn in opposite directions in the horizontal trough. The trough has an ω- (omega) shape that follows the contours of the paddles.
Moving parts are crucial for the system. They have been expertly designed. Excellent heat transfer is ensured when the product is refreshed regularly and remains in good contact with the heat exchanging surface. The paddles of the ANDRITZ paddle dryer play a large role in creating these optimal conditions. The uniquely shaped paddle has a self-cleaning capacity. The wedge-shaped paddle produces shear forces on the paddle surface and this keeps the paddle clean and contributes to a higher heat transfer.
Retention Time
As the product moves through the machine, the paddles ensure that the product is well mixed and that it flows easily through the machine. The paddles give excellent mixing in radial direction. The product is not mixed in axial direction. As it moves further into the machine, the product increasingly meets the end specifications with preservation of the plug flow. An even flow (plug flow) through the machine gives each product particle a more or less identical retention time and ensures a high uniform end-product.
Applications
- Chemical
- Sludge & biomass
- Food product (e.g. milk powder)
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