Contact belt dryer
Competent technology for: Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and animal feed production, ceramics, environmental and recycling technology
Field of application
For all products that are difficult or impossible to ventilate.
- Dyes and pigments
- Ceramic bodies
- Metal pastes
- Foodstuffs
- Binder
- Small granules
- Suspensions and dispersions
- Powder and powder
- Sludge
Designs
Your application and requirements determine whether standard KBT or special design
- Standard KBT contact belt dryer, modular design, easy to expand
- Multistage dryer: two or more drying belts in succession
- Multi-deck dryers: Several dryers on top of each other, operated in parallel or in series
- Hybrid dryer: Contact belt dryer with microwave support
- Mobile dryers
Advantages
Contact belt dryers in the KBT series are characterized by
- No mechanical stress on the product
- Temperature ranges from 20 to 250°C
- Temperature profile possible in the dryer
- Additional drying possible using radiant heat
- Combination of drying and cooling in one appliance
- Infinitely variable belt speed
- Low-dust exhaust air
- High energy efficiency
- Inertization possible
- Low-dust exhaust air
- Good cleanability due to good accessibility
- Simple operability
- Dryer can be expanded thanks to modular design
- Low maintenance
Procedure
In contact belt dryers, a thin layer of product is placed on a smooth, impermeable belt and heated from below by heating plates. The water evaporates and is removed from the dryer by a stream of carrier air. The product can also be dried with radiant heat from above.
Execution
- Standard version, modular design, easily expandable
- Additional heat radiation from above
- ATEX version
- Special materials
- Silicone-free version
- Food and hygiene design
- Site-specific design
Dryer belts
Selected according to product requirements
- Fabric belts, also in antistatic version
- Plastic fabric for higher temperatures
- Plastic mesh with different mesh sizes
- Belt control to extend the service life
Heating
Belt dryers in the KBT series can be heated variably
- Steam
- Thermal oil
- Warm and hot water
- Electric
- IR emitter
- Combination of different heating systems
- Heat pump
Accessories
Accessories available for the optimum set-up and equipment of your belt dryer
- Distribution: vibrating chutes, linear drives, rollers and screws
- Discharge conveyors such as belt conveyors, Z-conveyors, discharge screws, inclined conveyors
- Cleaning the conveyor belt: Brushes, scrapers, high-pressure cleaner with water
- CIP systems
- Automation and electrical control systems
- Belt detection and fire extinguishing systems
Download the belt dryer brochure
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