Hot Air Flow Dryer For Wood Chips And More
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FlowDrya from Stronga was designed for and introduced into the wood chip/wood fuel market in 2012. Over the past dozen years, the horizontal airflow dryer has quickly been adapted for a wide array of uses. They include but aren’t limited to crops, animal bedding, plastic waste packaging, wood chips and biomass for biochar production.
“Since promoting the dryer, we’ve been approached from a wide range of sectors,” says Will Ray, Stronga. “Over the past year or so, we’ve had significant interest in our dryer from the wood gasification market and have pushed into this market.”
FlowDrya systems consist of a heat source and a twin-deck, insulated drying bed. Stronga works with a wide range of heat sources, both direct and indirect, via heat exchangers. Hot air is pushed through the lower bed and rises through the ventilated floor to the upper bed. Unlike conveyor belt systems, the materials move as the hydraulic floor strokes back and forth beneath them.
FlowDrya features PulseWave, which automatically agitates the materials. As materials enter the drying beds from a hopper, blades tumble them forward. The shape of the blades produces a significant driving force close to the bed. At the same time, some materials near the top of the blade tumble backward. On the return stroke, most of the materials again tumble forward, this time over the top of the backward-sloped blade. Each forward stroke moves materials closer to the end of the beds where they are augered away.
“With each stroke, materials are displaced from their position, giving them equal access to the warm airflow and thermal conduction,” says Ray. “Compared to other woodchip dryers available in the market, the FlowDrya offers the benefits of simple operation with few moving parts.”
The DryStation is the graphical interface between the programmable logic control (PLC) and the dryer. The PLC optimizes the drying process to maximize efficiency while reducing drying time and management costs.
While the units share the same basic features, they also differ considerably. “Important factors include the client’s location, heat source, material to be dried and more,” he says. “These all affect the build and the price.”
Stronga is based in the United Kingdom and markets its units through its European distribution network. Outside of Europe, sales are handled directly by the company.
“We’ve sold a few of our FlowSteama units (steam heat treatment) into North America, but we’ve yet to sell a dryer there,” says Ray. “We have a few units in Australia, Mexico, South Africa and elsewhere.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Stronga Ltd, Ashendene Farm, White Stubbs Lane, Bayford, Hertfordshire United Kingdom SG13 8PZ (ph +44 (0)1992 519000; info@stronga.co.uk; www.stronga.com).
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Hot Air Flow Dryer For Wood Chips And More GRAIN DRYERS FlowDrya from Stronga was designed for and introduced into the wood chip/wood fuel market in 2012 Over the past dozen years the horizontal airflow dryer has quickly been adapted for a wide array of uses They include but aren’t limited to crops animal bedding plastic waste packaging wood chips and biomass for biochar production “Since promoting the dryer we’ve been approached from a wide range of sectors ” says Will Ray Stronga “Over the past year or so we’ve had significant interest in our dryer from the wood gasification market and have pushed into this market ” FlowDrya systems consist of a heat source and a twin-deck insulated drying bed Stronga works with a wide range of heat sources both direct and indirect via heat exchangers Hot air is pushed through the lower bed and rises through the ventilated floor to the upper bed Unlike conveyor belt systems the materials move as the hydraulic floor strokes back and forth beneath them FlowDrya features PulseWave which automatically agitates the materials As materials enter the drying beds from a hopper blades tumble them forward The shape of the blades produces a significant driving force close to the bed At the same time some materials near the top of the blade tumble backward On the return stroke most of the materials again tumble forward this time over the top of the backward-sloped blade Each forward stroke moves materials closer to the end of the beds where they are augered away “With each stroke materials are displaced from their position giving them equal access to the warm airflow and thermal conduction ” says Ray “Compared to other woodchip dryers available in the market the FlowDrya offers the benefits of simple operation with few moving parts ” The DryStation is the graphical interface between the programmable logic control PLC and the dryer The PLC optimizes the drying process to maximize efficiency while reducing drying time and management costs While the units share the same basic features they also differ considerably “Important factors include the client’s location heat source material to be dried and more ” he says “These all affect the build and the price ” Stronga is based in the United Kingdom and markets its units through its European distribution network Outside of Europe sales are handled directly by the company “We’ve sold a few of our FlowSteama units steam heat treatment into North America but we’ve yet to sell a dryer there ” says Ray “We have a few units in Australia Mexico South Africa and elsewhere ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Stronga Ltd Ashendene Farm White Stubbs Lane Bayford Hertfordshire United Kingdom SG13 8PZ ph +44 0 1992 519000; info@stronga co uk; www stronga com
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