Paddle
dryer &
cooler
The Royal GMF-Gouda 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.
Typical applications:
· Chemical
· Sludge & biomass
· Food product (e.g. milk powder)
By process:
· Drying
· Heating
· Cooling
· Reacting
· Roasting
· Cooking / braising
· Calcining
· Sterilizing
· Solvent stripping
Reactor Vacuum
GPD
The twin-shaft design of the A third type of paddle dryer is the PADDLE
DRYER
Royal GMF-Gouda Paddle Dryer vacuum dryer. This type operates
ensures a perfect mixing in radial under vacuum conditions allowing
direction of the shafts, whereas temperature sensitive products to
the transportation of the product be dried at low temperatures.
through the machine is achieved
TECHNOLOGY
by gravity which results from an Typical applications for the vacuum
inclination of the whole machine. paddle dryer are:
Due to its very narrow particle
residence time distribution, the · Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Royal GMF-Gouda Paddle Dryer is · Solvent recovery
often used as a continuous reactor, · Food and plant extracts
where a heat treatment can be · Chocolate crumbs
combined with a time-depending
reaction in a fully continuous
process.
Typical examples are:
· Polyethylen-Terephtalat (PET)
· Dextrinated Starch
· Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP)
Royal GMF-Gouda
Coenecoop 88
2741 PD Waddinxveen
P.O. Box 375
2740 AJ Waddinxveen
The Netherlands
Tel. (+31) 182 623 723
Fax (+31) 182 619 217
Email info@gmfgouda.nl
Internet www.gmfgouda.com
Royal GMF-Gouda has branch offices in
Germany, France,
Singapore, China and the U.S.A.
Addresses: www.gmfgouda.com
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Process
solutions
using
paddle
dryer
technology
Royal GMF-Gouda specializes
in processing lines that are built
around its advanced paddle drying
technology. Based upon more
than hundred years of experience,
Royal GMF-Gouda is able to
supply total solutions for, amongst
others, sludge drying lines –
from intake of raw material up to
bagging / loading.
Although each production line
must be specially designed, a
modern processing line will include
intake of raw materials, a paddle
drying section, loading stations,
a vapor handling system, a cooler
and a bagging / loading unit.
Over the years, extensive knowledge
has been gained on all kinds of
production process possibilities
and machines to obtain the final
product characteristics. Combined
with research and development, a
complete pilot plant and state-of-
the-art manufacturing technologies,
Royal GMF-Gouda offers an
integrated approach for the set-up
of environmental, chemical and food
processing lines. This approach
Proven
technology
with
advanced
features
For more than a century, products
have been dried industrially. Since
its early years Royal GMF-Gouda
has been specialized in industrial
processing lines, and for more
than 25 years based on advanced
paddle drying technology.
Royal GMF-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
Compact,
safe and
built to last
Royal GMF-Gouda’s paddle dryers
/ coolers are well-known for their
robust construction with accurate
constant tolerances.
Royal GMF-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
operation. 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 &
environ-
mental
friendly
The Royal GMF-Gouda 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 sophistically
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 Royal GMF-Gouda paddle dryer
play a large role in creating these
Retention Research
time &
develop-
ment
As the product moves through the Research and development is
machine, the paddles ensure that one of the cornerstones of Royal
the product is well mixed and that it GMF-Gouda’s success. The R&D
flows easily through the machine. activities are carried out in close
cooperation with clients and focus
The paddles give excellent mixing on the feasibility of a desired
in radial direction. The product is process or product.
not mixed in axial direction. As it
moves further into the machine, the A unique feature and part of Royal
product increasingly meets the end GMF-Gouda’s R&D program is
specifications with preservation of the pilot plant. The pilot plant is a
the plug flow. An even flow (plug valuable test center for simulating
flow) through the machine gives each processes with a view to testing or
product particle a more or less similar optimization of a process before
retention time and ensures a high implementation. The pilot plant is also
uniform end-product. used for investigating the feasibility
of a desired process. Combined with
the state-of-the-art manufacturing
25 100% technologies, Royal GMF-Gouda
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