Hosokawa Micron B.V.

mixing, drying and agglomeration of dry and wet powders

Hosokawa is a world-renowned manufacturer of equipment for the mechanical and thermal treatment of powders. Hosokawa Micron BV in Doetinchem, the Netherlands, is specialised in industrial mixers, (vacuum) dryers and agglomerators.


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Continuous drying with minimal energy loss

November 21, 2011

Extensive test results have shown that the DMR continuous flash mill dryer can often replace existing spray drying processes and produce quality end products more efficiently. 

With the DMR, the wet material is fed through a series of specially designed feeding systems (1) the grinding section(2) the drying section (3) the main body of the dryer. The impact energy imparted by the grinding rotor disperses the wet material into very fine particles.

 

A temperature controlled hot gas stream coming from the air heater (4) is drawn by the exhaust fan through the main body and fluidizes the fine particles in the grinding chamber. This condition guarantees optimal heat exchange and instant evaporation of liquid.

 

The dried particles are conveyed with the gas stream to the top section of the dryer where a separator(5) classifies the particles by size. Particles passing the classifier at the set cut point are conveyed with the exhaust air (6) to a powder air separating systems such as a cyclone, cyclone filter or cyclone scrubbers. 
 

Read the full case study to find out whether the DMR is the right continuous drying technology for you: 

Hosokawa Micron BV Drymeister a compact energy saving drying process case study.pdf

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