Gala Industries. Inc.

Maag Gala, Inc.

Gala Industies, Inc.

Kerry Patrick Morris

Duane A Boothe

Louis Cody Shortt

Richard Borland Thrasher, Jr

David E Bryan

George Norman Benoit, Jr

Samuel F Hannah

Charles E Aaron

Thomas C Wenrich

Richard Thrasher

John M Linkenhoker

Wayne L Smith

Tomas C Wenrich

Jr Richard Borland Thrasher

A centrifugal dryer that has improved throughput capacity resulting from the combination of a high angle agglomerate catcher with optional overflow, increased dewatering capacity, a cylindrical dewatering feed chute, a modified rotor design with positionally and structurally modified lifters in the feed and dewatering section, the drying and propagating section, as well as the pellet discharge section, and an efficient circumferential foraminous membrane.

Dryer system with improved throughput

A tumbler may be used as defluidizer, dryer, coater, classifier, or dynamic filter. The tumbler includes a rotatable drum that receives a solid/fluid slurry through an inlet chute. As the slurry travels through the drum, fluid exits the drum through a plurality of apertures in screens attached to the sides of the drum, while the solids continue along the drum's length until they reach one or more openings and exit the drum into an outlet chute. The outlet chute includes ridges that wrap around rings extending from the openings of the drum to prevent solids from escaping the outlet chute. To further dry the solids before they exit the drum, an air tube at least partially disposed within the drum is configured to introduce a flow of air into the drum.

Tumbler systems and methods

The invention relates to a pellet dryer () comprising: a housing (), an inlet for feeding fluid flushed pellets and two separate outlets () for discharging the dried pellets and the fluid, a vertical bladed rotor () for separation of the fluid by a screen () toward outside of the screen () surrounding the bladed rotor () and for a vertical acceleration and separation of the pellets by the blades () of the bladed rotor () and for continuously drying the vertically accelerated pellets inside the screen () of the housing (), wherein an additional blower () is provided comprising a fan on top of the housing () positioned in the periphery of the bladed rotor () and connected with a ductwork () inside the housing () between an inner surface () of the housing () and an outer surface () of a framework () of the screen (), wherein the rotational speed of the additional blower () is controlled by a central controller unit of the pellet dryer () independently of the rotational speed of the bladed rotor ().

Pellet dryer with additional blower

The present invention relates to a centrifugal pellet dryer comprising a housing accommodating a rotor surrounded by a screen, wherein said screen includes at least one porous screen member and is supported by a screen support holding the screen relative to the housing. To avoid vibrations and noise, the centrifugal pellet dryer has the screen supported against the housing by a screen support which includes at least one damper for dampening vibrations of the screen and/or isolating screen vibrations from the housing.

Centrifugal pellet dryer

A centrifugal pellet dryer is provided that includes a housing accommodating a rotor surrounded by a screen, and a feeding system for feeding a water-pellet-slurry to the rotor. The feeding system includes a pre-dewatering system for separating water from the water-pellet-slurry upstream of the rotor. The pre-dewatering system may include a feeding pipe having a dewatering perforation, with the pipe being configured to be mounted in different positions to adjust the amount of dewatering.

A pellet dryer is provided having a housing with an inlet and a two separate outlets for discharging dried pellets and fluid, a vertical bladed rotor for centrifugally separating fluid by a screen surrounding the bladed rotor, an outlet duct connected to the outlet opening for the dried pellets, and a curved outlet guidance plate close to the top of the housing. The outlet guidance plate extends from a central position above the screen through the pellet outlet opening into the outlet duct to smooth transitional movement of the pellets between the upper end of the screen and the outlet duct.

Pellet dryer with outlet guidance plate

A tumbler may be used as defluidizer, dryer, coater, classifier, or dynamic filter. The tumbler includes a housing for rotatably supporting a removable screened drum on a plurality of rollers. The drum receives a solid/fluid slurry through an inlet chute. As the slurry travels through the drum, fluid exits the drum through a plurality of apertures in screens attached to the sides of the drum, while the solids continue along the drum's length until they reach one or more openings and exit the drum into an outlet chute. The outlet chute includes ridges that wrap around rings extending from the openings of the drum to prevent solids from escaping the outlet chute. To further dry the solids before they exit the drum, an air tube disposed within the drum is configured to direct air through the screens to an air blower intake positioned outside of the drum.

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Troutville, VA, United States of America

Kerry Patrick Morris