Paddle dryer · Food Processing
Paddle dryer for the Food Processing industry
Hygienic, gentle drying of starch, spent grain and food by-products into stable, saleable material.
- Typical feed
- Starch cake, spent grain, dairy and food sludge
- Heating
- Steam or hot water
- Contact parts
- SS 304 / SS 316 food grade
- Dry output
- Storage-stable, free-flowing
- Talk to an application engineer
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The challenge
The Food Processing drying problem
- ✕Scorching and colour change in hot-gas dryers
- ✕Hygiene and cleanability between batches
- ✕Wet by-products spoil within days
With an AS Engineers paddle dryer
Food processors need drying that is hygienic, gentle and consistent batch after batch.
Why a paddle dryer fits
- Indirect heat avoids scorching and contamination
- SS 304 / SS 316 food-grade contact surfaces
- Continuous operation with uniform final moisture
- Dried by-product becomes feed, fuel or fertiliser feedstock
Typical process
Wet material is conveyed to the dryer inlet, dried to storage-stable moisture, cooled if needed and bagged.
Materials we dry
What we dry for the Food Processing industry
- Starch
- Spent grain
- Calcium carbonate
- Food and dairy sludge
- Not listed? Ask us about your material
Inside the dryer
From sticky cake to dry granules – one continuous pass
Wet cake
Dark, heavy, sticky lumps enter the hopper.
Plastic phase
Heat softens it; paddles knead and stretch.
Shearing phase
Paddles shear the mass into crumbs.
Dry granules + powder
Free-flowing granules and fines discharge.
Illustrative moisture along the dryer. Dried output goes to fuel · cement kilns · bricks · agriculture.
On video
Food Processing trials on video
More industries
Other industries we serve
Chemical Industry
Salts, hydroxides and process cakes dried in an enclosed, corrosion-resistant system with optional solvent recovery.
- Aluminium hydroxide
- Sodium chloride
- Ammonium nitrate
Environment Industry (ETP · STP · CETP)
Dry ETP, STP, CETP and bio-sludge – up to 90% less volume to haul, store and dispose.
- ETP sludge
- STP sludge
- Bio-sludge
Food Processing Industry
Hygienic, gentle drying of starch, spent grain and food by-products into stable, saleable material.
- Starch
- Spent grain
- Calcium carbonate
Pharmaceutical Industry
Contained drying of API intermediates, carbonates and pharma process sludge – vacuum and solvent-recovery options.
- Calcium carbonate
- Sodium carbonate
- API intermediates
Tell us your sludge. We will size your paddle dryer.
Share quantity and moisture – get a technical proposal, payback estimate and pilot-trial option within one working day.