Paddle dryer · Pulp and Paper
Paddle dryer for the Pulp and Paper industry
Dry paper-mill sludge into a fuel-grade product and cut haulage and landfill.
- Typical feed
- Pressed fibrous and de-inking sludge
- Heating
- Mill steam
- Dry output
- Fuel-grade sludge for the boiler
- Contact parts
- MS / SS 304
- Talk to an application engineer
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The challenge
The Pulp and Paper drying problem
- ✕Large volumes of wet fibrous sludge every day
- ✕Landfill and haulage costs keep rising
- ✕Fibre bridges and sticks in ordinary dryers
With an AS Engineers paddle dryer
Paper mills generate large volumes of fibrous, high-moisture sludge with useful calorific value.
Why a paddle dryer fits
- Fibrous sludge handled without bridging
- Dry sludge suited to boiler co-firing
- Large reduction in weight sent for disposal
- Uses mill steam – low added utility cost
Typical process
Pressed sludge is screw-fed into the dryer; dried material goes to the boiler fuel yard.
Materials we dry
What we dry for the Pulp and Paper industry
- Paper sludge
- Deinking sludge
- Fibre rejects
- 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.
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Other industries we serve
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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.