Equipment Spotlight Drying decisions Latest dryer upgrades for biomass producers Staff report UZELAC The triple-pass dryer for wood chips and biomass by Uzelac Industries has a number of unique advantages over similar dryers. Its bolt-on tire design reduces maintenance and increases tire life, while the overhead drive reduces wear on the rollers. Access doors on the outer and intermediate cylinders allow for easy inspection and cleaning of all three cylinders of the drum. Uzelac Industries also custom-designs and manufactures its own equipment, offers project management and 3D modeling, and supports hundreds of dryer installations in North America with parts and service. www.uzelacind.com THOMPSON DRYERS UZELAC THOMPSON DRYERS Thompson Dryers believes products should work like they are supposed to. Armed with this belief and more than 70 years of experience, Thompson designs industrial rotary dryer systems for the biomass, forest, ethanol, livestock feed, and fertilizer industries – primarily in North America and Europe. Proprietary technology ensures products are dried uniformly with minimal air pollution, little material degradation, and low fire risk. Thompson also offers a wide range of solutions to handle all dryer repair and maintenance needs including alignment and resurfacing, inspections, parts, drive, bearings, trunnions, drum crack repair and more. www.thompsondryers.com STELA STELA Stela Laxhuber GmbH specializes in low temperature belt drying technology. Continuous developments and customizable optimization in various applications allows Stela to be called a technology leader in this expanding market. One of the greatest benefits using high efficiency belt dryers reflects by usage of waste heat or other low-temperature 24 Canadian BIOMASS WINTER 2019
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