Conair unveils new desiccant dryers

A new generation of Conair Carousel Plus® desiccant dryers – X Series portable dryers and dX Series mobile drying/conveying systems – offer superior resin-drying performance together with advanced yet easy-to-use controls, high reliability and energy efficiency, and an innovative new air-to-air aftercooling option. The new dryers will be unveiled at at NPE 2018, where Conair is exhibiting in Booths W1845 and S14045. The show takes place May 7 – 11 at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando FL.

 

The new dryers are the product of a top-to-bottom redesign of Conair’s Carousel Plus® desiccant dryer architecture affecting portable dryers and mobile drying/conveying systems (the former W Series and MDCW Series) sized from 15 to 400 lbs/hr throughput. Shaped by customer feedback and a focus on human factors engineering, the new X and dX Series dryers combine a new and feature-packed control interface with high-reliability components that maximise performance, uptime, and energy efficiency. These are housed in a new, space efficient chassis that not only preserves floor space but offers easier, more direct access to key components and to user-serviceable items like filters.  

 

 

The new X and dX Series dryers also utilise new air-to-air aftercooling. Aftercooling is required to reduce the temperature of the return air from the drying hopper, which improves the moisture-absorption efficiency of the desiccant. Now, processors may specify dryers equipped with either an optional air-to-water aftercooler or the new air-to-air aftercooler. The air-to-air unit can sustain drying efficiency while handling return-air temperatures of up to 375F (190.5C) and dew points of -40F (-40C). At the same time, it saves water, maximises dryer portability, and makes installation and setup faster and easier.

 

At the heart of the new dryers is the new DC-C programmable electronic controller, which was developed specifically for drying applications. The control uses software developed by Conair to maximise flexibility in adapting to current and future customer application needs. It is available on both the X and dX Series dryers in two configurations: the DC-C Plus package features a 4-inch touchscreen user interface, while the DC-C Premium offers a 7-inch screen.