Centrifugal pellet dryer
AssigneeGala Industries, Inc.
InventorsLouis Cody Shortt, Richard Borland Thrasher, Jr., Kerry Patrick Morris
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Abstract
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.
Claims13
A centrifugal pellet dryer, comprising a housing accommodating a rotor which is surrounded by a screen, said screen including at least one porous screen member having top and bottom sections and being supported by a screen support, said screen support holding the screen relative to the housing and said screen support including at least one damper connecting a middle section of the screen, arranged between said top and bottle sections, to the housing for damping vibrations of the screen and/or isolating screen vibrations from the housing.
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