Device and method for drying noodles by hot air

A hot air drying apparatus for noodles, wherein a plurality of drying chambers which conveyor-fed noodle ribbons consecutively pass are arrayed, each drying chamber being provided with a heater to heat air therein to generate a heated air flow;

• a blower for feeding said heated air flow so generated as a hot air flow of a uniform air flow rate and velocity;
• and a hot air flow streamlining device for streamlining the hot air flow fed by the blower into a laminar state, setting it to the optimal air flow rate and velocity for drying and blowing the flow uniformly on said noodle ribbons, in each pair of adjacent drying chambers the hot air flow streamlining device of one drying chamber blowing said hot air flow on said noodle ribbons from above and that of the other drying chamber blowing said hot air flow on said noodle ribbons from underneath, and
• said hot air flow streamlining device comprises an air duct for streamlining the hot air flow fed by said blower into a primary laminar state and leading it towards above or underneath the widthwise direction of said conveyor;
• and a streamlining section for setting the hot air flow led by this air duct towards above or underneath the widthwise direction of the conveyor to the optimal air flow rate and velocity for drying, and controlling it into a laminar flow to be uniformly blown on said noodle ribbons.