Centrifugal pellet dryer with plastic wall panels

A centrifugal pellet dryer which comprises:

• a generally vertical cylindrical screen, said screen including a lower end receiving wet pellets and an upper end discharging dried pellets;
• a driven elevating rotor inside said screen for elevating wet pellets and impacting said wet pellets against the interior surfaces of the screen and causing moisture on the pellets to pass through the screen;
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• a housing enclosing said screen and rotor constructed of a plurality of substantially vertical flat side panels all made of plastic material and sealed along adjacent edges to form a sealed watertight plastic wall housing assembly, a top section and a bottom section sealed to said plastic wall housing assembly, said housing including an inlet supplying wet pellets to a lower end of the screen, a dried pellet discharge outlet adjacent the top of the screen, and a water outlet for water to exit adjacent a bottom portion of the housing.

A centrifugal pellet dryer which comprises:

• a rigid support framework including rectangular top and bottom sections interconnected by vertical corner frame members;
• a plurality of vertical plastic wall panels supported in said framework and sealed along adjacent side edges and with said top and bottom sections to form a sealed watertight housing assembly;
• a generally vertical cylindrical screen positioned in said housing assembly for receiving wet pellets at a lower end and for discharging dried pellets at an upper end;
• a driven elevating rotor inside said screen for elevating wet pellets and impacting said wet pellets against interior surfaces of said screen and causing moisture on the pellets to pass through the screen;
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• said housing assembly including an inlet supplying wet pellets to a lower end of the screen and a dried pellet discharge outlet adjacent the top of the screen.