316L stainless steel (1.4571/1.4435) continuous vacuum plate dryer, 27.5 square meter heat surface area, manufactured by Krauss Maffei, fabrik #3608, KM order #365297/2/001, vessel 20 mbar @ 95 degrees C (11820 liter), (6) 1750mm diameter & (5) 1930mm diameter 316Ti stainless steel (1.4571) steam heated plates, each plate fitted with a scraper , plates 6 & 8 fitted with a crushing roller, vessel 2.5m diameter x 1881mm straight side, bolt dished top, bolt truncated flat bottom, under driven by 1.1kw, 3/50/415 volt, 700 rpm Exd 11B T5 motor via a vari-speed Lenza gearbox, 1160/1600-10.5/1.71 rpm, 1:6 ratio, packed gland on shaft, Openings: top : 1-500mm manway, 1-400mm (vacuum), 1-150mm (product inlet), 2-50mm (standby’s), straight side: 4-500mm manways, 1-125mm (heating inlet plate 3 & 4), 1-65mm (heating inlet plate 1 & 2), 2-50mm (standby & vacuum gauge), 1-40mm (heating inlet plate 11), bottom side: 2-175mm (hand holes), 1-100mm (level feeler), 2-65mm (heating outlet plate 1,2,3 & 10), 1-40mm (heating outlet plate 11), bottom: 1-200mm (product outlet with blind cover), 1-150mm (product outlet, Product inlet and outlet with a stainless steel rotary lock valve, driven by 2.2kw, 3/50/415 volt, 2850 rpm Exd 11B T5 motor via a vari-speed gearbox, 2800/0 to 1058 rpm, steam heated shaft with rotary union joint process data 55kg/hour of final product, initial moisture 65% rel. to 35% purity, residual moisture 35% rel. to 65% purity, density (moist) 392-471 kg/m3, density (dry) 245-318 kg/m3, drying temperature 65 degrees C, drying time 45-65 minutes, pressure in dryer 10 bar, mass flow of wet material 55 x 0.65 : 0.35 = 102 kg/hour, volume of wet material 102 : (0.392...0.471) = 260 – 217 liter/hour