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Drum Dryer Manufacturer in Madhya Pradesh
Mecha Engineering designs and builds rotary drum dryers at its own works in Saharanpur, and supplies them to soya plants, distilleries, feed mills, mineral processors, fertiliser units and herbal processors across Madhya Pradesh. Continuous dryers that bring bulk material down to a set moisture, sized to your feed rate, inlet moisture and target moisture.
- Continuous rotary drum design
- MS or SS 304 contact parts
- Direct or indirect heating
- Cyclone and bag filter included
- Supplied across Madhya Pradesh
100 kg/hrSmallest feed rate
5 TPHLargest single drum
24x7Continuous operation
TrialOn your own material
Drum Dryer in Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh sits at the centre of India's soybean belt, and the soya plants around Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and Mandsaur produce soybean meal that must be dried and cooled before it is stored or shipped. Grain based distilleries across the state turn out wet distillers grain, feed mills serve a large dairy and poultry sector, and the mineral belts of Balaghat, Katni and Satna move manganese, limestone and other fines. All of them need moisture taken out evenly, at a rate that keeps up with the plant.
A drum dryer does that job continuously. Wet material enters one end of a slowly rotating, slightly inclined drum, internal flights lift and shower it through a stream of hot air, and dry material leaves the other end at the target moisture. Mecha Engineering is a drum dryer manufacturer supplying Madhya Pradesh directly from the factory, not a trader. Each dryer is designed, fabricated and assembled at our Saharanpur works, sized to your feed rate, inlet moisture, target moisture and heat source, and backed by selection support, capacity planning and installation guidance. Dryers travel to the state by road in sections with transit insurance, and our team travels with the job for installation guidance and first run.
- Trial before you commit. Send a sample of your wet material and we check its drying behaviour, so the drum length, diameter and air volume are based on your product, not a rule of thumb.
- One manufacturer, one scope. Drum, hot air generator, feeder, cyclone, bag filter, ducting and panel come from one works, so there is no gap between the parts.
- Heat source to suit your fuel. Biomass or husk fired hot air generator, diesel or gas burner, steam or thermic fluid heater, chosen by what is cheapest and available at your site.
- Spares held in Saharanpur. Trunnion rollers, riding ring parts, drive chains, bearings, seals and filter bags are kept in stock for dryers already running in Madhya Pradesh.
What you get with every dryer
Four Commitments Behind Each Installation
These are the points a plant head in Madhya Pradesh checks before releasing a dryer order, so we put them in writing.
Sized on Your Material
Drum size, rotation speed, slope and air volume are worked out from your feed rate and moisture figures, and from a sample trial where the material is new to us.
Installation Guidance on Site
Our team travels from Saharanpur for foundation checks, drum alignment on the trunnions, ducting, first run and performance tuning at your plant.
Direct Manufacturer Pricing
You buy from the fabricator, not a trading house. No dealer margin, and any change to drum size, heat source or dust collection is quoted against actual cost.
Build features
Features of Mecha Engineering Drum Dryers
Every feature below protects one of three things: the moisture figure on your finished product, your fuel bill, or the hours your dryer stays online.
01
Heavy Duty Drum Construction
A thick walled cylindrical drum on riding rings and trunnion rollers, built for long running cycles and for abrasive or dense materials such as sand, minerals and fertiliser.
02
Uniform Heat Transfer
Internal flights lift the material and shower it through the hot air stream along the full drum length, so every particle sees the same heat and leaves at an even moisture.
03
Lower Energy Use
The airflow is sized to the evaporation load, the drum and hot ducts are insulated, and heat loss at the ends is kept low, so less fuel goes into each tonne of dry product.
04
Smooth Material Handling
Flight pattern, drum slope and rotation speed are set together, so material moves evenly from inlet to outlet with a controlled residence time and no build up inside the drum.
05
Clean Air at the Stack
Cyclone separators recover product from the exhaust, and a bag filter or wet scrubber cleans the air further, so fines are not lost and the stack meets pollution board norms.
06
Maintenance Friendly Design
Easy access points, inspection doors and simple cleaning features help operators keep downtime short and hold the dryer at steady output from one season to the next.
Dryers we supply
Types of Drum Dryers We Supply in Madhya Pradesh
Six builds cover almost every drying duty we see in Madhya Pradesh plants. Tell us the material and we will point you to the right one.
Direct Fired Rotary Dryer
Hot gas from the burner or furnace passes straight through the drum and touches the material. The highest thermal efficiency, for sand, minerals, fertiliser and other materials that tolerate flue gas.
Indirect Heated Rotary Dryer
Clean hot air from a heat exchanger or steam heater does the drying, so combustion gas never reaches the product. The right choice for food, feed, herbal and pharma materials.
Co-Current Drum Dryer
Hot air and wet material enter at the same end, so the hottest air meets the wettest material. Suits heat sensitive products that must leave the drum cool.
Counter-Current Drum Dryer
Hot air enters at the product outlet end and moves against the material. Gives the lowest final moisture and the best fuel economy for materials that tolerate heat.
Rotary Dryer with Cooler
A second rotating drum cools the product with ambient air before bagging, for fertiliser, feed and granules that would cake or sweat if packed hot.
SS Drum Dryer for Food and Herbal
SS 304 drum, flights and product contact parts with indirect heating, for spices, herbs, food ingredients and ayurvedic raw material that must stay free of rust and flue gas.
Technical data
Drum Dryer Specifications
Standard build for our rotary drum dryers. Every line below is changed to order, so treat this as the starting point for your enquiry.
| Parameter | Standard offering | Options on request |
|---|---|---|
| Dryer Type | Continuous rotary drum dryer with internal flights | Direct or indirect heating, co-current or counter-current flow |
| Feed Capacity | 100 kg per hour to 5 tonnes per hour wet feed | Twin drum lines for higher throughput |
| Drum Diameter | 0.6 to 2.5 metres | Sized to your evaporation load |
| Drum Length | 4 to 20 metres | Sized to the residence time your material needs |
| Drum Material | MS shell and flights | SS 304 drum or SS 304 product contact parts, wear liners |
| Rotation and Slope | Variable speed drive, adjustable drum slope | VFD control of drum speed |
| Drive | Geared motor with chain and sprocket | Girth gear and pinion on larger drums |
| Support | Riding rings on trunnion and thrust rollers | Hardened rollers for heavy mineral duty |
| Heat Source | Biomass or husk fired hot air generator | Diesel, LPG or gas burner, steam or thermic fluid heater |
| Inlet Air Temperature | Set to the material, low for herbal and food, higher for minerals | Controlled by temperature controller at the drum inlet |
| Feeding | Screw feeder or belt feeder at the inlet | Rotary airlock, lump breaker for sticky feed |
| Dust Collection | Cyclone separator with rotary airlock | Pulse jet bag filter, wet scrubber |
| Insulation | Mineral wool with cladding on hot ducts | Insulated drum shell with cladding |
| Control Panel | Starters, temperature indicators and interlocks | PLC with HMI, outlet moisture and temperature logging |
| Documentation | GA drawing, material certificate, manual | Foundation drawing, performance test report |
Scroll the table sideways on a mobile screen. Send your material, feed rate, inlet moisture and target moisture and we will fill this sheet in against your duty.
Choosing a dryer
Which Drum Dryer Does Your Material Need?
The material decides the heating, flow and build. This is the shortlist we work through with buyers in Madhya Pradesh on the first call.
| Material | Heating and flow | Drum build | Typical user |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wet Distillers Grain | Indirect heated, co-current | SS 304 contact parts, lump breaker at feed | Grain based distilleries and ethanol plants |
| Press Mud and Bagasse | Direct or indirect, co-current | MS drum, heavy flights | Sugar mills and bio fertiliser units |
| Cattle and Poultry Feed | Indirect heated, with cooler | MS or SS 304, dryer and cooler drums | Feed mills and oil cake processors |
| Herbs, Spices and Ayurvedic Raw Material | Indirect heated, low temperature, co-current | SS 304 drum and flights | Herbal, ayurvedic and spice units |
| Silica Sand and Minerals | Direct fired, counter-current | MS drum with wear liners | Sand, glass batch and mineral processors |
| Fertiliser and Organic Manure Granules | Direct or indirect, with cooler | MS drum, dryer and cooler | Fertiliser and organic manure plants |
| Chemical Powders and Crystals | Indirect heated | SS 304 contact parts, sealed ends | Chemical and allied processing units |
Material not in the list? Share its name, inlet moisture, target moisture and maximum safe temperature and we will confirm the build before quoting.
How we work
How We Supply a Drum Dryer in Madhya Pradesh, Step by Step
Six steps from your first call to a dryer running at target moisture on your line.
01
Drying Duty
You share the material, feed rate, inlet moisture, target moisture, fuel available and space at site, or we visit the plant and take the figures with your team.
02
Sample Trial and Sizing
Where the material is new to us, we check its drying behaviour on a sample, then size the drum, air volume, heat source and dust collection around the result.
03
Layout and Quotation
You receive a general arrangement drawing, specification sheet and price, with the foundation loads your civil team needs.
04
Fabrication
The drum, flights, riding rings, hot air generator, cyclone and ducting are fabricated at our Saharanpur works, and the drum is run on rollers before dispatch.
05
Installation and First Run
Our team guides erection, drum alignment and ducting at your site, then runs the dryer on your material and tunes temperature, speed and feed rate.
06
After Sales Service
Rollers, bearings, chains, seals and filter bags ship from stock, and service visits are planned from Saharanpur for plants anywhere in the state.
Where these dryers are used
Industries We Supply Drum Dryers to in Madhya Pradesh
Soya and Solvent Plants
Drying and cooling soybean meal and de-oiled cake after desolventising, in the soya plants of Indore, Ujjain, Dewas, Mandsaur and Neemuch.
Distilleries and Ethanol Plants
Drying wet distillers grain into DDGS for cattle and poultry feed, in grain based distilleries across the state.
Cattle and Poultry Feed Mills
Drying and cooling feed ingredients and pellets for feed mills around Indore, Bhopal, Jabalpur and Gwalior.
Minerals and Cement Raw Material
Drying manganese ore fines, limestone and other minerals for processors in Balaghat, Katni, Satna and Rewa.
Fertiliser and Organic Manure Plants
Drying and cooling fertiliser granules and organic manure in plants around Indore, Bhopal and Guna.
Herbal and Forest Produce
Low temperature drying of herbs, roots and forest produce in SS 304 dryers, for processors around Bhopal, Jabalpur and Chhindwara.
Supply and service network
Drum Dryer Supplier Across Madhya Pradesh
Dryers are dispatched by road from our Saharanpur works and installed by our own team. These are the districts and industrial areas in Madhya Pradesh we supply most often.
- Indore
- Pithampur
- Dewas
- Ujjain
- Ratlam
- Mandsaur
- Neemuch
- Shajapur
- Bhopal
- Mandideep
- Vidisha
- Sehore
- Jabalpur
- Katni
- Balaghat
- Chhindwara
- Satna
- Rewa
- Sagar
- Gwalior
- Guna
- Narsinghpur
- Khandwa
- Burhanpur
Location not listed? The list shows where we see the most orders. We supply, install and service drum dryers in every district of Madhya Pradesh, and across the rest of India.
Questions we are asked
Drum Dryer in Madhya Pradesh: FAQs
Straight answers to what buyers in Madhya Pradesh ask before placing a dryer order.
What is a drum dryer?
A drum dryer, also called a rotary drum dryer, is a slowly rotating, slightly inclined cylinder that dries bulk material continuously. Wet material enters at one end, internal flights lift and shower it through a stream of hot air or gas, and dry material leaves at the other end at the target moisture.
Where are your drum dryers for Madhya Pradesh manufactured?
Every dryer is designed, fabricated and assembled at the Mecha Engineering Pvt. Ltd. works in Village Meharbani, Behat, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and dispatched by road to plants in Madhya Pradesh. You buy directly from the manufacturer, with no dealer or trading margin in between, and our own team handles installation guidance and first run at your site.
Can a drum dryer dry and cool soybean meal?
Yes. After the desolventiser toaster, soybean meal and de-oiled cake still carry moisture and heat that must come down before storage. A rotary dryer followed by a cooler drum brings the meal to a safe moisture and near ambient temperature, which stops caking and mould in the godown. We size the pair to your plant's crushing capacity.
Which materials can a drum dryer handle?
Free flowing and granular bulk materials such as wet distillers grain, press mud, bagasse, oil cake, cattle and poultry feed, herbs and spices, grains, fertiliser granules, sand, minerals and many chemical powders. Very sticky pastes may need a lump breaker or back mixing at the feed, and thin liquids suit a spray dryer rather than a drum dryer.
What is the difference between direct and indirect heating?
In a direct fired dryer the hot gas from the burner or furnace passes through the drum and touches the material, which gives the highest efficiency and suits sand, minerals and fertiliser. In an indirect heated dryer, clean hot air from a heat exchanger or steam heater does the drying, so combustion gas never reaches the product, which is needed for food, feed and herbal materials.
What capacities do you manufacture?
Standard dryers handle from about 100 kg per hour to 5 tonnes per hour of wet feed in a single drum, with drum diameters of 0.6 to 2.5 metres and lengths of 4 to 20 metres. The real sizing figure is the water to be evaporated per hour, so we work from your feed rate, inlet moisture and target moisture rather than a model number.
Which fuel can I use to heat the dryer?
Biomass fired hot air generators are the most common choice in Madhya Pradesh wherever rice husk, bagasse or wood chips are available locally, because the fuel is cheap. Diesel, LPG and gas burners, and steam or thermic fluid heaters where the plant already has a boiler, are all options. We choose the heat source by your fuel cost and availability at site.
How do you control dust from the dryer exhaust?
Every dryer comes with a cyclone separator to recover product from the exhaust air. A pulse jet bag filter or wet scrubber is added after the cyclone where the material is fine or the pollution board sets a tighter emission limit, which also recovers more saleable product.
What does a drum dryer cost in Madhya Pradesh?
Price depends on the evaporation load, drum size, MS or SS construction, heat source, dust collection and level of automation. Road freight from Saharanpur is quoted separately. Because these change the figure widely, we do not publish a single price. Send your material, feed rate, inlet moisture and target moisture and a specification sheet with price comes back within one working day.
Do you provide installation and service for drum dryers in Madhya Pradesh?
Yes. Our team travels from Saharanpur for foundation checks, drum alignment, ducting, first run and performance tuning at your site in Madhya Pradesh. Trunnion rollers, bearings, chains, seals and filter bags are held in stock at the works and dispatched against your dryer's serial number.
Talk to the specialist
Get Your Drum Dryer Quoted This Week
Share the material, feed rate, inlet moisture, target moisture and the fuel available at your site. Our Saharanpur engineering team returns a dryer selection, layout drawing and price so you can compare on paper rather than on promises.