A dryer for ceramic products, such as for example slabs or tiles, comprising: a drying chamber (1); at least one drying channel (10), comprising a shelf (11) for one or more ceramic products; at least two manifolds (20), positioned respectively above and below the shelf (11), each of which is connected to a source of conditioned air. The manifold (20) located above the shelf (11) has an extended shape and is provided with a flat lower surface (21a), which in the plan view covers at least a portion of the shelf (11) and is provided with a plurality of lower openings (22a) for emitting the conditioned air into the drying channel (10). The manifold (20) located below the shelf (11) has an extended shape and is provided with a flat upper surface (21b), which in the plan view covers at least a portion of the shelf (11) and is provided with a plurality of upper openings (22b) for emitting the conditioned air into the drying channel (10).

A dryer for ceramic products, such as for example slabs or tiles, comprising: a drying chamber (1); at least one drying channel (10), comprising a shelf (11) for one or more ceramic products; at least two manifolds (20), positioned respectively above and below the shelf (11), each of which is connected to a source of conditioned air. The manifold (20) located above the shelf (11) has an extended shape and is provided with a flat lower surface (21a), which in the plan view covers at least a portion of the shelf (11) and is provided with a plurality of lower openings (22a) for emitting the conditioned air into the drying channel (10). The manifold (20) located below the shelf (11) has an extended shape and is provided with a flat upper surface (21b), which in the plan view covers at least a portion of the shelf (11) and is provided with a plurality of upper openings (22b) for emitting the conditioned air into the drying channel (10).

A method for drying materials is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a material into a dryer chamber, creating steam from vaporizing moisture in the material by maintaining the chamber at a temperature, conditioning the material using the steam created from vaporing moisture in the material by conveying the material along a length of the chamber from an inlet end to an outlet end, exhausting steam near the inlet end of the chamber, exhausting steam near a dry-end exit end of the chamber, controlling a migration of moisture between the inlet and outlet ends by adjusting an exhaust flow rate near the inlet end of the chamber and/or an exhaust flow rate near the dry-end exit end of the chamber, and withdrawing the material from the chamber.

A method for drying materials is disclosed. The method comprises introducing a material into a dryer chamber, creating steam from vaporizing moisture in the material by maintaining the chamber at a temperature, conditioning the material using the steam created from vaporing moisture in the material by conveying the material along a length of the chamber from an inlet end to an outlet end, exhausting steam near the inlet end of the chamber, exhausting steam near a dry-end exit end of the chamber, controlling a migration of moisture between the inlet and outlet ends by adjusting an exhaust flow rate near the inlet end of the chamber and/or an exhaust flow rate near the dry-end exit end of the chamber, and withdrawing the material from the chamber.

A method for drying bulk material, in particular solids, preferably for plastics-processing machines, in drying devices and containers, interconnected to form an assembly. Depending on the material used, the drying time specified, is transmitted or set by the operator or i-s-present in the controller. A consumer transmits the material consumption or the shot weight per production cycle, respectively, or the individual or cumulated shot weights for several production cycles or other values indicative of the material consumption to the drying device(s) and/or material container(s). Each material container consists, on the control side, of several loading batches, preferably with time stamps, and the drying or residence time, respectively, for the respectively lowest loading batch in the material container results from the difference between the current time of the respective material removal by the consumer and the time stamp associated with the oldest loading batch.

A method for drying bulk material, in particular solids, preferably for plastics-processing machines, in drying devices and containers, interconnected to form an assembly. Depending on the material used, the drying time specified, is transmitted or set by the operator or i-s-present in the controller. A consumer transmits the material consumption or the shot weight per production cycle, respectively, or the individual or cumulated shot weights for several production cycles or other values indicative of the material consumption to the drying device(s) and/or material container(s). Each material container consists, on the control side, of several loading batches, preferably with time stamps, and the drying or residence time, respectively, for the respectively lowest loading batch in the material container results from the difference between the current time of the respective material removal by the consumer and the time stamp associated with the oldest loading batch.

A drying device according to an embodiment dries a surface of an article by blowing hot air, and includes a drying chamber including a hot air supply port that blows the hot air, an infrared camera acquiring temperature distribution information that is information related to a temperature distribution inside the drying chamber, and a controller controlling a drying condition inside the drying chamber. The controller acquires corrected temperature distribution information by performing lock-in analysis of the temperature distribution information to remove noise from the temperature distribution information, and controls the drying condition based on the corrected temperature distribution information and based on a temperature distribution model that is a model related to the temperature distribution inside the drying chamber and is pre-generated using machine learning.

A drying device according to an embodiment dries a surface of an article by blowing hot air, and includes a drying chamber including a hot air supply port that blows the hot air, an infrared camera acquiring temperature distribution information that is information related to a temperature distribution inside the drying chamber, and a controller controlling a drying condition inside the drying chamber. The controller acquires corrected temperature distribution information by performing lock-in analysis of the temperature distribution information to remove noise from the temperature distribution information, and controls the drying condition based on the corrected temperature distribution information and based on a temperature distribution model that is a model related to the temperature distribution inside the drying chamber and is pre-generated using machine learning.

An environmentally-friendly feed drying and cooling integrated machine, comprising a material drying unit, a material cooling unit and a gas treatment unit, wherein the material drying unit comprises a drying box group (1) and a heating box body module (2); the heating box body module (2) is used for carrying out a drying treatment on materials in the drying box group (1); the material cooling unit is connected to the drying box group (1), receives the materials from the drying box group (1), and carries out a cooling treatment on the materials; two ends of the gas treatment unit are respectively connected to the drying box group (1) and the material cooling unit; the gas treatment unit receives gas discharged from the drying box group (1), carries out a temperature reduction and dehumidification treatment on the gas, and then conveys the gas to the material cooling unit.

A system for drying an electrode includes a drying unit which dries an electrode which is moving on a transfer line; a thermal imaging camera which photographs a surface of the electrode in real time; a calculation unit which stores an image taken by the thermal imaging camera, and generates temperature distribution data in a width direction of the electrode from the image; and an output unit which outputs the image and the temperature distribution data in a width direction of the electrode.