During the production of myriad goods, the manufacturing process requires that a material be dried, heated, cooled or reacted to meet proper production and quality requirements for that process. Often, the equipment selected is a heated or cooled, mechanically agitated and efficient device for adding or removing energy from a process mass: a vibrating fluid-bed dryer.

Manufacturers constantly seek to optimize their manufacturing process to reduce costs, improve quality, increase energy efficiency and reduce the impact of their operations on the environment. 

The handling of bulk solids has been tossed around for decades — literally. From fertilizer to food products, sugar to sludge pellets, and coffee to catalysts, the practice of heating, cooling or drying has been a part of virtually every industry built around free-flowing materials since the Industrial Revolution.

A manufacturer of vibratory fluid bed dryers, coolers, classifiers, screeners and other machinery, Witte Co., Washington, N.J., is celebrating its 80th anniversary.

Sanitary, custom, candy processing system combines a vibrating fluid bed dryer, cooler, screener and integral baghouse collector to dry agglomerated sugar, cool it with ambient air and screen out oversized chunks.

When planning a new industrial process or updating an existing one, a number of different drying technologies can be used. 

Kason Corp. expanded its global reach by acquiring U.K.-based Kek-Gardner Ltd.