Sorghum and millet drying has grown with demand for millet foods, but these small, round kernels slip through screens built for wheat and maize. Grain harvested at 18–25% moisture must reach 12–13%, and processors also dry soaked, malted or pearled millets for flours, flakes and ready-to-cook products.
To dry sorghum & millets, GEM recommends the Grain Dryer and Vibratory Fluid Bed Dryer. Typical moisture is 18–25% in the feed and 12–13% after drying. Band Dryer and Industrial Roaster are used when the feed or site calls for it. Every project starts with a pilot trial on your own sample.
A grain dryer with fine-perforated sections handles field sorghum and millets, while a vibratory fluid bed suits small, free-flowing soaked or pearled grains. A band dryer is chosen for malted millets and flakes, and a roaster for roasted millet flour.
| Typical feed moisture | 18–25% |
| Typical target moisture | 12–13% |
| Recommended dryer | Grain Dryer, Vibratory Fluid Bed Dryer |
| Alternatives | Band Dryer, Industrial Roaster |
| Application area | Grains, Pulses & Seeds |
| Industries | Agriculture & Grain Processing, Food & Beverage |
Millet food brands and government procurement schemes need clean, mould-free grain, and drying lets processors buy at harvest and run all year. Value-added malted and flaked millets sell well above raw grain prices.
Plants searching for a millet dryer or comparing a sorghum dryer usually need three answers: which dryer fits, what it costs to run, and how fast it pays back. For Sorghum & Millets, we start from your throughput, current moisture (typically 18–25%) and the target (12–13%), trial a sample on the Grain Dryer, and return a sized recommendation with a budget quotation for your agriculture and food operation.
We trial your material in our pilot facility before any equipment decision, then size the dryer from real data.
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