Wood shavings drying is needed when planer shavings or purpose-made flakes are sold as animal bedding or packed for pellet and briquette plants. Shavings are light, curled and bulky, so they hold little weight per cubic metre and must be dried without breaking the flakes into dust.
To dry wood shavings, GEM recommends the Mesh Belt Dryer (Meshotherm). Typical moisture is 30–50% in the feed and 10–15% after drying. Hybrid Belt + Fluid Bed Dryer and Rotary Dryer are used when the feed or site calls for it. Every project starts with a pilot trial on your own sample.
A mesh belt carries shavings without tumbling, so flake size is preserved and dust stays low, which matters for bedding. Aerodryve is used for very wet green shavings; a rotary dryer suits shavings destined for pellet mills where flake shape is irrelevant.
| Typical feed moisture | 30–50% |
| Typical target moisture | 10–15% |
| Recommended dryer | Mesh Belt Dryer (Meshotherm) |
| Alternatives | Hybrid Belt + Fluid Bed Dryer, Rotary Dryer |
| Application area | Biomass & Solid Fuel |
| Industries | Biomass, Bioenergy & Recycling |
Dry, dust-low shavings command bedding prices well above fuel value. Lower moisture also prevents mould in baled product and reduces freight weight for long-distance supply to stables and poultry farms.
Plants searching for a wood shavings dryer or comparing a shavings drying machine usually need three answers: which dryer fits, what it costs to run, and how fast it pays back. For Wood Shavings, we start from your throughput, current moisture (typically 30–50%) and the target (10–15%), trial a sample on the Mesh Belt Dryer, and return a sized recommendation with a budget quotation for your biomass operation.
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We trial your material in our pilot facility before any equipment decision, then size the dryer from real data.
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