Precision drying for South Korean process industries.

We work across food and ingredients, seafood, seaweed, rice and grain, fermentation, vegetables and agricultural products, feed and aquafeed, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, nutraceuticals, specialty chemicals, pigments, semiconductor materials, battery materials, pulp and paper, biomass, sludge, recycling, minerals and ceramics.

Yes. Through the Dried & Tested pilot program, representative material can be evaluated to establish drying behaviour, operating conditions and a practical design basis before final equipment selection.

Yes. Dryer configuration is developed around feed moisture, target final moisture, throughput, thermal sensitivity, particle characteristics, utilities, hygiene or containment needs and downstream process requirements.

No. South Korea's Occupational Safety and Health Act applies mandatory safety certification only to specified hazardous machinery, equipment, protective devices and PPE. The current Enforcement Decree lists nine machinery or equipment categories such as presses, cranes, lifts, pressure vessels and several others; explosion-proof electrical machinery, equipment and components are also listed as safety-certification targets. A complete process dryer is therefore not automatically a KCs-certified product, but specific parts of the dryer package may fall within mandatory certification or self-declaration scope.

Yes. Articles 280 to 283 of the Rules on Occupational Safety and Health Standards contain specific provisions for drying equipment. For applicable installations, these provisions address the building arrangement for hazardous-material drying rooms, non-combustible construction, safe discharge of gas, vapour or dust, ventilation before ignition when liquid fuel or flammable gas is used, temperature control, dedicated electrical wiring and precautions during operation.

Pressure vessels are one of the machinery or equipment categories listed for mandatory safety certification under the Occupational Safety and Health Act Enforcement Decree. The exact KCs certification, installation and periodic safety-inspection obligations depend on the pressure-vessel type, size, pressure, contents and use. Pressure-vessel scope should therefore be confirmed separately during engineering.

Explosion-proof electrical machinery, equipment and components are listed among South Korea's safety-certification targets under the Occupational Safety and Health Act framework. The dryer project should therefore establish hazardous areas, dust or vapour characteristics, ignition sources, required protection concept and the certification status of electrical equipment used in hazardous locations.

No. The Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act applies safety certification, safety confirmation or supplier-conformity routes to specified regulated electrical products. KATS maintains the current list and safety standards for regulated electrical products. A complete industrial process dryer should not be advertised as universally KC electrical-safety certified unless the final product or specific components actually fall within the regulated scope and have completed the applicable route.

South Korea's Radio Waves Act conformity-assessment system is administered by the National Radio Research Agency. It covers conformity certification, conformity registration and interim conformity for broadcasting and communications equipment, and RRA guidance lists industrial devices among examples that can be subject to conformity registration. PLCs, industrial computers, communication modules, control equipment and other electronic products should therefore be checked against the current RRA scope and EMC technical standards.

Gas facilities and gas-related products in South Korea can be subject to the High-Pressure Gas Safety Control Act, the Safety Control and Business of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Act, the Urban Gas Business Act and detailed KGS Codes, depending on the gas type, facility and product. KGS performs facility and product inspection and publishes technical KGS Codes. The burner, gas train, fuel supply and site installation should therefore be reviewed as a project-specific gas-safety scope rather than assuming one universal dryer certification.

Yes. Food-contact parts can be designed around the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Standards and Specifications for Utensils, Containers and Packages. The current Korean notification was updated in 2026, and it defines material and migration requirements for food-contact utensils, containers and packaging. Product-contact metallurgy, plastics, seals, coatings and cleaning design should be reviewed against the applicable MFDS requirements.

Depending on industry, scale, fuel use and pollutants generated, drying or heating equipment can fall within air-emission-facility requirements under the Clean Air Conservation Act and its subordinate rules. Some industrial drying facilities are explicitly listed for specific sectors or process conditions. The plant should therefore confirm whether the dryer, burner, dust collector, stack or associated process requires an emission-facility permit or notification and applicable emission-control equipment.

No. KS is South Korea's national standards system, and KS certification applies to designated products and certification schemes rather than automatically to every industrial dryer. Relevant KS, ISO, IEC or other technical standards can still be used as engineering references where applicable, while legal certification requirements should be determined from the actual regulated equipment and components.

No. The compliance route is project-specific. A dryer package can involve KCs machinery or pressure-vessel safety certification, explosion-proof equipment certification, electrical-product KC requirements, RRA EMC conformity registration, KGS gas requirements, MFDS food-contact rules, environmental permits and workplace dryer-safety requirements depending on the final configuration and intended use.

Third-party involvement depends on the regulated equipment. KOSHA's Occupational Safety and Health Certification Institute handles KCs safety certification and self-declaration processes for relevant hazardous machinery and protective devices; RRA administers conformity assessment for applicable broadcasting and communications equipment; KGS performs gas-facility and product inspections; and product-specific electrical safety certification is handled through approved Korean certification bodies. The required body should be selected only after the final scope is classified.

Yes. Component selection, electrical architecture, PLC/HMI controls, motors, VFDs, safety devices, instrumentation, drawings, Korean-language information where required, risk documentation, pressure-equipment records, inspection evidence and project-specific conformity documents can be planned during engineering according to the final machine scope and customer requirements.

Please share the material name and composition, feed rate, inlet moisture, required final moisture, operating hours, particle or sludge characteristics, temperature limits, available heating source, electrical supply, South Korean plant location and intended use of the dried product.