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Rotary dryer

Do you know what a clothes dryer is? It’s a big machine that you use to dry your wet clothes after you wash them. A rotary dryer is kind of like a clothes dryer, but it’s much bigger and used for drying different things.

A rotary dryer is a big machine that spins around really fast. It’s like a huge drum that you put things inside to dry, but it’s not only for clothes like a regular dryer. People use rotary dryers to dry all sorts of things, like grains, paper pulp, and even animal feed!

The drum of a rotary dryer is really hot inside. It has special heaters that warm up the air inside. When you put wet things inside and start the machine, the drum spins around and the hot air dries the things inside. The wetness gets turned into steam, and then the steam gets sucked out of the drum.

Think about spinning around in circles like you do on a playground. The centrifugal force pushes you to the side, right? Well, the same thing happens in a rotary dryer. The wet things inside get pushed to the sides of the drum, where they come in contact with the hot air and dry.

Once everything is dry, the machine stops spinning and you can take out the dry things. It’s kind of like magic how quickly it can dry things, but really it’s just thanks to the combination of heat, speed and centrifugal force in the drum.

So if you ever need to dry something really quickly, just remember that a rotary dryer can do the trick!
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