Custom Built Indirect Hot Air Source

Are you looking for an indirect hot air source for your process needs? An indirectly fired air heater that has high thermal capabilities? One that is custom designed, engineered and built, just for your application? Stelter & Brinck is happy to assist in your indirect air heater needs. Whether your application requires a recirculating, non-recirculating…

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Did you know that indirect fired air heaters are used in manufacturing tobacco extracts?

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Some products made with tobacco also require tobacco extracts, such as cigarettes. When manufacturing cigarettes, the paper must be flavored using tobacco extracts. These extracts are generated by: Processing the tobacco with water and alcohol to make the tobacco liquescent. Using a spray dryer to provide a more concentrated tobacco extract. In order to create…

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Indirect Fired Air Heater Customer Success Story

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Customer Need: A source of hot air, which was free from the by-products of combustion was needed by a dry corn milling company. The need arose when one of the world’s largest beer companies chose to use this mill as a new supplier. In order to meet strict process requirements and become an approved supplier,…

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Fluid Bed Dryers & Process Air Heaters

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The fourth and final type of dryer that we will discuss that utilizes air heaters is a fluid bed dryer (or fluidized bed dryer). According to Wikipedia: â€œA fluidized bed is formed when a quantity of a solid particulate substance is placed under appropriate conditions to cause the solid/fluid mixture to behave as a fluid.†Fluid Bed Diagram…

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Industrial Hot Air Generators for Dryers

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Are you in need of hot air for your industrial dryer? Indirect fired or direct fired air heaters are used as a hot air generator for many types of industrial dryers.  The wet material being dried with every type of dryer determines whether the process utilizes a direct fired air heater or an indirect fired…

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