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Dryers redux
Printficient:
--- Quote from: blue moon on June 20, 2011, 02:25:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Screened Gear on June 20, 2011, 02:22:10 PM ---Why not make it a propane gas dryer that runs off 110 and propane. It will be the gas grill of dryers. 30 inch belt, 5 feet of heat. 3 feet Infeed and Outfeed. No gas line or electric needs to be run and you have a high production dryer you can put anywhere.
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I might be mistaken here, but I doubt you can get high production and gas in 5' of heat. My electric panels are several hundred degrees higher than what gas will do so it just does not seem likely that you will get any production friendly numbers from a narrow slow moving belt. . .
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Without letting the cat out of the bag, there are numerous ways to make a small very efficient gas dryer. If so what power would you want. The thinking is 3 phase for the power due to the methodology of efficiency.
Printficient:
--- Quote from: Screened Gear on June 20, 2011, 02:37:09 PM ---I really know nothing about gas dryers. I want to do a propane dryer for my next dryer (no natural gas in my shop). I just bought a used Workhorse 5217. It has a 52 inch belt and I am loving it. I will not even post waht I got it for. Great deal.
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All gas dryers can be configured for LP.
Clark:
--- Quote from: Printficient on June 20, 2011, 02:37:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: blue moon on June 20, 2011, 02:25:41 PM ---
--- Quote from: Screened Gear on June 20, 2011, 02:22:10 PM ---Why not make it a propane gas dryer that runs off 110 and propane. It will be the gas grill of dryers. 30 inch belt, 5 feet of heat. 3 feet Infeed and Outfeed. No gas line or electric needs to be run and you have a high production dryer you can put anywhere.
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I might be mistaken here, but I doubt you can get high production and gas in 5' of heat. My electric panels are several hundred degrees higher than what gas will do so it just does not seem likely that you will get any production friendly numbers from a narrow slow moving belt. . .
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Without letting the cat out of the bag, there are numerous ways to make a small very efficient gas dryer. If so what power would you want. The thinking is 3 phase for the power due to the methodology of efficiency.
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Shops with a dryer that small probably won't have 3-phase. And most won't pay the money to bring it in.
Screened Gear:
How much electric does a gas dryer need? Its gas right? The display, temp monitoring and the belt motor is all that is electric right? Why would that need to be 3 phase?
mk162:
Because motors are more efficient when they are 3 phase, and you also have a blower motor as well.
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