Conquest

The Conquest Dryer consists of a six-feet wide chamber, with insulated double  walled  construction  and  a  fully  overground Plenum chamber. Tea  Travels  on six-feet wide perforated trays on the first two circuits before entering the fluidized bed zone. A six-feet stainless steel slotted grid  sheet     alongwith  guide   vanes   underneath,   provide  uniform fluidization of teas. A pneumatic  discharge  valve  has  been  fitted to collect  teas  at a single point and also cool the teas before discharge. A power efficient cyclone dust extraction  system  has  been  specially designed to pick-up only fibre and fluff, leaving the tea particles behind in the chamber.

Features

Aerodynamic Steel Fabricated (fully overground) Plenum Chamber - This    eliminates   entire  civil work and ensures scientific air distribution for better fluidization. Multiple guide vanes have been provided to further control airflow.

Self Cleaning System(SCS) - SCS ensures that whatever  tea  accumulated in the plenum chamber are swept out continuous. Cleaning & Inspection windows are provided to facilitate inspection and maintenance of the plenum chamber.

Energy Efficient Cyclone System - A power efficient cyclone dust extraction system has been specially designed to pick-up only fibre and fluff, leaving the tea  particles  behind  in  the  chamber. This  system consists  of  individual cyclones with the extractor fans mounted on common hood. Dampers are provided in each fan to set the air balance.

Pneumatic Discharge Valve - This new arrangement, consisting  of  a  blower and  pneumatic chamber helps to cool the dryer mouth teas and enables single point collection on the  either side of  the chamber. Single point collection makes conveyorization easy.

Automatic Control System (ACS)  (Optional) - ACS  comprises  a Programmable  Logic  Counter (PLC) coupled  with  an  AC  frequency  variator.  The PLC  receives the input of operating temperatures of the Conquest with the help of temperature sensor and adjusts the throughput time  through  the AC Variator. This ensures evenly fired teas without close monitoring - always.

Centralised Control Panel - An  operating  console consisting of digital temperature scanner(4channel), time delay mechanism alongwith a chain condition  monitor enables  the operator to control the Conquest from a single point.

In-built Front Feeder - A full  width  in-built feed conveyor comprising a 2000mm wide imported PVC Belt with a spreader is providing to facilitate uniform feed, either manually of from a simple conveyor. The feeder also acts as a buffer for holding dhool for facilitating adequate feed.

Aerofoil Design Hot Air Fan- Conquest  Hot  air  fan  has  been  specially designed with aerofoil impeller blades to deliver the required quantum of hot air with lowest power consumption.

Chamber Construction - This enables increasing of drier capacity by adding on additional modules.

Specifications

Advantages

High Outputs - Modular  construction  enables  output  to  be  matched  to  specific  requirements. The Conquest is available in 5 diffrent sizes - smallest  comprising  4-Modules  and   the   largest   comprising  8-Modules.  An 8-Module  Tempest  will give  an  output  of 525 Kgs/hr at 70% wither and air inlet temperature of 120°C.

Qualitea - The teas are brisk, fire - free, black with good bloom and liquor.

Low Power and Fuel Consumption - Coal  consumption is only  0.6  Kgs per  Kg of  Made Tea and F.Oil consumption  is only 0.2 ltrs  per Kg of Made Tea. The power consumption is only 76 watt per Kg of Made Tea.

Flexible Heat Source - The  Conquest  can be coupled to any type of heater i.e. direct heater(oil fired) or indirect heater (coal, leco & firewood)

Fully automatic control system - It ensures  that no  under-fired or over-fired teas are produced even with fluctuation in wither percentage

Gradual Moisture Removal - To  ensure  Quality tea without case hardening in Conquest teas are fired across three stages at low temperature.

Variable Drying Time - Conquest allows finer control  over drying  time.  This enables it to adapt to any type of manufacturing.

Zero Spillage - Being  fully enclosed and fitted with an efficient dust extraction system, no tea particles escape into the drying room.

Easy to Conveyorise - Because of  Full  width  conveyor, the  Conquest can  be directly  fed  from  the fermenting  machine by a  conveyor.  Pneumatic  discharge allows for conveyorisation of dryer mouth teas to the sorting room.

Easy & quick Installation - No excavation and civil work required, since plenum chamber is  overground. Installation can be completed within seven days.