What Is the Difference Between Dry Granulation and Wet Granulation?

We often receive calls from many customers to inquire about matters related to the organic fertilizer granulator, and it is difficult for many customers to distinguish what kind of granulation method they need. The difference of the granulation method is to choose the corresponding suitable granulation method according to the use requirements of the material. It is mainly divided into two categories: dry method and wet method:

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Dry granulation

Mainly refers to products with relatively low moisture content. Generally, moisture content below 10% is a zero boundary value. (There are also very few materials that can reach 16%, such as some materials that only contain crystal water.) Dry granulation produces mostly irregular particles (such as common granular potash fertilizer) or, more generally speaking, like small gravel The sub-shapes are similar. With the current domestic industrial upgrading and environmental protection requirements becoming more and more stringent, many chemical and building materials powders need to be made into particles.

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Wet granulation

There are also many equipment and methods in wet granulation for materials whose main indicator moisture is above 20%. Such as: plate granulation, roller granulation, screw granulation. The granulation methods used many years ago have been continued. After increasing the use environment and processing requirements of different materials, the continuous improvement has also made considerable progress. For example, the relatively popular organic fertilizer granulation in recent years, the particle size of these particles is between 1mm-6mm, and the above methods are used.

In the organic fertilizer granulator, dry granulation has lower energy consumption than wet granulation and is more environmentally friendly. It does not need to be dried, and does not add water and binder, so the material properties will not be changed. This is also the difference between dry granulation and wet granulation. Dry granulator machine is more suitable for industrialized mass production.

There is also a case that some materials require relatively small particle size, and products between tens of mesh and 100 mesh can also be reduced by airflow, spray, and flash drying.

Characteristics And Price of the Roller Extrusion Granulator

Double compression roller granulator

The roller extrusion granulator machine is the main equipment for making compound fertilizer, compound fertilizer and organic fertilizer compound fertilizer. It adopts the normal temperature extrusion process to extrude various raw materials at one time, with high ball formation rate and very little return material, so it is widely used. Moreover, the roller granulation equipment has reasonable design, simple operation, convenient maintenance, and stable operation. The most important thing is that its investment cost is the lowest compared to other pelletizers. The roller extrusion granulator is also suitable for a wide range of materials. It can not only process materials in the dry powder state such as ammonium chloride, urea, and ammonium phosphate, but also process other raw materials for organic fertilizer machines. It has a significant effect in reducing production costs and efficiency. And the price of such a practical double-roller extrusion granulator is about several thousand dollars.

Double roller extrusion granulator

Our company has been established for nearly 20 years, specializing in the development and production of fertilizer granulation equipment. The double-roller extrusion granulator produced by our company has reliable quality, real materials and reasonable prices. The main features are as follows:

  • Use dry hair granulation technology to realize the granulation process of various organic fertilizers and compound fertilizers, eliminating the need for drying equipment in wet granulation.
  • Compared with the traditional wet granulation process, this process will reduce your investment cost by more than 30%.
  • The granulation success rate is as high as 98%, and there is almost no material return, which saves production costs.
  • The organic fertilizer compound fertilizer particles produced by this equipment have high strength and high density, which are more conducive to transportation and storage.
  • Special abrasive tools can be customized according to user needs. The shapes of abrasive tools are diversified and suitable for various industries.
Roller extrusion granulator machine used in fertilizer production line

There are a variety of specifications for the roll extrusion granulator, which are mainly determined according to your annual output requirements. Our company has always adopted the factory direct sales model. We are not only selling equipment, but more importantly, solving various production technical problems for customers. We have experienced fertilizer production technical engineers throughout the planning and guidance, you are welcome to consult in detail at any time, let me be your free technical consultant.