Indonesian Customer Conducts On-Site Performance Test of Coconut Dryer
Recently, a key customer from Indonesia visited Jinlu Machinery, a Chinese agricultural machinery manufacturer, bringing fresh coconuts—a local specialty agricultural product—for a unique on-site performance test of its flagship product, a 6-meter mesh belt dryer. The test focused entirely on the core aspects of coconut deep processing—the rapid drying of coconut meat and the separation of the coconut shell. The results showed that, under the set process parameters, the equipment efficiently completed the perfect separation of wet coconuts into coconut meat and shell in just 5 hours. Its stable and efficient performance won high praise from the Indonesian customer.
Section 1: Core Equipment—Intelligent and Efficient 6-meter Mesh Belt Dryer
The core of this test was Jinlu Machinery’s independently developed 6-meter large-scale mesh belt continuous dryer. This equipment, with its core advantages of high capacity, high uniformity, and intelligent control, is specifically designed for the industrial drying needs of various agricultural products, seafood, and biomass materials. Its core working component—a 6-meter-long stainless steel mesh belt—creates a continuous and stable conveying and drying plane, ensuring maximum heating area and uniform rotation of the material during drying, fundamentally avoiding the drying dead zones and uneven quality problems found in traditional drying methods.
The equipment adopts a modular structure design, allowing for flexible adjustment of the drying section length, temperature, and airflow speed according to the characteristics of different materials. The integrated intelligent temperature control system accurately maintains stable temperatures in all areas within the chamber with minimal error, providing reliable assurance for processing materials such as coconuts that require precise drying temperature and time. Furthermore, the equipment is compatible with multiple heat sources; this trial run utilized environmentally friendly biomass pellet fuel, demonstrating its advanced design concept of energy saving, consumption reduction, and adaptation to green production trends.
Second Section: Innovative Process—Witnessing the Technological Power of Coconut Shell Separation in 5 Hours
This trial run clearly demonstrated Jinlu Dryer’s innovative process in coconut processing. Fresh coconuts brought by the customer first underwent preliminary dehydration treatment and were cut in half to increase the heating area. Subsequently, the cut coconuts were evenly spread on a slowly moving mesh belt and fed into the drying host. The key to this process lies in the precise control of temperature and time. The technical team set the drying temperature at 100 degrees Celsius. At this optimal temperature, the internal moisture of the coconut evaporates quickly and evenly, while the structure of the coconut meat is well preserved, avoiding charring or nutrient loss caused by excessive heat. Hot air is provided by a biomass hot air furnace, which is clean and provides stable heat, penetrating the material layer on the conveyor belt from top to bottom for efficient heat exchange.
After five consecutive hours of uniform drying, a remarkable transformation occurs: the originally tightly bound coconut meat and shell naturally shrink and separate due to moisture loss, easily peeled off with a gentle tap. The separated coconut meat is golden in color and evenly dried, laying the best foundation for subsequent extraction of high-quality coconut oil; while the coconut shell remains intact and thoroughly dried, making it ideal for crushing and processing into high-value-added products such as coconut shell fiber or activated carbon. The entire process is smooth and efficient, requiring no complex pretreatment, completing the core processing in one step, significantly improving the comprehensive utilization value and production efficiency of coconuts.
Section Three: The Cornerstone of the Enterprise – Jinlu Machinery’s Focus on Innovation
As the solid force behind this successful trial run, Jinlu Machinery is a national high-tech enterprise dedicated to the research, development, manufacturing, and service of high-end continuous drying equipment. The company has been deeply rooted in the agricultural and industrial drying fields for decades, with a product line covering various dryer models including mesh belt, drum, and multi-layer tunnel dryers, widely used in the resource utilization of fruits and vegetables, grains, medicinal herbs, feed, and various biomass wastes.
Jinlu Machinery’s core competitiveness stems from its continuous innovation driven by customer needs. The company not only provides standardized equipment but also excels at providing customized material drying process solutions. From initial small-scale trials and process finalization to mid-term equipment customization, installation, and commissioning, and finally to post-production technical training and lifetime maintenance, Jinlu Machinery has built a full life-cycle service system. This successful trial run for Indonesian coconuts vividly demonstrates the technical team’s deep understanding of specific material characteristics and their ability to quickly match optimal process parameters, showcasing the company’s strong ability to help global customers achieve industrial upgrading and value enhancement.
This on-site verification by the Indonesian customer was not only a successful demonstration of product performance, but also powerful proof that Jinlu Machinery’s equipment adapts to the diversified demands of the international market and empowers the global agricultural product processing industry. In the future, Jinlu Machinery will continue to be driven by technological innovation, providing global customers with smarter, more efficient, and greener overall drying system solutions.