Jinlu Machinery’s 20-meter six-layer dryer shipped to Yunnan, boosting the spice industry’s upgrade

Yesterday, Henan Jinlu Machinery Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. officially shipped a 20-meter-long, 2.3-meter-wide, six-layer biomass pellet mesh belt dryer to Yunnan. This massive drying equipment will be used for drying and processing local spices such as tsaoko and Sichuan peppercorns, helping to scale and standardize production in the green spice industry.

01 Equipment Advantages

The equipment uses biomass pellets as a heat source, reducing operating costs while meeting environmental requirements.

Through its independent hot air circulation system, each unit precisely controls the temperature based on the material’s characteristics, ensuring uniform drying under optimal conditions.

The mesh belt dryer’s conveyor system utilizes 12-60 mesh stainless steel wire mesh, which is driven back and forth within the dryer by a transmission mechanism.

02 Yunnan Market

As a major spice production center in my country, Yunnan has continuously promoted the development of the green spice industry in recent years.

The Nujiang Green Spice Industrial Park, a key project of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, covers a total planned area of ​​5,161.95 mu (approximately 1,000 acres) and has a planned investment of 3.5 billion yuan.

Yunnan Province has included fruit and vegetable dryers in its 2025 agricultural machinery scrapping and replacement subsidy policy, providing policy support for the local promotion of Jinlu Machinery’s drying equipment.

03 Technical Highlights

Jinlu Machinery has extensive experience in drying equipment manufacturing. Not only did it co-draft the group standard for multi-heat source dryers, it also provides customized services based on user needs.

For equipment capacity selection, Jinlu Machinery proposes a three-step approach: clarify production requirements, calculate equipment capacity, and select appropriate equipment.

For chili pepper drying, for example, by scientifically calculating the ratio of fresh chili pepper weight to dried weight, the equipment capacity can be precisely matched, avoiding the dilemma of “buying too large and wasteful, or too small and insufficient.”

Another major advantage of mesh belt dryers is that drying parameters, such as hot air volume, heating temperature, and material residence time, can be flexibly adjusted based on material characteristics, offering great operational flexibility and wide adaptability.

The 20-meter-long, six-layer mesh belt dryer shipped by Jinlu Machinery to Yunnan not only demonstrates the company’s technological strength but also epitomizes the upgrading of Yunnan’s agricultural product processing industry. The widespread adoption of this large-scale continuous drying equipment will help Yunnan’s spice industry move away from traditional air-drying methods and toward modern, standardized production. With the commissioning of this large-scale drying equipment, local spices such as tsaoko and Sichuan peppercorns will be dried within a standardized, regulated production process, significantly improving their quality.