Drying equipment gradually matured and stepped into independent production stage.
Drying equipment is widely used in chemical industry, pharmaceuticals, agricultural and forestry products, grain, light industry and other fields, belonging to a large number of general mechanical products. China's drying equipment industry has gone through over 20 years from formation, development to maturity. At present, the domestic market needs conventional drying equipment, as well as the international market needs the main drying equipment, China can basically make their own. This indicates that the history of importing drying equipment in China has ended.
At present, China's drying equipment occupies more than 80% of the domestic market share. It is expected that the domestic drying equipment will occupy more than 90% of the domestic market during the Tenth Five-Year Plan period. The focus of competition is mainly on product quality, technical level, after-sales service and price.
According to the China General Machinery Drying Equipment Industry Association, in the next few years, China's drying equipment demand will increase significantly in the following areas.
In the field of grain drying, the annual demand for small drying equipment (less than 5 tons per hour) for drying rice and wheat is expected to reach about 1000 sets.
The annual demand for chemical drying equipment will reach about 3000 sets, the annual demand for pharmaceutical drying equipment will reach about 3000 sets, and the annual demand for drying equipment for agricultural and forestry products will reach about 2000 sets. The annual demand for light industry drying equipment will reach 2000 units.
In the type of drying equipment, hot air heating atmospheric pressure drying equipment, vacuum drying equipment will be the main, other such as far infrared drying equipment, microwave drying equipment and other special areas of users will gradually expand the number of applications. In food and drug drying, the demand for larger size equipment in vacuum freeze drying equipment will increase.
Demand for equipment with functional combinations (such as granulation-drying, drying-filtering) will also increase; highly automated drying equipment will be welcomed in some applications.
In addition, more and more attention will be paid to the appearance quality of drying equipment, corrosion resistance and reliable service life of corrosive materials drying equipment, will be particularly concerned by users.
