Reciprocating Tea Dryer

Details: The reciprocating tea dryer is also called as a push-pull tea dryer/to-fro tea dryer. Slider crank mechanism is used for the reciprocating motion of the drying trays. The drying capacity of the dryer with 14 plates is about 20-30 kg (wet weight) resulting in about 6 kg (dry weight) dried tea leaves in 40 min. The drying temperature can be maintained up to 100° C.

Innovator: Durlov Gogoi, Dibrugarh, Assam

State: Dibrugarh, Assam

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org