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DRI-AIR INDUSTRIES, INC.
OPERATING MANUAL - ARID-X10C FLOOR MOUNT DRYER
Revision 7/28/0
The ARID-X10C dryer is a fully portable dryer
designed to dry hygroscopic resins quickly and
efficiently. It is ideal for insert molders and
laboritory applications, or where production rates
are 10 lbs./hr or less.
The ARID-X10C dryer is available in 110 volt and
230 volt models. The power requirements for the
110 volt model are a voltage range of 10 -130v
AC at 0/60 Hz., single phase with a 20 amp current
rating and the 230 volt model requires a range 220-
2 0v AC at 0/60 Hz., single phase with a 10 amp
current rating.
Regenera ion Cycle
The ARID-X10 utilizes our HP4-X dual desiccant
bed design that provides a constant supply of dry
air to the material hopper. While one bed is
removing moisture from the process air stream, the
other bed is being regenerated. The entire process
is controlled by an ELC factory programmed with
the tower heat-up and cool down times required to
regenerate the desiccant. When the regenerated
bed completes this cycle, the zone valve switches
the air stream and the newly regenerated bed is now
used for drying the process air. The saturated bed
is then regenerated, repeating the cycle. Please see
the Regeneration Cycle Diagram on page 8.
The airflow design of the ARID-X/HP4-X dryers
makes the regeneration cycle more efficient
because we utilize a small amount of the
desiccated process air, rather than ambient air, to
regenerate the desiccant bed. This reduces the
impact of the high moisture content of the
ambient air, which would contaminate the
desiccant bed, and allows the dryer to attain a
lower dew point. This cycle is depicted in the
schematic on page 8.
HP4-X Design
Our patented HP4-X design incorporates 4
desiccant beds where two are stacked, one over
the other in each tower. This nearly doubles the
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