Custom-Engineered Rotary Dryers Built for Your Process

If you want a rotary dryer that actually works for your material, flow, and fuel, you can’t buy it from a catalog. It has to be engineered for your process. That’s what we do.

BUILT FOR HARSH CONDITIONS

LOW MAINTENANCE ACCESS POINTS

TRUSTED BY BIOMASS & AG PROCESSORS

If your dryer wasn't built for your material...
it was never going to work.

Undersized Dryers

Poor retention time, uneven drying, clumped output.

Cookie-Cutter Designs

Can’t integrate. Doesn’t scale. Constant headaches.

Complex Maintenance

Disassembly nightmares, unsafe access, longer downtimes.

No Support

Vendor ghosts you? You’re stuck mid-batch.

Wrong Burners

Poor retention time, uneven drying, clumped output.

Inconsistent Moisture Control

Uneven drying across batches, rework, and process issues.

At Midwest Custom Engineering, we build it for your material, your flow rate, your layout.

No second guessing.

Talk to an Engineer

Proven in real operations.

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Revive Milling Achieves Stable, High-Throughput Corn Hominy Drying

Revive Milling implemented the XD-36 Mk.1 Rotary Drum Dryer to achieve consistent moisture control, stable throughput, and reliable corn hominy drying with minimal operator intervention.

“The dryer was built for our product and it shows. It runs steady, clean, and predictable.”
— Caleb Sawyer, Mill Manager, Revive Milling

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How we build the right dyrer every time.

Step 1: We Analyze Your Material

You tell us what you’re drying, how much, and your goals. We’ll run moisture tests, flow calculations, and fuel source analysis.

Step 2: We Engineer Your Dryer

From trommel size to flight design to burner match — we spec every detail to your process, not a preset model.

Step 3: We Build It & Stay With You

You get full fabrication, testing, and commissioning. And long-term support from people who answer the phone.

“You don’t need to ‘pick a model.’ You need a dryer that fits your plant, your product, and your priorities. That’s what we build.”
– Jason Shipley, President, MCE

Examples of What We’ve Built. And What We Can Build for You.

Diameters available from 3ft to 13’ - We engineer for your process, not just what we have built in the past.

XD-36 Rotary Drum Dryer

Engineered like a fortress, the XD-36 stands guard to keep your operations running smoothly, without breaking a sweat.

XD-36 Mk.2 Rotary Drum Dryer

With a robust 3x20ft. drum and whisper-quiet saddle drive, the XD-36 Mk.2 takes on greater capacities effortlessly, proving that power and precision can work hand-in-hand.

XD-96 Mk.1 Rotary Drum Dryer

Dominating with an 8x40ft. drum and stainless steel durability, the XD-96 Mk.1 powers through heavy workloads efficiently, built to tackle the toughest operations without pause.