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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.
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BUILT FOR HARSH CONDITIONS
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LOW MAINTENANCE ACCESS POINTS
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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.
Wrong Burners
Fuel waste, inconsistent heat, and fried product.
Complex Maintenance
Disassembly nightmares, unsafe access, longer downtimes.
Cookie-Cutter Designs
Can’t integrate. Doesn’t scale. Constant headaches.
No Support
Vendor ghosts you? You’re stuck mid-batch.
At MCE, we build it for
your material, your flow rate, your layout —
and we stay around to keep it running.
How We Build the Right Dryer — 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.
Proven Across These
Materials & Industries
Biomass & Waste Fuels
Wood chips, sawdust, switchgrass, RDF, ag waste, poultry litter
Built for high-moisture, variable feedstocks with odor- and corrosion-resistant options.
Grain, Feed & Organics
Corn, soybean meal, DDGs, alfalfa, food waste, fertilizer
Precise retention time and burner control for consistent moisture targets.
Recyclables & Chemicals
Plastic, rubber, fiberglass, sludge cake
Dryers designed to handle sticky or sensitive materials, without fouling or bake-on.
Minerals & Aggregates
Gypsum, lime, kaolin, frac sand, lightweight stone
Rugged shells, hard-wearing internals, and consistent high-throughput capacity.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
in Feed, Biomass, Recyclables
Let's Build The Right Dryer for Your Operation
Built to your specs. Backed by real support. Engineered to keep grinding.
Case Study: Three Years. Zero Unplanned Shutdowns.
Client: Nemo Feed
Location: Baring, Missouri
Owner: Alvin Burkholder
Application: High-duty feed manufacturing
Equipment: Midwest Custom Engineering XM-Series Hammer Mill
The Challenge
When operating multiple feed formulations with demand surges during key seasons, Nemo Feed could not afford production-stopping failures. Their previous hammer mill suffered from:
• Vibration instability under load
• Frequent bearing and rotor service needs
• Repeat shutdowns at the worst possible times
The maintenance team needed equipment they could trust. No excuses.
The Solution
Midwest Custom Engineering delivered an XM-Series Hammer Mill engineered for continuous uptime through:
• Precision balanced rotor to eliminate vibration faults
• High-hardness wear components to extend service intervals
• Streamlined maintenance access to reduce planned downtime
• Midwest-tough steel construction for nonstop performance
Startup support and maintenance training ensured seamless integration.
“This mill just runs. Reliable, simple, and no drama.”
— Owner, Alvin Burkholder, Nemo Feed (Baring, MO)
The Results
