Finite Element Method Analysis for Manufacturing Design Drum Dryer of Rotary Dryer Machine

Abstract

Component rotary dryer machine has been made by forming and casting process such as drum dryer. Forming process of drum dryer by rolling, welding and finishing. Using the casting process for product of drum dryer is important to know design shape, material and dimension. Before manufacturing process of drum dryer, design drum dryer can be made by using finite element method (FEM) analyse. FEM can solve the problem of design drum easily and cheaper. In this paper focus on the design of drum dryer by using FEM analyse. The value of maximum stress is obtained by variant shape, thickness and material. Steel and stainless steel is applied for material drum. The result shows that maximum stress of drum dryer is 244 MPa for 5 mm thickness and steel material and 267 MPa for 10 mm of thickness. For stainless steel, maximum stress at drum dryer is 167 MPa for thickness 5 mm and 182 MPa for thickness 10 mm. Material drum dryer for rotary dryer machine to liquid waste processing is suitable made by stainless steel.