Advanced ceramics are now used in a whole range of high-tech products including computers, tank protections, jet engines, lasers, x-ray equipment, radar, water purifications, thermal imaging device, artificial joints and other industrial fields. Industrial ceramics and refractory are materials which can withstand high temperature and are essential in a variety of high-temperature industrial process. In any drying applications, the secret to excellent drying is to drive the water from the center of the piece to the outside surface and then remove it as fast as it gets there—not simply to remove the water as fast as possible from the surface. Unlike the air drying, microwave dryer could remove the moisture from the inside to surface during drying process.

Industrial microwave works by emitting electromagnetic energy to drive water molecules inside the ware. The ceramic is transparent to these waves of energy, so all of the water inside the piece is affected. Industrial microwave enable uniformly dry all of the water molecules throughout the ceramic, so that the water migrates from the inside to the outside at a more uniform rate. Microwave dryer has a higher efficient as it reduce energy consumption up to 70%～90% and dramatically lower drying temperature so it could significantly minimize energy waste. As microwave has a shorter drying time, microwave avoids ceramic material abnormal grew up. In amorphous silicon and carbon mixture as raw materials, particles is about 20～30nm by using microwave dryer, traditional dryer make ceramic particles up to 50～450nm. Therefore , microwave dryer has been specializing on the high tech ceramic material.

Traditional drying with properly controlled air velocity, temperature and relative humidity can be very inexpensive and is fast enough for many operations. Because of several issues, including the relatively high energy costs involved, microwave and RF dryers are still effectively practical for some applications, mostly in the high-tech arena. However, when speed is of the utmost importance and uniform drying is crucial, the benefits of microwave dryer can easily offset the extra energy and purchasing costs.

A dryer is an investment that should benefit your plant over the long run. Evaluate your needs, and request test runs from potential suppliers. In the end, the dryer that works best with your product—and the supplier that best meets your needs—is the one you should choose. For your ceramic material drying, you could contact with MAX Industrial Microwave manufacturer.