Used & Reconditioned
LDC, with its own shop and shipping facilities, an extensive field presence, and experienced in-house personnel, is in a unique position to be able to provide reconditioned equipment. We are proud to say that we have saved customers as much as half the amount of the cost of new. We have found that most competitors don’t have a shop nor the expertise to properly recondition existing equipment.
We believe that our long history of reconditioning equipment gives us an edge when looking at a potential opportunity for our customer. In some cases, we can re-use key portions of the equipment such as trunnions, drive systems, or even the shell. In other cases, we have manufactured a larger capacity unit able to keep the same footprint. This offers many advantages regarding environmental and other permitting policies.
CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORIES


An Oilseeds processor seized an opportunity to bring another process online quickly. Permitting issues had slowed the process and they only had 14 weeks to have a new STD shipped to the site. Working with the Louisville Dryer Team they were able to identify components in the “boneyards” of three of their other plants that LDC could incorporate into the manufacture of a new dryer. A steam chest, tires, trunnion bases, and a drive assembly were all shipped to the LDC factory where they were reconditioned. Fourteen weeks later the almost new dryer was loaded on transports.

One of the largest municipal waste glass recyclers in the USA had been forced to discontinue operations in a Northern City due to process emissions. Their own direct fired dryer design that had served their other facilities well was one of the primary problems, causing VOC emissions and odors. All of the plant’s equipment had been disassembled and shipped to other sites, but the operations were concerned about using the problem equipment. The dryer was sent to Louisville Dryer who engineered a solution to convert the dryer from counter-current operation to co-current. During the conversion, all of the rolling components were upgraded. In addition, the direct-fired combustion system was replaced with a process air heater that provided lower drying gas temperatures alleviating the process emissions.