Drying Research and Training Center

Drying Application and Training Center

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Drying Application and Training Center


Whether you’re shaping a new ingredient, streamlining a process, or launching a bold product concept, we’re here to help. From first trials to full production, our experts turn drying R&D into measurable results across food, feed, and industrial applications.

Our Drying Application Center offers comprehensive training, including annual seminars that showcase the latest drying technologies, best practices, and hands-on demonstrations. We also provide bespoke training sessions tailored to your products, processes, and team skill levels—delivered on-site or at our facility—to accelerate real-world performance.

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Your Hub for Advanced Drying Research & Training

Drying Excellence, Proven to Scale

Get dry facts, with proof. Our drying technology platforms enable you to validate drying curves, residence times, and moisture profiles. Turn the idea into reality by moving from pilot data to engineered solutions and scaling parameters. Integrate controls and commission production-ready lines that deliver repeatable, compliant performance.
 

Product Development

  • Accelerate concept-to-launch with feasibility trials, recipe optimization, pilot runs, and guided scale-up tailored to your product and process. De-risk decisions using data-driven experimentation, process modeling, and expert guidance that shorten timelines and improve commercial readiness.

Process Optimization & Scale-Up

  • Validate drying curves, residence times, and moisture profiles in pilot-scale environments. Translate lab insights into robust production settings with proven scale-up models and data-backed recommendations.

Product Quality & Consistency

  • Engineer target texture, color, shelf life, and functional properties through precise control of temperature, airflow, and humidity. Reduce variability and ensure batch-to-batch uniformity

Energy Efficiency & Sustainability

  • Benchmark energy consumption, recover waste heat, and optimize control strategies to reduce total cost of ownership. Achieve sustainability goals with measurable CO₂ and kWh reductions.
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Location Highlights

Drying by the Digits

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testing units available.

40+

global customers visit the Bühler Research and Training Center annually.

2000+

unique products tested.

How to find us

The Drying research and training center is located at our center of competency for Drying in Raleigh, NC.


Al Worthington

Contact

Director of Process Engineering

Al Worthington


al.worthington@buhlergroup.com

+1 919 851 2000

100 Aeroglide Drive
Cary, NC
USA