Aeroglide's Innovation Timeline |
1852 |
First industrial dryer manufacturer founded: C.G. Sargent & Son. They later became C.G. Sargent's Sons. |
| 1920 |
National Drying Machinery Company is founded by Bertrand A. Parkes. |
1930s |
DuPont used National’s lab in developments leading to Nylon. |
| 1940 |
American Potato Dryers, Inc. was founded. The company name was changed to Aeroglide Corporation in 1953. |
1940s |
C.G. Sargent’s Sons developed the Synthetic Rubber drying process with the US Dept.of Defense. Then Sargent’s rubber dryer design was distributed to other dryer manufacturers in order to satisfy the war effort. |
| 1945 |
National Drying Machinery Company manufactured its
first conveyor dryer for foods for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). |
1949 |
First of over 2,000 Aeroglide grain dryers was built and installed. |
1959 |
Largest state-of-the-art charcoal briquette plant was installed in US using Aeroglide equipment. |
1960s |
Aeroglide pioneered continuous drying with the world’s first two-pass dual-plenum conveyor dryer. |
1973 |
The first cereal dryers from FEC (Food Engineering Corporation) were installed at two food plants in the Midwest (GMI & General Foods) |
1976 |
The first of 23 Aeroglide catfish feed dryer installations were made. This one in the Mississippi Delta. |
1991 |
Toll free (US) 24 hour a day customer service line was installed to respond to Aeroglide customers worldwide |
1996 |
Aeroglide introduced the patented VertiCOOL™ vertical cooler for petfood & feed markets. |
1990s |
Aeroglide responded to new challenges of attaining product moisture uniformity with the world’s first triple-pass petfood conveyor dryer, and the first sequentially-zoned dryer to optimize control of each phase of drying by using independently controlled zones. |
1990 |
Aeroglide acquires C.G. Sargent's Sons. |
1997 |
Aeroglide opens a permanent regional sales and service office, Aeroglide Europe, in Cambridge, England (It was then moved to Lincolnshire, England in 1999). |
2000 |
Aeroglide introduces new sanitation features and innovative internal designs for eliminating collection areas and enhancing air distribution control in conveyor dryers and coolers. |
2001 |
The first of Aeroglide’s highly successful dryer seminars are held at the Aeroglide technology center. This intensive instruction on drying gives Aeroglide customers an excellent overview of all drying concepts and technology. |
2001 |
Aeroglide purchases commercial licensing rights of pulse fluid bed technology, then develops the AeroPulse™ pulse fluid bed dryer. |
2002 |
Aeroglide develops and installs first impingement toaster, the AeroFlow™. |
2002 |
Aeroglide expands permanent regional presence with a new Asia Pacific regional sales and service division in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
2002 |
AeroFlex adjustable feeder developed and installed to allow operators to control product infeed to the dryer during operation. |
2002 |
Aeroglide acquires Food Engineering Corporation (FEC). |
2004 |
Aeroglide dryer evaluation division evaluated its 1000th dryer. Since then, the Field Engineering group has evaluated over 40 different brands of dryers in more than 45 countries, saving a processor on average $20,000 in increased production capacity and lower energy usage. |
2004 |
Aeroglide acquires National Drying Machinery Corporation. |
2005 |
“AeroPro” advanced controls system is introduced to enhance conveyor dryer product consistency and energy savings. |
2006 |
Aeroglide opens facility in Shanghai China. |
| 2008 |
Aeroglide is acquired by The Bühler Group. |
| 2010 |
Buhler Aeroglide acquires license for drying technology from Ronning Engineering Company, Inc. (read press release) |
