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.

First of over 2,000 Aeroglide grain dryers was built and installed.

Largest State-of-the-art charcoal briquette plant was installed in US using Aeroglide equipment.

Aeroglide pioneered continuous drying with the world’s first two-pass dual-plenum conveyor dryer.

The first FEC cereal dryers were installed at two food plants in the Midwest (GMI & General Foods)

The first of 23 Aeroglide Catfish Feed dryer installations were made. This one in the Mississippi Delta.

Toll free (US) 24 hour a day customer service line was installed to respond to Aeroglide customers worldwide

Aeroglide introduced the patented VertiCOOL™ vertical cooler for petfood & feed markets.

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.

Aeroglide opens a permanent regional sales and service office, Aeroglide Europe, in Cambridge, England (It was then moved to Lincolnshire, England in 1999).

Aeroglide introduces new sanitation features and innovative internal designs for eliminating collection areas and enhancing air distribution control in conveyor dryers and coolers.

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.

Aeroglide purchases commercial licensing rights of pulse fluid bed technology, then develops the AeroPulse™ pulse fluid bed dryer.

Aeroglide expands permanent regional presence with a new Asia Pacific, Regional Sales and Service division in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

AeroFlex adjustable feeder developed and installed to allow operators to control product infeed to the dryer during operation.

Aeroglide dryer Evaluation Division evaluated its 1000th dryer. We have evaluated over  40 different brands of dryers in more than 30 countries, saving a processor on average $20,000 in increased production capacity and lower energy usage.