Stat long bipo yet, ol manmeri i save yusim ol samting bilong ples we i gat hat na ples bilong win long draim ol samting, tasol ol samting i save kamap long ples i pasim ol na dispela i mekim na ol i no inap kamapim planti samting. Wantaim divelopmen bilong prodaksen, ol i senisim ol dispela rot isi isi wantaim ol 'artificial controled heat sources' na 'mechanical ventilation dehumidification'.
Ol masin bilong draim klos bilong nau i save yusim ol masin bilong draim klos we i no save senis. Long namel bilong - 19 senseri, ol i yusim ol 'tunnel dryers' na dispela i makim senis long wok i go long wok oltaim. Ol 'rotary drum dryers' i save kirapim gut ol liklik hap samting, na dispela i save mekim wok bilong draim i kamap gutpela moa. Sampela indastri i kamapim ol 'continuous-operation dryers' we i stret long ol samting ol i nidim, olsem ol 'drum dryers' insait long ol 'textile' na 'paper' indastri.
Long stat bilong 20 senseri, ol i stat long yusim ol 'spray dryers' long wokim susu, na dispela i kamapim wanpela gutpela tul bilong draim ol wara samting long bikpela skel. Stat long 1940s, wantaim divelopmen bilong 'fluidization' teknoloji, ol i kamapim ol 'fluidized bed' na 'airflow dryers' we i gat bikpela 'intensity', 'high-productivity'. Friz-sublimesen, rediesen, na dielektrik draia i givim ol nupela rot bilong inapim ol spesifik rikwaemen. Ol i bin stat long kamapim ol 'far-infrared na microwave dryers long 1960s.
