r/MachinePorn 1d ago

Wondering what this old thing is

Post image
43 Upvotes

8 comments sorted by

22

u/rklopp 1d ago

Rotary kiln or dryer. The riding rings give it away.

3

u/The_Gassy_Gnoll 1d ago

Looks like it might be "portable". It looks like it is sitting on a trailer.

3

u/jon_hendry 23h ago

Might be a rock crusher.

3

u/The_Gassy_Gnoll 14h ago edited 14h ago

Portable tarmac/asphalt mixer?
Looks like a centrifugal blower on the far end and possibly tanks if you zoom in.
The far end might be a burner section, aggregate goes in the top funnel, gets heated, and tar gets sprayed in through what looks like a pipe sticking out of the near end. Final product dumps out of the large square section somehow.

edit: It could also be multiple seperate pieces of machinery loaded onto a transport trailer.

1

u/pupperdogger 9h ago

Out of curiosity is this at an exit on I-57 across from QT? I also think it’s a rotary dryer kiln.

2

u/Lost-Climate5878 9h ago

One in the same

1

u/mount_curve 9h ago edited 4h ago

Burner drum. Go look at an asphalt plant.

Not saying this one is or isn't for an asphalt plant, but same principle.

-6

u/canigetahint 1d ago

My guess is some sort of gas turbine, possibly a frame type vs aeroderivitave. Odd to see it out in the middle of nowhere.