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81. The tomato slices are ready to be put in the dryer.
82. There are several types of modern dryers, of varying sizes. This one is a fixed solar drier.
83. This one is simpler, cheaper to build and mobile. But the drying system is the same. First of all, the plastic retains the heat of the sun and, secondly, the air circulates inside, coming in at the bottom and going out at the top.
84. Inside the dryers, the tomato slices will be placed on trays made of slatted plastic and mosquito netting.