The prototype of the dryer was designed by Sigurjón Arason and constructed in 1981, but since then, the size of the design has been scaled to build dryers of increased production capacity.
Frumgerð þurrkarans var smíðuð árið 1981 eftir hönnun Sigurjóns Arasonar, en þurrkarinn nýtir jarðvarma til hitunar á lofti sem notað er til þurrkunarinnar.