A dryer for ceramic products, such as for example slabs or tiles, comprising: a casing that encloses a drying chamber; one or more drying channels, contained in the drying chamber, each of which comprises a first movable plane, equipped with a motor means, provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction; a heating means, provided to heat the drying chamber; one or more outlet channels, contained in the drying chamber, each of which is aligned with a respective drying channel along the respective main direction and comprises a second mobile plane, equipped with a motor means, aligned along the main direction to a respective mobile plane of a drying channel, wherein the motor means of each first mobile plane can be activated independently from the motor means of the second mobile plane with which it is aligned; a control module, provided to regulate the advancement speed of the first mobile plane and of the second mobile plane; characterised in that: for each second mobile plane a first detector is provided, connected to the control module, which is provided to detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product at an inlet section of the second mobile plane, and to process a corresponding signal; when the first detector detects the presence of a portion of a ceramic product coming from the first mobile plane, the control module is provided to activate the first mobile plane and the second mobile plane at a same first speed; when the first detector does not detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product, the control module is provided to activate the second mobile plane at a second speed, greater than the first speed, up to the outlet of the product from the outlet channel. a casing that encloses a drying chamber; one or more drying channels, contained in the drying chamber, each of which comprises a first movable plane, equipped with a motor means, provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction; a heating means, provided to heat the drying chamber; one or more outlet channels, contained in the drying chamber, each of which is aligned with a respective drying channel along the respective main direction and comprises a second mobile plane, equipped with a motor means, aligned along the main direction to a respective mobile plane of a drying channel, wherein the motor means of each first mobile plane can be activated independently from the motor means of the second mobile plane with which it is aligned; a control module, provided to regulate the advancement speed of the first mobile plane and of the second mobile plane; characterised in that: for each second mobile plane a first detector is provided, connected to the control module, which is provided to detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product at an inlet section of the second mobile plane, and to process a corresponding signal; when the first detector detects the presence of a portion of a ceramic product coming from the first mobile plane, the control module is provided to activate the first mobile plane and the second mobile plane at a same first speed; when the first detector does not detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product, the control module is provided to activate the second mobile plane at a second speed, greater than the first speed, up to the outlet of the product from the outlet channel. for each second mobile plane a first detector is provided, connected to the control module, which is provided to detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product at an inlet section of the second mobile plane, and to process a corresponding signal; when the first detector detects the presence of a portion of a ceramic product coming from the first mobile plane, the control module is provided to activate the first mobile plane and the second mobile plane at a same first speed; when the first detector does not detect the presence of a portion of a ceramic product, the control module is provided to activate the second mobile plane at a second speed, greater than the first speed, up to the outlet of the product from the outlet channel.