This week’s photo highlights a rotary kiln dam in 3D. Oftentimes, it is necessary to increase retention time and/or bed depth in a kiln. This is achieved through the use of a dam. A rotary kiln dam works by forcing material to build up behind …
Whether its stacking material in a warehouse, or removing rejected material from a process system, a tripper or a plow may be just the piece of equipment you are looking for. Belt trippers and plows function as add-ons to troughed belt conveyors in order to …
Troughed belt conveyors are perhaps the most universal type of equipment employed across industries; handling everything from aggregates and minerals to chemicals and fertilizers, one would be hard pressed to find a facility not employing belt conveyors in their bulk material handling endeavors. The conveyor …
High-speed mixers are used in animal feed granulation, a process specific to FEECO International. The mixers provide a better-quality reaction, and results in a more uniform product. The high-speed mixer is mounted atop of a pugmill mixer, also known as a paddle mixer. A shaft …
The pin mixer, a horizontal, continuous mixer, is perhaps most well known for the role for which it was originally developed: processing carbon black. In the carbon black industry, pin mixers provide a highly effective means of converting a dusty, difficult-to-handle material into small, dust-free …
This week’s highlighted resource is a project profile on a roofing production line. While roofing granules may seem simple enough, there is actually a lot of engineering behind them; the process of producing roofing granules involves a number of pieces of process equipment. As an …
This week’s photo shows a batch kiln from FEECO’s Innovation Center. The batch kiln can be used for a variety of high-temp, thermal process testing applications, including waste incineration, mineral roasting, proppant sintering, and more. The batch kiln simulates conditions of a commercial size rotary …
Whether it is to prevent product loss, avoid health-related risks, or otherwise, managing fugitive dust is a key focus in nearly every industrial setting where bulk solids are handled. In fact, the crucial nature of dust suppression has caused it to evolve into an industry …
This week’s highlighted resource is an infographic on the benefits of agglomeration. Agglomeration, or particle size enlargement, is widely used to process bulk solids for improved performance, handling, appearance and more. This infographic covers the many economic, environmental, raw material, process, and product benefits that …
A rotary dryer’s flights, or material lifters, work by lifting the material and dropping it through an air steam. This process creates a curtain, or a shower of material spanning the width of the drum’s interior. The curtain maximizes heat transfer between the material and …