This week’s photo highlights FEECO’s mineral processing capabilities, showing a sample of agglomerated minerals from our Innovation Center. Pictured left to right are sulfur, dolomite, hematite, and potash. The FEECO Innovation Center is fully equipped for agglomeration and thermal test work, allowing us to process minerals …
What is synthetic gypsum? While natural gypsum has been mined and manufactured for centuries, the process of manufacturing synthetic gypsum has only been available for the last few decades. In case you’re not familiar with synthetic gypsum’s characteristics and uses, read on to learn the …
When it comes to vertically conveying aggregates, the bucket elevator has become the equipment of choice, particularly when space is limited. These diverse machines continue to lend the industry reliable operation, heavy-duty handling, and a minimal spatial footprint, among many other advantages. Why Bucket Elevators …
Micropelletizing is an agglomeration technique used for producing granules in the range of 20-60 mesh. It offers all of the benefits of agglomeration and can be used to process a variety of powdered materials into easy-to-handle agglomerates. Click here to go to the micropelletizing page! …
In regards to rotary dryer use, retention time is the duration of time that a material must remain in the dryer to achieve the desired end-product characteristics. Retention time is an important consideration to the dryer design, and is defined by looking at the specific …
Rotary coolers are often an integral part of a thermal process, cooling material as it exits a rotary kiln or rotary dryer, to a manageable temperature for the next step in the process. There are two main types of rotary coolers: a convective rotary cooler, …
The performance of a rotary dryer is vital to maximizing process efficiency and capacity in any industrial process setting. While a well-designed dryer will yield few problems of its own, various factors can cause the performance of the overall drying operation to degrade. Process audits …
This week’s highlighted resource is a brochure on conveyor systems. The brochure highlights FEECO belt conveyors and bulk material handling systems. Capacity and horsepower estimation charts, as well as project profiles, are also included. Click here to view the brochure. To receive weekly articles, new …
Retention time, also called residence time, is the amount of time that the material must be processed in the rotary dryer in order to achieve the desired results. The retention time required for a given application is determined through balancing the necessary process parameters – …
Pugmill Mixers, also known as paddle mixers, are a type of continuous mixer used throughout many industries to carry out mixing, agglomerating, and conditioning of liquid and solid feed combinations. They have become indispensable in de-dusting fly ash, mixing copper concentrates for smelter production, and …