Photo of the Week: Drafters from the 1950s

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

1950s Drafters

Today’s photo highlights members of our drafting department, just years after FEECO’s founding. In the early 1950s, drafters positioned themselves at drawing boards and used pen or pencil to create equipment drawings by hand. As technology advanced through the years, drawing boards were eventually replaced with …

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Photo of the Week: Material Processed in a Pug Mill

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Material Processed in a Pugmill Mixer (Pug Mill, Paddle Mixer)

This week’s photo highlights material processed in a pugmill mixer. Pug mills, also known as paddle mixers, are industrial mixers used to condition, mix and agglomerate materials often in the presence of a binder. The pugmill mixer’s dual shafts with pitched paddles create a kneading …

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Photo of the Week: Damaged Thrust Roller

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Damaged Thrust Roller

Our photo this week is a damaged thrust roller. Damage occurred because the thrust roller either stopped rotating, and the rotary drum ran hard against its left side. The thrust could also have become damaged as a result of a bearing failure; the bearing may …

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Photo of the Week: Damaged Rotary Drum Tire

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Damaged Rotary Drum Tire (Tyre)

This week’s photo shows a damaged rotary drum tire. Tires can become damaged if: They are worn too thin. The mounting blocks get worn, causing excess tire creep and movement. The shell is distorted from over heating/cooling the drum. The tires are shimmed too tight. …

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Photo of the Week: Binder Spray System

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Disc Pelletizer (Pelletiser) Binder Spray System

This week’s photo highlights a pan pelletizer’s binder spray system. The spray system, or nozzles, are used to disperse binder. Non-pressure agglomeration technologies, such as pelletizing on a pan pelletizer (also known as a pan granulator or disc pelletizer), often requires the assistance of a …

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Photo of the Week: Rotary Tire Wear Patterns

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Rotary Drum Tire (Tyre) Wear Patterns, Drum Tires in Need of Tire Grinding

This week’s post highlights a series of images: rotary tire wear patterns. A rotary drum tire is a support structure for the drum, and provides a place for pressure to be absorbed. As with any piece of equipment, they must be inspected and serviced, if …

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Photo of the Week: Coal Fines to Coal Pellets

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Raw and Pelletized (Pelletised) Coal

This week’s photo shows coal fines (left) and coal pellets (right). The sample was agglomerated in FEECO’s state-of-the-art Innovation Center. The Innovation Center allows customers to test their material at batch and pilot scale, in order to establish the equipment setup and parameters necessary to …

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Photo of the Week: Compactor with Heat Lamps

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Compactor with Heat Lamps

This week’s photo is a compactor from the FEECO Innovation Center. Here, a heat lamp is set directly on the compactor’s feed chute, so the metal of the cold chute would not take away the heat from the pre-heated feed material. FEECO’s process experts are …

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Photo of the Week: Combustion Chamber Under Production

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Combustion Chamber

This week’s photo highlights a rotary dryer combustion chamber from FEECO’s Fabrication Facility. In regards to rotary dryer components, the combustion chamber houses the combustion reaction. From here, the drying air is directed through the rotary drum. FEECO offers a variety of combustion chambers including …

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