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Rotary Dryer or Fluid Bed Dryer

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When it comes to buying an industrial dryer, people are often faced with the decision to choose between a rotary dryer, and a fluid bed dryer. Though the choice between the two can be material specific, ultimately, each dryer has its advantages and disadvantages, and the decision often comes down to customer preference. Historically, rotary ...

Principles of Heat Transfer as Applied to Rotary Dryers, Rotary Kilns, and Rotary Coolers

Heat Transfer - Conduction

Whether you are using a rotary dryer, rotary kiln, or rotary cooler, there is one thing that all these instruments have in common: they all use methods of heat transfer to carry out their jobs. Heat transfer is how heat moves from one source to another. Understanding the types of heat transfer, and how they ...

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Visits FEECO International

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Tuesday, February 28, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, paid a visit to FEECO International, in Green Bay Wisconsin, to discuss the importance that mining holds for companies like FEECO, and for people all around the state. In an intimate setting, FEECO employees listened as Governor Walker discussed how mining could create thousands of jobs around the ...

FEECO’s Virtual Conference Room Helpful for Clients

As a technology-driven company, FEECO is known for their high-tech engineering and lab testing facility, but one unexpected area catching attention lately is their conference room, or as FEECO deems it, the “virtual” conference room. Equipped with various high-tech gadgets, FEECO’s virtual conference room takes video conferencing to a whole new level. One unique device is ...

FEECO Featured in Fertilizer International

The following article was featured in the Sept/Oct issue of "Fertilizer International." More Than An Equipment Company As a pioneer in rotary drying technology, Feeco International was founded in 1951 to supply the fertilizer industry and a variety of companies in the chemical processing, mining, energy and paper sectors with a range of handling and processing equipment ...

FEECO Introduces Waste Counter

FEECO International’s home page is getting an exciting new addition: a waste counter. The counter is a running count of the number of tons of waste that FEECO has helped divert from landfills to date. “It’s one thing to say you’ve diverted a lot of waste from landfills, but it’s pretty staggering to see the ...

Material Size Control Through Agglomeration Part 3

Material Size Control Through Agglomeration

The following piece is an excerpt from an article was written by Charles R. Harbison and presented at the 10th Annual Bulk Material Handling Seminar in 1977. It has since been edited and condensed for the purpose of this article. Continued from Part 2 Feed material preparation is quite critical to successful pelletizing. Proper premixing of feed ...