Disc Pelletizers

Our disc pelletizers offer flexibility and refinement in creating granular products of the highest quality. Continue Reading →

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Disc Pelletizers

Our disc pelletizers offer flexibility and refinement in creating granular products of the highest quality. Continue Reading →

DISC PELLETIZERS

FEECO’s Disc Pelletizers (also known as pan granulators) are the equipment of choice for converting powdered materials into uniform, round pellets.

Disc pelletizers utilize a non-pressure (tumble growth) approach to agglomeration and work by tumbling material on a rotating disc, with a binding agent and feedstock being continuously added. The binding agent causes the fines (or seed pellets, when utilizing a pre-conditioning step) to become tacky and pick up additional fines as the material tumbles against itself. This causes a “growing” action referred to as coalescence. Once pellets have reached the desired size, they exit the rotating disc via centrifugal force.

FEATURES

  • Size: 24″ – 25′ (0.6 – 7.5m)
  • Capacity: 100 lb/hr – 100 TPH
  • 6’ (1.8m) and larger discs are lined with expanded metal to reduce abrasive wear.
  • A hand-wheel operated jacking screw allows for easy adjustment of disc angle.
  • The base and plow support members provide maximum rigidity, while simultaneously allowing rapid disc angle adjustment, without the need for separate plow adjustment.
  • Individually mounted vane-type plows easily control and maintain the product layer over the disc’s entire surface.
  • The pivot base is mounted on heavy-duty, anti-friction bearings. Automatic lubrication is featured on larger discs.

Optional Components

  • Reciprocating Scraper
  • Partial Hood
  • Full Hood
  • Stainless Steel Construction
  • Variable Frequency Drive
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DISC PELLETIZER COMPONENTS AND PARTS

The image below shows the standard components of a disc pelletizer. Click image to view larger.

Mechanical Construction of a Disc Pelletizer (3D Pelletizer by FEECO International)

360 view of a Pan Pelletizer

A – Spray System

B – Angle Adjustment

C – Pivot Bearings

D – Stuctural Steel Base

E – Discharge Chute

F – Pan/Disc Assembly

G – Plow/Scraper Assemblies

H – Mounting Hub

I – Gear Reducer

J – Drive Belt & Pulley

K – Drive Motor

WHAT CAN PELLETIZING DO FOR YOUR MATERIAL?

Pelletizing, like all types of agglomeration, offers a variety of benefits. Among them, it allows you to:

  • Reduce Volume
  • Stabilize Mixtures During Handling
  • Eliminate/Reduce Dust Problems
  • Control Hardness
  • Reduce Packing, Storage and Transport Costs
  • Improve Product Performance
  • Improve Handling

To learn more about how agglomeration can benefit your material, see Why Agglomerate Your Material.

APPLICATIONS & MATERIALS

FEECO’s Disc Pelletizers can agglomerate everything from fine, dry feed materials, all the way to wet, sludge-like materials. Some of the most common applications for which pelletizer plants are built include:

  • Chemical Powders
  • Limestone / Gypsum
  • Fertilizers
  • Coal fines
  • Cement / Lime Kiln Dust
  • Flyash
  • Filter / Centrifuge Cake
  • Minerals and Ores
  • Vibrating Sludges
  • Pond tailings
  • EAF Dust

MATERIALS TESTING FACILITY

Laboratory and pilot scale tests conducted in the FEECO Innovation Center can determine optimum flow schemes, equipment sizing, and scale up. If lab tests reveal that alternative agglomeration methods such as briquetting or compaction is the method of choice, FEECO can accommodate these processes as well.

If agglomeration with a disc pelletizer is the method of choice, further savings can be realized with lower investment, power consumption, and maintenance costs.

RESOURCES

PROJECT PROFILES

Synthetic Gypsum Pelletizing System
Limestone and Gypsum Pelletizing

DISC PELLETIZER ARTICLES

Disc Pelletizer Maintenance Best Practices

Best Practices for Maintaining a Disc Pelletizer

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Controlling Particle Size With Agglomeration - Pelletized Synthetic Gypsum

Controlling Particle Size through Agglomeration

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BROCHURES

Agglomeration Brochure
Innovation Center Brochure

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Why Choose FEECO?

We’ve been building disc pelletizers since 1951. Our pelletizers are designed and fabricated to the highest quality standards, and built to meet tough applications. We also offer a unique lab facility that can help you determine if your material can be agglomerated, and what process is needed to do so.

Our Commitment to Quality

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Our company was founded on the idea that we could do things better; that if we put our minds to it, we could produce the best in industrial processing equipment.