Hydraulic fracturing has gained a lot of attention recently, as companies scramble to mine the valuable frac sand contained in the Midwest. While fracing is new to most people, hydraulic fracturing, though in primitive form, can be traced all the way back to the 1860’s oil industry, when liquid nitroglycerin (NG) was used to stimulate ...
FEECO's What Is Frac Sand site features a Frac Sand 411 answering some of the frequently asked questions surrounding the frac sand process As companies are clamoring to mine the valuable frac sand in Wisconsin and Minnesota, FEECO International has ...
Compared to as Wisconsin’s Gold Rush by some, the boom for frac sand is in heavy swing, and Feeco International is sitting right at the edge of it - literally. With frac sand mines cropping up all over western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, companies can’t seem to get enough of the highly valued quartz sand. ...
The old adage, “give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish, and he eats for a lifetime,” rings very true for what we at Feeco International do every day. Any company can sell a product, but not just any company can deliver a solution to last a ...
Next week, FEECO will be releasing part one of a series covering the basics of designing a rotary dryer custom to a material. The eight part series will not only cover defining the material to be dried in terms of percent moisture, bulk density, specific heat, heat transfer, and material limitations, but will also ...
Feeco's YouTube page has been getting more lively as more videos are added to the Feeco International channel. These videos, ranging from manufacturing and lab testing to just plain what's new, are a great way to stay informed on what's going on at Feeco. Currently, Feeco's channel features several lab testing videos, visits from politicians, and ...
The January issue of Chemical Engineering got a lesson in agglomeration from one of Feeco International’s own, Chris Kozicki, the process sales engineer who co-wrote an article on the process of wet agglomeration. The article, “Consider Wet Agglomeration to Improve Powder Flow,” focuses on the technical aspects of fine powder handling, and how ...
