In a landmark ruling, the City of Los Angeles will be able to continue utilizing biosolids as a fertilizer and soil amendment on Kern County Farms. Application of biosolids on Kern County farmland was banned in 2006, when a Kern County voter initiative was passed. …
Customer: Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC) Plant Location: Canada Industry: Steel Major Equipment: (4) Balling Drums Material Handled: Iron Ore Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: FEECO was contracted to assist the Iron Ore Company of Canada in an expansion of their existing operation. After …
Customer: Multiple, Proprietary Plant Location: Domestic and International Industry: Power Generation, Pulp and Paper Major Equipment: (90+) Pin Mixers Material Handled: Coal Fines, Dust Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: If sufficiently aerated, coal fines are combustible, making de-dusting a top priority when working with coal …
In the copper production via smelting process, pugmill mixers are used for mixing and conditioning. Pug mills are highly proficient at combining both solid and liquid feeds into a homogenous mixture, and are therefore an ideal mixing device in the smelting process. Numerous components are …
Each year, we update FEECO.com with the information you need to help make your material testing, equipment selection, and aftermarket service searches a more successful endeavor. As 2016 comes to a close, we’d like to highlight some of the advancements made to our corporate website. …
FEECO’s chicken manure granulation method begins with pre-conditioning. Raw manure is typically too wet or clumpy to use as a uniform feedstock; it must first be pre-conditioned into a workable feedstock via composting or thermal treatment (or drying). In either scenario, it is likely that …
This week’s photo highlights an agglomeration test in process at the FEECO Innovation Center. Pellets on a disc pelletizer are pictured. The FEECO Innovation Center is equipped for both pressure and non-pressure agglomeration tests on either a single piece of equipment, or in a continuous …
There are numerous characteristics that make raw manure an unideal feedstock for granulation. Pre-conditioning manure must take place before the manure can be effectively used as a feedstock for optimal granulation to occur. Pre-conditioning focuses on: Particle size distribution: Large particles need to be removed …
This week’s photo shows a combustion chamber under production in FEECO’s Fabrication Facility. Castable refractory is pictured in the center. Fiber modules surround the castable on either side; they are lighter and have a lower thermal conductivity. The fiber modules are not used on the bottom …
This week’s photo shows a newly installed bucket elevator. While FEECO has made its name in the agglomeration, thermal processing, and fertilizer granulation industries, little be known to some is that we, too, can provide the bulk material handling equipment needed to transport materials throughout …