This week’s photo comes from FEECO’s annual Veteran’s Day gathering. Our current staff and retirees gathered over lunch to honor all veterans who served our country, with special recognition of those in the FEECO family who served. In support of project greenlight a vet, FEECO also …
Not unlike the hurricanes before it, Hurricane Matthew has again brought the issues surrounding manure lagoons to light in the wake of the country’s most recent natural disaster. Lagoons are large, open-air storage pits for manure, now the norm at most intensive animal farming operations …
Biosolids granulation is the transformation of biosolids into a granular product that is nearly odor-free and rich in nutrients. The diagram below highlights a mixer to dryer granulation setup. Part one of the process takes place in a mixer, generally in a pugmill mixer or …
The FEECO website has seen many exciting additions over the past few months, geared toward industry-specific resources. Coating Drum Project Profile A new project profile has been added on a coating drum for an ammonium sulfate project. FEECO provided an ammonium sulfate coating drum for …
Pressure agglomeration relies on extreme pressure to force particles together into a desired shape. This includes the following techniques: compaction, briquetting, extrusion, tableting and molding. Non-pressure agglomeration, also known as tumble growth agglomeration, relies on a binding agent and the phenomenon of coalescence to create …
This week’s photo comes from MINExpo 2016, a premiere exhibition on mining equipment and services from around the world. MINExpo was held in Las Vegas September 26 – 28th, 2016 and FEECO was once again an exhibitor. Tim Matzke, Material Handling Sales, and Chris Kozicki, …
As farms have evolved into ever-larger concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), waste management has become increasingly challenging. Poultry producers are finding that granulation can offer a new approach to managing on-farm wastes that not only solves their waste management challenges, but brings with it a …
Customer: Proprietary Plant Location: Florida, USA Industry: Fertilizer Major Equipment: Granulation Drum, Rotary Dryer with Combustion Chamber Material Handled: Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) Fertilizer Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: As the world’s leading provider of fertilizer production equipment, FEECO was selected by a global fertilizer producer …
FEECO’s Innovation Center is a state-of-the-art facility equipped to run material tests in a rotary dryer alone, or through testing as part of a continuous process loop such as an agglomeration or granulation process. Dryer test work provides a wealth of valuable information, allowing our …
Customer: Proprietary Plant Location: USA Industry: Agriculture Major Equipment: Hammer mill as part of a complete granulation system Material Handled: Manure Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: As part of the supply of a complete manure granulation plant, FEECO supplied a Model 45-6 hammer mill (in …