Our photo this week shows proppant samples from the FEECO Innovation Center. Proppants are used to help extract natural gas from shale formations in a process called hydraulic fracturing. As drills dig deep down into shale formations, they fracture the formation with a liquid solution …
Customer: Proprietary Plant Location: Virginia, USA Industry: Fertilizer Major Equipment: Rotary Drum Dryer with Combustion Chamber Material Handled: Ammonium Sulfate (AS) Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: As the preferred provider for fertilizer production equipment, FEECO was commissioned to engineer and manufacture a custom, stainless steel …
Dupont in Talks with Dow Chemical to Purchase Agri-Business Segment With crop prices continuing to fall along with increasing fertilizer use/yield, companies in agribusiness are seeking ways to consolidate. Earlier last week Dow Chemical announced a review of its farm chemicals and seeds unit which …
Chris Kozicki, FEECO’s Process Sales Engineer and Agglomeration Specialist, will be presenting at the 2015 Institute for Briquetting and Agglomeration’s (IBA) 34th Biennial Technical Conference. The Conference will take place at the FireSky Resort November 8-11, 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona (USA). The IBA conference focuses …
Anglo American Mining Releases a Set of Videos Centered Around Sustainability Anglo American, a London, UK mining company, has released a set of progressive videos centered around sustainability over the past month. The videos take a unique approach in connecting mining with the everyday uses …
Rotary kilns, like any other high-performing piece of equipment, need regular inspection and maintenance to ensure ideal operation. The list below highlights the areas of a kiln that should consistently be inspected: Prevention is key when it comes to maintaining a rotary kiln. Regularly inspect …
Today’s photo shows a belt plow under fabrication at FEECO. Belt plows serve as an auxiliary material discharge system, releasing material on either side of the belt before the head pulley. They are added onto troughed belt conveyors and primarily work to increase flexibility in …
Nestlé USA is Now Zero Waste to Landfill Last week Nestlé announced its renewed commitment to achieve zero waste to landfill status in all factories globally by 2020. Currently, all Nestlé facilities in the United States are now zero waste to landfill, while globally 10% …
Compactors use pressure to form dense, jagged granules from material fines. They are frequently used in the fertilizer industry to produce fertilizer granules, but are also an effective solution for a multitude of materials including chemicals, metallic oxides, and more. Here’s how they work: material …
Today’s photo shows the interior of a batch rotary kiln. The photo was taken at FEECO’s Innovation Center in Green Bay, WI (USA), where we perform thermal tests on a variety of materials. Batch kilns are ideal for feasibility testing and defining process variables before …