Today’s photo comes from the FEECO Innovation Center. A Process Expert is adding binder to a humate sample, as it is being processed on the batch disc pelletizer. While some materials may be self-binding, in most cases, the right binder is critical to agglomeration success. …
Today’s photo highlights a batch pin mixer in the FEECO Innovation Center. Our team of Process Experts use the small-scale mixer during agglomeration lab tests for a variety of purposes. The batch pin mixer is commonly used for pre-conditioning material samples, blending moisture or binder, …
Haldor Topsoe Awarded Billion Dollar Fertilizer Plant Job in Tanzania Haldor Topsoe has been chosen for the engineering design, licensing, proprietary hardware, catalysts and additional services of a new billion dollar fertilizer plant in Tanzania. As the first fertilizer plant in Tanzania, it is expected …
No matter what equipment you’re working with, your preventative maintenance program should require a routine, thorough inspection of the equipment at hand. The same holds true for belt conveyors. The following belt conveyor components should be regularly inspected to ensure ideal operation, and to extend …
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: Refractory. Direct heat can cause the kiln’s refractory to become tremendously dry, and …