Customer: Calcium Products Plant Location: Gilmore City, Iowa, U.S.A. Industry: Agriculture Major Equipment: Rotary Dryer, Dust Collector / Baghouse Material Handled: Limestone Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: The rotary dryer was used to drive off moisture before grinding and pelletizing the limestone.Drying is often a …
This week, the FEECO website saw an exciting addition of new content: Limestone Rotary Dryer Project Profile Many of you have asked for more information regarding past customer projects. To better assist you in finding specific project …
This week, the FEECO website saw many new additions of exciting content. Material Profiles Many of you have asked for more information regarding processing specific materials. To better assist you in finding the material-specific information you’re looking for, we’ve developed a series of Material Profiles, …
This week’s photo highlights a paddle mixer’s binder spray system. When working with the tumble-growth agglomeration method, paddle mixers and other agglomeration equipment such as pin mixers or disc pelletizers regularly use a binding agent during processing. In fact, binder selection is one of the …
This week’s photo shows agglomerate samples from FEECO’s state-of-the-art lab. The briquettes, center gray, were processed with a briquetter. Briquetters utilize mechanical force to shape material fines into larger, denser products. They are particularly useful in creating larger agglomerates, such as charcoal and water softener …
This week’s photo shows material being discharged from a conveyor in FEECO’s lab facility. The conveyor shown is transferring raw material to a paddle mixer, where it will undergo conditioning. While the main focus of FEECO’s lab tends to be around agglomeration and thermal testing, …
Customer: Multiple, Proprietary Plant Location: USA, Peru, Zambia Industry: Mining; Processing Major Equipment: Paddle Mixers (Pug Mills) Material Handled: Copper Concentrates Engineer: FEECO International, Inc. Process: Several machines were supplied to mix copper concentrates, flux, and reverts, so they could be reintroduced into the system.In …
Our photo this week is a rotary dryer. Rotary dryers are used in a variety of industries to dry materials prior to transportation, baggage and storage. They operate at temperatures between 800° – 1400°F and use internal flights to maximize heat transfer between the material …
This week’s photo shows briquette samples straight from FEECO’s lab. Our technicians used a briquetter to transform these powdery materials into more easily handled products. Briquetters utilize mechanical force to shape fine materials into a larger, denser form. The material is fed into a roll …
This week’s photo is a disc pelletizer from FEECO’s lab testing center. Disc pelletizers, also known as pan pelletizers or pan granulators, are a common piece of equipment used to agglomerate material fines. They utilize a “tumble growth” agglomeration method to create pellets, and are …