Our photo this week is a briquetter, a machine which transforms particle fines into a larger, more useful shape through compaction. A briquetter uses a roll press to compact material fines and ultimately create briquettes. The machine works when the rolls force the fines into …
This week’s photo takes you back to 1951 with founder Jim Madigan at the FEECO headquarters construction site. FEECO is located in Green Bay, Wisconsin and has remained in the same city since the building’s conception. Since the building’s construction, FEECO has added an additional …
This week’s photo shows welders installing flights in a rotary dryer. FEECO has a respected name in the thermal processing industry, supplying customers with not only rotary dryers and coolers, but with rotary calciners and kilns too. Flights are located on the drum’s interior and …
This week’s photo shows a 24 inch disc pelletizer (pan granulator) with a vibratory feeder, liquid storage tank, pump and movable base. This pelletizer was built for a proprietary company to use for testing purposes. In the process of disc pelletizing, raw material fines such …
This week’s photo shows several trunnion wheels under production in the FEECO manufacturing facility. Trunnion wheels are an integral part of any rotary drum base. Made up of a harder steel than the drum tire, the trunnion wheels carry the weight of the drum and …
This week’s photo showcases a FEECO bucket elevator (enclosed). Bucket elevators are used to transfer materials vertically, and are available in various configurations, whether you’re in need of centrifugal belt style, continuous double chain style, or anything in between. Versatile and able to handle a …
This week’s photo shows two FEECO agglomerators installed at an ore processing facility. Adding an agglomerator to a heap leaching operation not only increases efficiency, but also maximizes metal recovery, whether the operation is for gold, silver, copper, or nickel ore. These agglomerators work by …
This week’s photo shows a batch pin mixer from the FEECO Lab. Pin mixers are a type of industrial mixer that can be used for a wide variety of materials, either as a stand-alone agglomerator, or as part of a larger agglomeration process. They are …
This week’s photo, from the late 1950’s, shows a FEECO rotary drum ready for shipment. In the 1950’s, FEECO was shipping rotary drums such as granulators, agglomerators, rotary dryers, and rotary coolers, around the United States, for use in fertilizer granulation plants. Today, FEECO still …
There are many factors to consider when it comes to potash processing, particularly in choosing the method of granulation: pelletizing (wet granulation) or compaction. While both potash processing solutions yield successful product results, there are several dynamics that help determine the best-suited method for individual …