This Week’s Featured Articles: Gypsum as a Source of Sulfur, Fly Ash Lightweight Aggregates, and the Conversion of Spodumene to Lithium via Calcination

This article was authored by:

Carrie Carlson
Technical Writer

Power Plant

Each week on our home page, we feature three articles that are highly relevant under the current market circumstances. This week, we’re highlighting: Gypsum Pellets Provide Source of Sulfur to Crops In Gypsum Pellets Provide Source of Sulfur to Crops, we look at how gypsum …

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Top Coating Drum Problems (and How to Resolve Them)

This article was co-authored by:

Craig Peppin
Service & Lab Manager

Carrie Carlson
Technical Writer

Coating Drum

Coating drums have become an increasingly utilized tool in industrial process settings, giving producers the opportunity to coat their granular products for improved handling, performance, and even storage characteristics.  The relative newness of these machines, however, leaves some operators and maintenance personnel struggling to identify …

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A Detailed Look at Iron Ore Agglomeration

This article was co-authored by:

Chris Kozicki
Agglomeration Expert

Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Iron Ore Agglomeration, Pelletized (Pelletised) Iron Ore

Agglomeration labs are regularly conducted at FEECO International, as our Process Experts test materials for feasibility, optimize current processing methods, and help customers create their ideal product. And while we’ve worked with hundreds of materials over the years, one that we frequently see in the …

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Why Measure Material Characteristics During Agglomeration Process Development?

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Why Measure Material Characteristics During Agglomeration Process and Product Development

Measuring specific material characteristics throughout process and product development is crucial because materials can be incredibly diverse; even the same material, though from a different deposit, may present varying characteristics. Because of these nuances, materials should be tested prior to, during and after agglomeration to help …

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New Sources of Limestone in Agriculture Drive Need for Pelletizing Process Development

This article was co-authored by:

Chris Kozicki
Agglomeration Expert

Carrie Carlson
Technical Writer

Testing limestone pelletizing on a disc pelletizer

The ongoing pursuit of a more sustainable, circular economy is bringing about a rise in the number of potential alternative materials producers are looking to convert into limestone soil amendments (among other things).  Industrial wastes and process byproducts are increasingly being explored for use in …

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