Some materials come with limitations that will steer the rotary dryer design process in one direction or another. For example, with materials that have the potential for combustion in certain settings, a direct fired dryer would not be the ideal option; an indirect dryer should …
Each week on our home page, we feature three articles that are highly relevant under the current market circumstances. This week, we’re highlighting: Six Aspects of Successful Bulk Solids Processing In Six Aspects of Successful Bulk Solids Processing, we look at some of the key …
When it comes time to carry out rotary drum services, be it on a dryer, cooler, kiln, or granulator, one of the first questions we receive from our customers is: What do you need from us? The following provides basic guidelines on preparing for a …
This week’s photo highlights a material before and after processing in the FEECO Innovation Center’s batch pin mixer. Pin mixers are adept for mixing, agglomerating, conditioning, micro-pelletizing, and de-dusting applications. The intense spinning action allows them to densify material and create small pellets, an ideal …
Biochar is continuing to make a name for itself in a myriad of industries, with new applications making headlines all the time. Uses in water treatment, energy production, animal husbandry, and more have created a flurry of activity around this carbon-based material produced from biomass. …
Each week on our home page, we feature three articles that are highly relevant under the current market circumstances. This week, we’re highlighting: Pelletizing Plant Optimization: Conducting a Process Audit In Pelletizing Plant Optimization: Conducting a Process Audit, we look at when pelletizing plant managers …
FEECO’s leaf seals are designed to minimize air leakage into a rotary dryer or rotary kiln. We offer both single and double leaf seals. The single leaf seal consists of a series of overlapping spring steel plates that are mounted to the housing and ride …
Each agglomeration method in FEECO’s Innovation Center can produce pellets or granules, sometimes both, of different sizes, shapes, solubility, and densities, among other things. Similarly, within each method of agglomeration, manufacturers are often targeting a set of parameters that will ensure their agglomerates perform as …
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 …
With several factors at play, demand for roofing granules has gone through the proverbial roof, and manufacturers are doing everything they can to keep up. This surge in demand, combined with the abrasive nature of roofing granules, has put added strain on roofing granule production …