As capital investments become slightly more risky, manufacturers can exercise caution in their operations no matter what industry they’re in by switching focus from replacements and upgrades to repair and refurbishment, especially when it comes to rotary drum maintenance. A slowdown in manufacturing was a …
This week’s highlighted resource is a web page on conditioning. Conditioning is a diverse and valuable technique used to improve the handling qualities of bulk solids. This page provides an overview on commonly conditioned materials, the conditioning process, and the equipment typically used in conditioning …
This week’s photo shows a sample of a rotary drum’s spare parts. A housing to the trunnion wheel bearings is pictured left, and a graphite block is pictured right. Bearings, graphite blocks, thrust rollers, drive sprockets and more are all recommended spare parts for rotary …
This week’s highlighted resource is a brochure on FEECO’s rotary dryers and coolers. As a leading provider of custom rotary dryers and coolers, the FEECO brochure highlights options for both direct and indirect units for drying and cooling nearly any bulk solid material. Click here …
Within the thermal processing industry, there are two informal types of rotary kilns: commodity kilns and specialty kilns. Commodity kilns are kilns that are employed in widespread commercial use. Their processes are well developed, and have been in use for generations of commodity processing. Specialty …
