This week’s highlighted resource is a project profile on pugmill mixers for copper concentrates. Pug mills are a critical piece of equipment in processing copper concentrates for smelting – so critical in fact, that many companies will purchase two at a time – one as …
This week’s photo highlights FEECO’s industrial mixer options: the pin mixer, and pugmill mixer, also known as a paddle mixer. Pin mixers are ideal for processing fine materials in the presence of a liquid binder. They consist of a central rotar shaft affixed with pins, …
There are many choices on the market when it comes to agglomeration equipment. Additionally, new uses are being developed all the time, making current equipment options increasingly flexible. Below, we’ve provided a quick overview of some of the most common types of agglomeration equipment. Click …
In 2015, the global fly ash market was estimated to be valued at 40 billion USD. A recent industry analysis by Research Nester anticipates the market will reach an estimated 70 billion USD by the end of 2023 – a 7.1% CAGR owing to increasing …
This week’s photo highlights material processed in a pugmill mixer. Pug mills, also known as paddle mixers, are industrial mixers used to condition, mix and agglomerate materials often in the presence of a binder. The pugmill mixer’s dual shafts with pitched paddles create a kneading …
This week’s photo highlights a pugmill mixer. FEECO’s Assembly Team is currently constructing the machine at our Fabrication Facility in Green Bay, WI (USA). A pugmill mixer, also known as a paddle mixer, is a horizontal mixing, conditioning, and agglomerating device ideal for processing heavy-duty …
This week’s photo shows a technician preparing for a paddle mixer lab. As seen in the photo, the technician is gathering water from the binder spray system, to confirm proper dispersal of the binder prior to lab production. Paddle mixers are regularly used in FEECO’s …
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 …
Our photo this week is a paddle mixer from 1964. Paddle mixers agglomerate, condition and mix various materials- wet and dry- via two rotating shafts with outward-extending paddles. As the shafts rotate, the paddles move the material, creating a kneading and folding over effect. Though …
The challenges presented by the handling of material fines is an issue faced across many industries. Whether working with fertilizers, ores, or coal, materials which are difficult to handle, or dusty, can benefit greatly from agglomeration. Because there are many processes by which a material …