Even a robust, quality piece of equipment such as a paddle mixer requires maintenance to sustain daily operating procedure. As an added benefit, regular maintenance prevents costly breakdowns, promotes safety, and extends equipment life. To help promote paddle mixer maintenance, outlined below are our top …
Caking is one of the most challenging issues that granular fertilizer producers face. This ubiquitous problem causes an array of complications that threaten to degrade product quality, cause dust issues and safety hazards, and even spoil product, representing potentially significant losses and risk. One especially …
Continuous mixers play a vital role in a wide array of industrial process settings, de-dusting materials, promoting product uniformity, streamlining downstream processes, and so much more. And while the capabilities of a continuous mixer are many, so too are the number of manufacturers offering these …
When producers choose to agglomerate powdered bulk solids, they can gain a number of benefits, many of which contribute to improved economics of the operation as a whole – from a cleaner production environment, to improved product performance, and more. One often-forgotten aspect of managing …
Pelletizing, a type of tumble-growth (non-pressure) agglomeration, is a valuable tool in the mineral processing industry. The technique’s diverse functionality and wide applicability have made it a common processing technique for a broad range of minerals. Here’s a look at how the mineral processing industry …
As society continues to move toward more sustainable waste management methods, an alternative technique for handling EAF dust has been gaining interest: EAF dust recycling via reduction roasting. The Problem with EAF Dust EAF dust is a by-product of the steel production process, and refers …
Iron ore is a critical raw material in modern society; it is the basis of the steel industry, which provides us with everything from infrastructure to appliances. Courtesy of iron ore, steel is all around us. The production of steel from iron ore has increasingly …
This week’s photo highlights washboarding on a rotary drum tire. Washboarding is indicated by the vertical grooves that extend the length of the tire, and it is caused by abnormal skewing of the trunnion wheels, or trunnion wheel mis-alignment. FEECO offers a tire grinding service …
Fertilizer coating continues to be a vital tool in helping fertilizer producers meet market demands. With buyers becoming more discerning, producing a high-quality product according to the required specification has become a necessity in today’s ultra-competitive market, particularly when it comes to specialty fertilizer and …
Pelletization is an agglomeration process whereby material fines are “grown” through a tumbling motion in the presence of a liquid binder or water. While all agglomeration processes can be customized to suit the unique needs of the material being processed, in general, it follows these …