This week’s photo highlights a rotary drum temperature inspection. An IR gun, pictured, is directed at the rotary drum, to record the surface temperature of the object in sight. Items such as the drum shell, drive components, bearings, and even the material as it discharges Continue reading →
This week’s photo shows an agglomerator used for processing gold ore. The agglomerator, or agglomeration drum, agglomerates ore fines after they are crushed. This process creates a more proficient leach because the leaching solution is better able to permeate through the heap when the particles Continue reading →
Tailings, or the material remaining after a valuable component has been separated from the gangue, have long plagued the mining industry with management costs, liability risks, and disposal challenges. Due to their toxicity, tailings pose a number of risks if not properly managed. Furthermore, the Continue reading →
While nickel is perhaps most commonly known for its use in coins, it is also an important material in many industrial processes. Nickel’s high melting point, ductility, and resistance to corrosion when alloyed lends itself to a wide range of industrial applications and materials, making Continue reading →
The solvent extraction electro-winning process (SX-EW) is a hydrometallurgical means of extracting, purifying, and concentrating metals. SX-EW has continued to demonstrate successful use in effectively extracting and recovering copper from low grade and oxide ores. As a result, SX-EW has quickly become a staple in Continue reading →
This week’s post highlights a series of images: rotary tire wear patterns. A rotary drum tire is a support structure for the drum, and provides a place for pressure to be absorbed. As with any piece of equipment, they must be inspected and serviced, if Continue reading →
This week’s photo shows a semi-truck transporting a rotary drum. Transporting any equipment can be a challenging task, but that challenge seems to multiply when shipping rotary drums. Since everything is highly customized, no two pieces of equipment are necessarily alike. Thus, no one size Continue reading →
This week’s photo shows an 8’x60’ rotary drum inside FEECO’s facility. FEECO provides a vast range of rotary drums including ore agglomerators, granulators, kilns, calciners, coolers, and dryers for your processing needs- all designed in nearly any configuration. From parallel or counter-current flow, direct or Continue reading →
This week’s photo shows several trunnion wheels under production in the FEECO manufacturing facility. Trunnion wheels are an integral part of any rotary drum base. Made up of a harder steel than the drum tire, the trunnion wheels carry the weight of the drum and Continue reading →
This week’s photo shows two FEECO agglomerators installed at an ore processing facility. Adding an agglomerator to a heap leaching operation not only increases efficiency, but also maximizes metal recovery, whether the operation is for gold, silver, copper, or nickel ore. These agglomerators work by Continue reading →
