Fly ash, a unique by-product of coal burning power plants, can be a cumbersome material to process because of its varying composition and tendency to build-up. Depending on the type of coal and the efficiency of the coal burner, fly ash composition will vary from …
Microscopes help assess the material feed, end-product characteristics, and everything in between when it comes to the agglomeration lab testing process. Microscopes can reveal a material’s minute details – details that the naked eye is incapable of seeing without magnification. Microscopes are especially beneficial in …
This week’s photo shows agglomerate samples from FEECO’s state-of-the-art lab. The briquettes, center gray, were processed with a briquetter. Briquetters utilize mechanical force to shape material fines into larger, denser products. They are particularly useful in creating larger agglomerates, such as charcoal and water softener …
This week’s photo shows briquette samples straight from FEECO’s lab. Our technicians used a briquetter to transform these powdery materials into more easily handled products. Briquetters utilize mechanical force to shape fine materials into a larger, denser form. The material is fed into a roll …
This week’s photo comes straight from FEECO’s lab, where a technician is examining pellets on a disc pelletizer (pan granulator). While processing a material, it is often necessary to stop and examine pellets, checking for uniform binder distribution, pellet size, and other factors, and then …
This week’s photo comes from FEECO’s lab testing center, where an organic material is being fed to a paddle mixer. Organic materials often fall into one of two categories: low moisture (<30% water) or high moisture (>60% water). As a general rule of thumb, low …
Our photo this week shows potash granules created in our state-of-the-art lab facility, where we not only work with potash compaction granulation processes, but potash pelletization as well. Because different potash deposits have varying minerals, processing can often be a challenge, requiring subtle adjustments to …
Whether recovering a valuable component from waste, drying a precursor material, or performing a chemical reaction to yield an end product, establishing a safe, effective, and efficient thermal process often relies on thermal testing procedures like those carried out in the FEECO Innovation Center. Testing …
This week’s photo shows synthetic gypsum pellets that were agglomerated in FEECO’s lab facility on a disc pelletizer. Disc pelletizers, also commonly referred to as pan pelletizers, are just one of the many options in agglomeration equipment at FEECO. Our line also includes paddle and …
This week’s photo is a crush strength tester, a piece of equipment commonly used by Lab Engineers in FEECO’s testing facility. The crush strength tester determines how much weight, in pounds, a pellet can withstand before it breaks. The analysis provides significant value in regards …