Photo of the Week: Pellets from the FEECO Innovation Center

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Jenny Seim
Technical Writer

Pellet Samples from the FEECO Innovation Center

Today’s photo highlights various pellet samples produced in the FEECO Innovation Center.   The Innovation Center offers pelletization test work to transform raw material fines or dusts into round, spherical pellets as outlined in today’s featured photo. Test work is designed around each customer’s unique …

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The Importance of Material Knowledge

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Chris Kozicki
Agglomeration Expert

Material Characteristics

Why is material knowledge fundamental to process and product design? To answer that question, let’s suppose that you operate a glass treatment facility that sorts, crushes, and then melts recycled glass into a new product. You notice there is a significant loss in crushed glass …

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Drying Feasibility Testing

This article was co-authored by:

Carrie Carlson
Technical Writer

Shane Le Capitaine
Thermal Processing Expert

Flights inside of a rotary dryer (drier)

Feasibility testing for drum drying processes offers valuable information when designing an industrial drying system. Feasibility testing offers the opportunity to confirm the viability of your intended process, as well as to work out process variables and other unknown data points, helping to define a …

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