The installation of a new rotary drum, be it a dryer, cooler, agglomerator, or otherwise, requires careful consideration. To ensure your drum is properly installed, take a look at the following guidelines: Have a Service Technician on Site A service technician from the manufacturer should …
This week’s then and now photos highlight FEECO’s trunnion wheels. The photo on the left takes us back to the 1950s, merely years after our founding, and the image on the right is from 2016. Since our doors first opened in March of 1951, our …
This week’s photo highlights one of FEECO’s many replacement/spare parts: the thrust roller. Thrust rollers are a standard component to any rotary drum, from rotary dryers and coolers, to granulators and kilns. They ride on the downhill and uphill edge of the tire, and are …
The girth gear is part of the drive assembly of a rotary drum, be it a dryer, cooler, kiln, or otherwise. This assembly type uses interlocking girth and pinion gears to drive rotation of the drum. What girth gear types and sizes are available? FEECO …
This week’s photo, taken in the FEECO Fabrication facility, shows a FEECO employee using a laser shaft alignment tool to properly align the coupling on the shafts of a drive assembly. The coupling joins the shafts between the drive motor and reducer. The shafts are …
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 …
A rotary drum in any industrial process setting, whether it is serving as a dryer, cooler, kiln, or agglomeration drum, is a critical component in the process loop; in most cases, if the rotary drum is offline, the remainder of the process must go down …
This week’s photo shows a combination of feeler gauges and a caliper, tools used to measure the space between the flotation blocks and inside face of the rotary drum tire, or the cold gap of the tire. The distance between the tire and flotation blocks …
As supply chains continue to experience unpredictability due to a range of factors, FEECO is recommending plant managers and maintenance personnel stock up on essential OEM parts to keep production moving across operations in every industrial setting. Here’s a look at the situation and what …
This week’s photo highlights a graphite block. Graphite blocks are placed above the trunnion wheel, on the opposite side of the drive base, and leave a coating of graphite on the trunnion wheel as the drum rotates. The coating helps reduce wear on the tire as it …