This Week’s Featured Articles: Bucket Elevator Design Decisions, Kaolin Clay Calcination, and Rotary Kiln Air Flow

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Carrie Carlson
Technical Writer

Each week on our home page, we feature three articles that are highly relevant under the current market circumstances. This week, we’re highlighting:

Four Design Decisions to Prepare for When Purchasing a Bucket Elevator

In Four Design Decisions to Prepare for When Purchasing a Bucket Elevator, we look at the key design decisions behind engineering a bucket elevator for a given application. This includes the choice between a centrifugal or continuous elevator, bucket styles, customization, and more.   

The Calcination of Kaolin Clay

In The Calcination of Kaolin Clay, we cover how the calcination process changes kaolin clay, as well as how it can be used to control parameters in the end product. 

Co-Current vs. Counter Current: Kiln Air Flow

In Co-Current vs. Counter Current: Kiln Air Flow we explore the two types of air flow that are used in direct-fired rotary kilns, including how each one works and why one might be better than the other depending on the material and processing goals.  

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Carrie Carlson is a technical writer and visual designer.

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