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Focus: Solids Storage and Handling

| By Scott Jenkins

Custom fluidized-bed dryers for specific applications

This company has added fluidized-bed dryers (photo) to its product portfolio. Known for their versatility and efficiency, fluidized-bed dryers offer solutions for drying bulk solids across various industries, including chemicals, minerals and fertilizers. The fluidized-bed offerings from this company are meant to complement its rotary dryer line, broadening its ability to offer drying technology that fits the needs of a wide range of applications. The company also offers testing and process development at its innovation center, where users can test materials using a pilot-scale fluidized-bed dryer in a controlled environment. Testing is designed to promote seamless scaleup by optimizing dryer designs and evaluating process variables ranging from temperature and retention time, to air flow velocity and others. — FEECO International, Green Bay, Wis.

www.feeco.com