Ground walnut shells have been used for centuries for things such as polishing wood and making paint. However, ground walnut shells have been discovered to have some surprisingly practical applications in recent years. They are a cost-effective and environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional materials, making them popular for various uses. What are Ground Walnut Shells? Ground… Read more »
Glass Recycling: Glass Cullet Production Equipment
It takes a lot of energy, water, and raw materials like sand (silica), limestone, soda ash, and clarifying agents to make glass. After all, it is one of the manufactured materials that can be countlessly recycled without losing purity. Consequently, most newly manufactured glass materials are made using a significant portion of recycled glass. Before… Read more »
Equipment Guide for Processing Hemp on an Industrial Scale
Cannabis –also known as hemp or industrial hemp–is cultivated for its fiber or edible seeds. Hemp is often confused with the cannabis plant, the source of marijuana and hashish. Although hemp, marijuana, and hashish derive from the same plant species Cannabis and contain Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive compound, hemp has only smaller amounts of THC… Read more »
Processing Coal and Petroleum Coke
The process of extracting a base metal from an ore, known as smelting, is an energy-intensive process. The most used fuel for iron ore smelting is coke. However, it is also used as a fuel in forges, stoves, and extraction of many valuable metals. Coke is a tough yet porous grey-colored fuel made from coal… Read more »
Using the Rotodryer for Distiller’s Mash
Distilleries, breweries, and biofuel plants generate large amounts of distillers’ grain as their by-products. This cereal by-product, a mixture of rice, corn, and other grains, is created by drying and distilling mash. Distillers’ grains come in two standard types – Wet Distillers’ Grains (WDG) and Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS). WDG primarily contains unfermented… Read more »
Turning Wood Scrap Into Wood Fibers
Every year, the world generates 16 million tons of wood scrap. Though most of this scrap wood can be recycled, only 15 percent of it is. This occurs even though recycling costs far less in energy and materials than utilizing virgin lumber. In many places, recycling wood scrap is even cheaper than dumping it in… Read more »
The Benefits of Extruding Soy
The domestication of soybeans can be traced back thousands of years to China in the 11th century BCE. Though they were believed to have been introduced to the North American colonies about a decade before the American Revolutionary War, the term “soybeans” only came into use in the United States during the early 19th century…. Read more »
Breaking Down E-Waste for Precious Metal Extraction
Discarded electronics that reach the end of their lifecycles and are no longer in functioning condition are often referred to as e-waste. E-waste includes smaller devices like cell phones, DVD players, calculators, and bulkier equipment like refrigerators, washing machines, and other large appliances. This e-waste contains aluminum, copper, ferrous metals, gold, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver,… Read more »
How to Get the Most Out of Your Rotary Dryer
Though industrial rotary dryers are used mainly in the chemical and mining industries, they are also used in other sectors. The food industry utilizes rotary dryers for dehydrating waste materials like vegetable trimmings and citrus peels. They’re also employed to minimize moisture in animal feed without directly contacting the material with heated gas. Rotary dryer… Read more »
How to Get Flour Finer with a Rotormill
Flour is generally made from wheat kernels, which have three basic components. These include the bran, endosperm, and germ. The bran and germ contain high amounts of fiber, minerals, natural oils, and nutrients, along with protein. The endosperm is mainly made up of protein and starch. The endosperm is used exclusively when producing refined or… Read more »