EDA Inc.
Engineering and Design Associates, Inc.
1033 Carter Street
Folsom California 95630 USA
(916) 941-5376 e-mail
1033 Carter Street
Folsom California 95630 USA
(916) 941-5376 e-mail
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Production O'Brien Agglomerators are all custom manufactured. Every new application is a scale up from a smaller pilot plant or lab scale agglomerator, such as the Benchtop Agglomerator.
Every O'Brien Agglomerator ever made (since the 1960's) is either still in operation or capable of operation. These machines are simple to operate and repair.
Below is a sampling of the different sizes and types of O'Brien Agglomerators that have been manufactured.
The Benchtop Agglomerator is the smallest agglomerator that is still dimensionally consistent for reliable scale up to production units.
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Production O'Brien Agglomerators are all custom manufactured. Every new application is a scale up from a smaller pilot plant or lab scale agglomerator, such as the Benchtop Agglomerator.
Every O'Brien Agglomerator ever made (since the 1960's) is either still in operation or capable of operation. These machines are simple to operate and repair.
Below is a sampling of the different sizes and types of O'Brien Agglomerators that have been manufactured.
The Benchtop Agglomerator is the smallest agglomerator that is still dimensionally consistent for reliable scale up to production units.
The Benchtop Agglomerator is on the left. This setup was for a customer that sprayed thick liquids. The drum is 12 inch diameter, 12 inches long.
The slightly larger agglomerator in the back is a 3' diameter agglomerator.
More information on the Benchtop Agglomerator is available here.
This is a 3' diameter Agglomerator. This was a production unit customized for a mining operation.
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This is an older 3' Diameter Agglomerator made for a major consumer products company.
The agglomerator internals were designed for basic research. The bar spacing, spiral size and placement were all easily changed.
Many production O'Brien agglomerators were double drums as shown below. The upper drum is the agglomerator, the lower drum is a rotary dryer. The O'Brien Agglomerator never adds excessive amounts of water, so expensive drying systems, such as a fluidized bed, are not needed. The drying load on these lower drums are usually no more then a few formula percent water.
These are stacked to eliminate problems handling wet powders.
Note the small slot at the right hand (discharge) end of the lower drum. These could be fitted with wire mesh screens to eliminate the need for a secondary screening operation. Many production O'Brien agglomerators were double drums as shown below. The upper drum is the agglomerator, the lower drum is a rotary dryer. The O'Brien Agglomerator never adds excessive amounts of water, so expensive drying systems, such as a fluidized bed, are not needed. The drying load on these lower drums are usually no more then a few formula percent water.
These are stacked to eliminate problems handling wet powders.
This could produce about 8,000 lb/hour of a conventional laundry detergent.
This is a larger two-drum O'Brien that produces over 40,000 lb/hr.
Note the motorized spray boom to easily maintain the spray nozzles.
The sheetmetal enclosureis designed for dust collection.
Below are some more single drum production agglomerators.
This agglomerator below was customized for research and production. The array of customer specified gauges can be seen on the panel above the front of the agglomerator.
For further information contact
Jim Mahar
EDA Inc.
1033 Carter Street
Folsom CA USA
916-941-5376
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