pelletization
Making small spheres
Pelletization is the process of forming material into small, rounded pellets.
Industrial applications include compressing iron ore fines into pellets for steelmaking, or forming animal feed, fertilizer, or plastic into uniform granules for easier handling and transport.
The plant's pelletization capacity increased after the new equipment was installed.
Making into small grains
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- ballingCreating round shapes
- accretionGrowth through external addition
sintering · bonding · adhesion · cohesion · layering · growth · aggregation · consolidation
Unprocessed manufacturing input
- powderFine dry particles
- binderDevice securing loose pages
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
- concentrateReduced, potent form
bentonite · limestone · biomass · plastics · pharmaceuticals · fertilizer · charcoal · anthracite
Pushing through a die
- dryingMoisture removal process
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
heating · curing · hardening · recycling · calcination · induration
Increasing mass per volume
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- packingPutting items in containers
- brickingLaying rectangular blocks
tableting · pressing · molding · forming · binding · solidification · caking
State of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- sphericityDegree of roundness
- porosityVoid space density
- hardnessResistance to penetration
granulation
Making into small grains
- nucleationInitial cluster formation
- coalescenceUniting into one mass
- ballingCreating round shapes
accretion · sintering · bonding · adhesion · cohesion · layering · growth · aggregation · consolidation · clustering
feedstock
Unprocessed manufacturing input
concentrate · bentonite · limestone · biomass · plastics · pharmaceuticals · fertilizer · charcoal · anthracite · taconite
extrusion
Pushing through a die
conditioning · heating · curing · hardening · recycling · calcination · induration
densification
Increasing mass per volume
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- packingPutting items in containers
bricking · tableting · pressing · molding · forming · binding · solidification · caking
uniformity
State of being identical
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- sphericityDegree of roundness
- porosityVoid space density
extruder
Machine forcing material through openings
conveyor · classifier · screener · cooler · dryer
pelletizationgrinding
Molar action sometimes
crushing · pulverization · milling · granulation · disintegration
pelletizationpulverization
Crushing into fine particles
disaggregation · dispersion · dissolution · decomposition · crumbling
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