Venturi eductor achieves maintenance victory
A nickel producer replaces a glycol-cooled screw conveyer and rotary airlock with a venturi eductor to successfully convey high-temperature, abrasive dust without constant equipment repairs.
High maintenance concerns were the biggest driver in getting rid of our old screw conveyor system," says Gary Lederhaus, maintenance section coordinator at Inco Ltd.'s Manitoba Operations. "To process our material at a continuous rate, we needed a highly reliable, lowmaintenance system that could handle extremely hot and abrasive materials."