Fertilizer Industry
AMECO machines allow for all storage configurations, either for indoor or outdoor applications.
Portal Reclaimer
The portal scraper is normally used in a production line as bulk material buffer store.
The store operates with stockpiles placed in line. While building up one pile, another pile is being reclaimed. Being the historically main product of AMECO since 1932, we have a very strong knowledge in this system and our machines are handling a broad range of bulk materials.
The portal scraper reclaimer is moving alongside the pile to be reclaimed onto two tracks supported on concrete foundations and located at each side of the pile.
The reclaiming is accomplished by one or several (max.3) luffing arm(s) long enough to reach across the full pile. The arm is provided with chains and blades for dragging the material to a belt conveyor located alongside the pile.
The machine may be operated from a local console located inside the cabin or from a remote location.
Download AMECO brochure for portal reclaimers
Rotary scrapers for prilling towers
The chemical process of fertilizers like urea and ammonium nitrates can use what is called a prilling process.
The function of the process is to change the product from a liquid into a solid pebble by dropping it from the top of a tower into an ascending air draft thus forming prills which fall onto the floor of the tower.
On order to automatically reclaim these prills AMECO has developped a reclaimer designed 100% of the prills with close or no degradation of the product.
The reclaimer is composed of a triangular shaped boom supporting adjustable and replaceable blades. This boom is suported onto a slewing ring with internal gear to be driven by an electrically powered drive composed of : motor, reducer, hydraulic coupling and spur gear pinion.
The reclaimer rotates at the bottom of the tower and loads the prills onto a belt conveyor located below a trough installed inside the tower floor.
The reclaimer is designed to fit to the shape of the floor of the prilling tower, that can be flat or conical.
Slewing reclaimer
In spite of the position in the middle of the stack and although this space cannot be used for stocking, the use of a shed is more rational than for other types of reclaiming machines.
The main advantage of this reclaimer lies in the fact that the stocking area can be used to the maximum. This reclaimer is designed to reclaim bulk materials from a reclaimer traveling in the pile.
This reclaimer is composed of the following main parts :
1. A scraper arm mounted on a slewing superstructure and also able to be luffed between horizontal and +45°. The reclaiming is achieved by means of blades bolted on chains located around the scraper arm.
2. A bucket elevator system
3. A self supporting conveyor arm with mobile hopper
3. A four-wheel undercarriage traveling on two rails