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What are the best options to prevent build up of sticky material in a drum agglomerator. This is an acid agglomerator. Build-up of a ring of material occurs part way down the agglomerator between the acid spray pipe and the water spray pipe. (See picture)
I have seen comments regarding chains or rubber flaps being a solution. Anyone tried these?
Does lifter configuration cause issues. These are simple wooden lifters.
Changes made so far to rotation speed (increased from 5.5 to 6.2tpm) , drum inclination (increased from 4deg to 5deg) and position of acid/water sprays (decreased gap between acid sprays and water sprays. Build up occurs between the 2 sprays..