4-5 T/H Bentonite Cat Litter Factory in the United States

The United States is one of the largest bentonite producers in the world. Its main production areas are located in Mississippi, Texas and Florida. Mississippi is the largest bentonite producer in the United States, accounting for more than 70% of the country's total output. The construction site of this project is in Mississippi, USA.

The client of this 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project was formerly a bentonite processing plant, which was built in 2015. Its main product is foundry-grade bentonite.

In order to utilize bentonite resources more efficiently and comprehensively, the customer of this project took advantage of resources and invested in the construction of a bentonite cat litter production line with an annual output of 30,000 tons.

The labor capacity of this project is 20 people. The workers and auxiliary workers are all working in three shifts of 8 hours each, and the management personnel are in the day shift, with 8 hours each shift. They work 300 days a year.

Product solutions

The bentonite cat litter product solution for this 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project is as follows:

Main technical indicators of cat litter

Packaging and storage

The cat litter is packed with an inner layer of plastic film and an outer layer of plastic woven bags or as per user requirements. The packaging weight is 25±0.25kg\50±0.5kg or in bulk by car or ship or according to user requirements. Store in a ventilated, cool and dry place.

Characteristics of bentonite cat litter

According to actual observations of the bentonite cat litter market and users' application responses, bentonite cat litter should have the following properties:

• It has a certain deodorizing ability and can absorb the odor of pet feces;
• There is enough water absorption to ensure that all the pet’s urine can be absorbed into the cat litter;
• After cat litter absorbs pet urine, the blocks formed have a certain clumping strength and are easy to clean.

Construction Content

This 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project covers an area of 20,000 square meters. The main construction content is: building a new production workshop of 5,000 square meters, a warehouse of 800 square meters, office and living rooms of 500 square meters, and the construction of other supporting facilities; purchasing 76 main production equipment (sets) ), with an annual production capacity of 30,000 tons of bentonite cat litter. The composition of this project is shown in the table below:

Equipment for 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States

The main equipment used in this 4-5 tons bentonite cat litter production line in USA project includes:

Raw and auxiliary material supply and energy consumption

Public works and auxiliary works

Power supply

This 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project builds a new substation and distribution station, which contains high and low voltage distribution rooms, transformer rooms, and duty rooms.

After the power enters the factory area, it is led down through the terminal pole and directly buried with high-voltage power cables into the power transformation and distribution room.

For the high voltage in the transformer and distribution room, KYN2-10Z type switch cabinet is selected, which is equipped with a vacuum circuit breaker; the transformer is equipped with overcurrent interruption, gas, and temperature zero sequence protection.

The low-voltage power distribution operates in two sections with a single busbar, and a GCS-type low-voltage power distribution panel is selected. , CW1 and CM1 automatic switches are used in the screen for overcurrent and quick-break protection.

The electrical equipment adopts centralized control, and the XL-51 electric box is used as the power distribution equipment. Knife fuse switches, automatic air switches, contactors and thermal breakers are used in the power distribution box as overcurrent, short circuit, and loss protection for the power distribution and motor.

The secondary load backup power supply adopts the terminal self-throwing method. The power line control lines of the electrical equipment are all hidden through protective tubes. The power lines use copper cables and waterproof cables, and the control lines use KVV-500 control cables.

Lighting

1. Lighting for production, offices and other ancillary buildings
   It is configured according to standard illumination. The lighting fixtures are mainly fluorescent lamps and energy-saving lamps. The lighting distribution box is XRM04 type. The opening and closing of the lamps are centralized controlled. All lighting lines are covered with BV-500 wire protection tubes.
2. Power exterior lines and road lighting
   The 10 kV power line uses YJV22-10KV high-voltage power cable, which is led down from the terminal pole and directly buried for diffraction. The road lighting in the field area uses high-pressure sodium street lamps. The street lamps are controlled in the low-voltage power distribution room. The street lamp lines use VV22-1KV type power cables for direct burial diffraction.

Lightning protection and grounding protection

The buildings, structures and metal equipment in the 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States factory area are all equipped with lightning protection devices. The ground resistance against lightning strikes is less than 30 ohms.

The transformer is a neutral point grounding system with a ground resistance less than 4 ohms. The power supply of each workshop is repeatedly grounded when entering the house, and the ground resistance is less than 10 ohms. Ohm, all electrical equipment are protected by TM-S system.

Communication

The cat litter factory is designed to use one external telephone for external communication, and the communication external line is provided by the local telecommunications department.

Firefighting

The production plants and office buildings of this 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project are equipped with a certain number of ABC portable dry powder fire extinguishers for use in the event of an initial fire.

Fire-fighting water is directly supplied from the factory reservoir. Electrical equipment and workshop lighting in sections with fire hazards are Use explosion-proof or explosion-proof facilities.

General layout

Follow the general layout design specifications of the factory area, and while meeting the requirements of building fire protection regulations, try to achieve a reasonable layout, clear functional divisions, and smooth transportation.

According to the needs of production and operation, there are two entrances and exits. The main entrance and exit are located on the north side of the site, and the freight entrance and exit are located on the west side of the site. The front area is arranged on both sides of the main entrance.

Offices, garages, weighing rooms, canteens and dormitories are respectively arranged on the west side of the main entrance. Factory buildings and distribution facilities are located on the west side of the main entrance. The electrical room and warehouse are arranged on the east side of the site.

The roads within the site are cement hardened pavements, and the roads are arranged in a ring, which not only meets the needs of transportation, but also meets the requirements of fire safety. The main road in the 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States area is 10 meters wide, the secondary road is 6 meters wide, and the turning radius of the roads is 10 meters.

Process design of 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States

Brief description of bentonite cat litter production process:

This 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project selected RICHI's characteristic bentonite cat litter production technology.

The specific process is to crush, squeeze and stir the raw materials and caustic soda in a semi-dry state under normal temperature conditions to form a granular mixture, and then add a small amount of Water forms semi-dry granular material, which is a process technology of bentonite series through grinding, sieving, granulation, drying and other processes.

1. Processing link
   After the raw materials are crushed and ground, a small amount of water is added to make the moisture reach between 15% and 25%, and then sent to the bentonite cat litter pellet machine for granulation.
2. Drying link
   After the granulation is completed, the materials are sent to the dryer for drying through the conveyor belt.
3. Finished product screening, packaging and warehousing links
   The dried products are screened and selected, bagged, weighed, sealed and stored in warehouse.

Casting grade bentonite production process

In addition to bentonite cat litter, as a bentonite processing plant, this customer also produces foundry grade bentonite. (This production line is original to the customer and is not provided by RICHI). But here, I would like to introduce to you its processing technology.

Casting-grade bentonite is mainly made of raw mineral soil. After natural drying, it is input to the crusher for crushing, ground by grind mill machine, and finally packaged.

1. Drying of raw materials
   The raw bentonite soil is transported to the drying field and dried naturally to achieve a moisture content of about 5%.
2. Crushing and screening
   After the material is dried, it is transported to the crusher via a conveyor belt, and then screened to meet the grinding requirements.
3. Grinding link
   The raw materials are transported by the conveyor to the storage hopper on the main machine, and then are evenly and quantitatively sent to the main machine's grinding chamber through the electromagnetic vibrating feeder for grinding.
   The ground powder rises with the air flow of the fan and is classified by the analyzer. The fine powder enters the large cyclone collector with the air flow through the pipe, is separated and collected, and then is discharged through the powder outlet valve to become the finished powder (finished product).
4. Finished product packaging link
   The finished products processed by grinder machines are transported to the finished product warehouse, bagged, weighed and sealed.

Environmental protection measures

The environmental protection measures adopted by this 4-5 t/h bentonite cat litter factory in the United States project are as follows:

If you want to start a bentonite cat litter factory in the United States, feel free to contact Richi Machinery to get a production line design plan and equipment quote!