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Granular fertilizer has a very beneficial effect on plant growth, by regulated release of nutrients, by avoiding washing away of fertilizer salts, and by making NPK application uniform. Poor storage conditions and long storage without conditioning result in formation of lumps and powder, the benefits of granulation/prilling are largely lost by non uniform application, washing away of powdery fertilizer, and also making mechanical application of fertilizer impossible. This poor conditioning can lead to a sizable percentage reduction in yields of the farm; all this when a considerable amount of capital is deployed and cost is incurred in NPK/urea plants especially to provide granular/prilled product.
Prevention of such caking of fertilizer and making the fertilizer retain its customer values, is achieved by providing a uniform coating of cationic/anionic/complex forming chemical formulations, in the final steps of manufacturing process of fertilizer.
FERTIBON anticaking agents, help preserve the granular nature of the urea and N.P.K. fertilizer, and a wide variety of chemicals of specific nature are required to effectively prevent caking of fertilisers, depending on whether it is urea, or urea based N.P.K., or CAN, or nitro-phosphatic N.P.K
Fertilizers such as superphosphates, ammonium sulphate, and DAP (in that order) generally do not call for anticaking treatment owing to their reasonable dry, limited hygroscopic nature, when compared with urea, urea based NPK, ammonium nitrate, CAN and ammonium nitrate based NPK, which show increased hygroscopicity. In general, an increase in the components of NPK makes the fertilizer more and more hygorscopic.
Factors contributing to caking of fertilizers are Hygroscopicity, Moisture Content, Granular Size, Pressure, Ambient Temperature and Storing Conditions. |
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FERTIBON Anticaking Agents are incorporated with active ingredients based on surface activity and ionic activity relating to crystal growth modification/suppression during storage of fertilizers, a host of promoters, migrating aids, lubricants, softeners and carrier solids and liquids, apart from coupling agents, are required to enable the organic chemicals to effectively interact with the hydrophilic fertilizer salt surfaces. FERTIBON Anticaking Agents are non rubber reactive as normally used oil vehicles/carriers cause distress to the product conveyor belt system. . FERTIBON Anticaking Agents are non-toxic in nature,and do not cause any skin toxicity/irritation, plant/micro-organism toxicity related to agricultural use of NPK etc. In the specific case of urea, since it is additionally used as a technical-industrial product in resin manufacture, the use of anticaking agents will have to be compatible with such technical uses of urea.
FERTIBON Anticaking Agents are tailor-made based on specific process problems and needs, over a wide span of fertilizer salts. . FERTIBON also provide engineering service requirement in installation and operation of the dosing systems for controlled, cost effective dosing of . FERTIBON Anticaking Agents onto Fertilizer |
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For users of . FERTIBON Anticaking Agents for Fertilizers, differing in designs, granule/prill strength, presence of fines, moisture content and a host of other factors, it is necessary to take into account these factors before deciding the economic level of dosing and the engineering method for dosing. We invite all our valued customers to take advantage of our engineering service by spelling out their constraints and objectives for proper recommendations.
FERTIBON Anticaking Agents can be evaluated by IFDC procedures in laboratory as well as in the field. Details of the procedures can be provided on request. It is our earnest endeavour to be of assistance in achieving customer’s objectives by use of . FERTIBON Anticaking Agents and be rid of problems associated with conditioning of Fertilizer. |
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