Elan Technology, an award-winning manufacturer has announced the approval of a Rotary Calciner Project. This major capital improvement project includes construction of a 15,000 square foot building which will house the rotary calciner and automated material handling equipment.

“We’ve begun construction of the building and have contracted with Heyl Patterson for the new rotary calciner,” Terry McCormick, Chief Operating Officer at Elan Technology, said. “Once the project is completed later this year, we anticipate adding approximately 10% to our workforce,” McCormick added.

Elan Technology is the largest independent U.S. company in its field and has produced advanced ceramic and glass products for over 70 years. Elan Technology's advanced materials serve a number of industries, including the automotive, telecommunications, appliance, electronic, aerospace, and defense industries. In 2017, the State of Georgia named Elan Technology its Georgia Automotive Innovator of the Year.

Rotary calciners can be used in a variety of thermal treatment applications, such as drying or decomposition of bulk materials. According to McCormick, the Rotary Calciner Project will expand Elan Technology’s materials processing capability, adding value for existing customers and creating the opportunity to attract new ones.

This new equipment will be an indirect fired rotary calciner, which means that it will be heated from the outside of an enclosed chamber and can process materials that are sensitive to oxidation, susceptible to contamination, are fine or dusty, or thermally sensitive. As a result of these advantages, the indirect fired rotary calciner is able to process a wide variety of materials.