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Featured Chemical Processing Equipment Categories

Glass-lined Agitators
1
Stainless Steel Agitators
7
Carbon Steel Autoclaves
3
Aluminum
1
Carbon Steel
6
Plastic
4
Stainless Steel
86
Basket Centrifuges
17
Continuous Solid Bowl Centrifuges
14
Disc Centrifuges
18
Miscellaneous Centrifuges
10
Super Centrifuges
3
Aluminum Classifiers
1
Stainless Steel Classifiers
6
Belt Conveyors
43
Screw Conveyors
26
Slat Conveyors
7
Single-Shaft Dispersers
0
Multi-Shaft Dispersers
0
Miscellaneous. Dispersers
0
Fiberglass Distillation Columns
1
Glass Lined Distillation Columns
5
Stainless Steel Distillation Columns
7
Belt-Apron Dryers
1
Calciners and Indirect Kilns
4
Conoform Dryers
13
Double & Triple Drum Dryers
2
Oven Dryers
67
Flash Dryers
1
Freeze Dryers / Lyophilizers
29
Holoflite Dryers
7
Miscellaneous Dryers
2
Nauta Dryers
2
Rotary & Steam Tube Dryers
3
Rotary Kilns
2
Rotary Vacuum Dryers
3
Spray Dryers
26
Tray Rotary Dryers
1
Vacuum Pan Dryers
5
Vacuum Shelf Dryers
4
Agitated Evaporators
12
Vacuum Rated Evaporators
11
Belt Vacuum Filters
5
Filter Press Skeletons
1
Filter Presses
13
Inline Basket Filters
97
Miscellaneous Filters
19
Nutsche Filters
13
Pressure Filters
15
Rotary Vacuum Filters
4
Vacuum Pan Filters
0
Block Heat Exchangers
11
Coil Condenser Heat Exchangers
5
Plate Heat Exchangers
30
Scraped Surface Heat Exchangers
2
Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
52
Spiral Heat Exchangers
3
Bag Dump Station
17
Bucket Elevators
5
Drum & Bin Lifts & Handlers
35
Forklifts & Misc. Material Handling
46
Feeders
50
Super Sack / Bulk Bag Loader
11
Super Sack / Bulk Bag Unloader
17
Ball Mill / Pebble Jar Mills
22
Calenders
2
Colloid Mills
7
Comil / Cone / Conical Mills
35
Comil Screens and Parts
19
Crushers
1
Hammer Mills & Fitzmills
62
Homogenizers / Emulsifiers
33
Media Mills
41
Micro Pulverizers
13
Oscillating Granulators
7
Pellet Mills / Spheronizers
30
Pug Mills
8
Pulverizers
33
Three Roll Mills
8
Two Roll Mills
6
Bin Blenders
18
Tri Blenders
12
Double Arm Mixers
19
Double Cone Blenders
10
Fluidized Zone Mixers
4
High-Intensity Mixers
14
Internal Rotor / Continuous Mixers
16
Miscellaneous Mixers & Blenders
22
Mueller Intensive Mixers
3
Munson Rotary Mixers
1
Nauta Mixers
5
Paddle & Ribbon Mixers
55
Planetary Mixers
95
Plow Mixers
24
Single Arm Mixers
2
Twin Shell Blenders
87
Agitated Reactors
139
Alloy Reactors
18
Glass Reactors
4
Glass-lined Reactors
32
Stainless Steel Reactors
139
Glass-lined Agitators
23
Glass-lined Baffles
26
Glass-lined Dip Pipes
3
Glass-lined Manway Covers
6
Glass-lined Pro Rings
1
Glass-lined Reactor Tops
3
Glass-lined Valves
5
Scales & Balances
52
Circular Screens
102
Agitated Tanks / Mixing Kettles
98
Alloy Tanks
12
Aluminum Tanks
2
Carbon Steel Tanks
25
Glass Tanks
4
Glass-lined Tanks
15
Plastic Tanks
3
Stainless Steel Tanks
336
Carbon Steel Valves
18
Stainless Steel Valves
17

Chemical Sectors Served

We provide a full selection of used equipment to serve key sectors of the chemicals industry:

  • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
  • Adhesives and Glues
  • Aerosols
  • Agrochem
  • Batch, Custom and Specialty Chemicals
  • Biofuels/Biomass (algae, biodiesel, ethanol,    solid biofuels)
  • Biologics
  • Building and Construction Materials
  • Ceramics
  • Cleaning Agents
  • Combustion Equipment
  • Feed Processing
  • Finished Product Forms (liquids/gels, powders,    solids)
  • Inks, Paints & Dyes
  • Lubricants
  • Metal Coatings
  • Minerals & Grains
  • Oil & Gas
  • Paper & Pulp
  • Performance Materials
  • Petrochemical
  • Polymer
  • Potash
  • Powder Coatings
  • Sealants and Coatings
  • Soaps and Household Products
  • Urethane Elastomers
  • Waste

Recognized Chemical Processing Equipment Manufacturers

Logo for Alfa Laval
Alfa Laval
21
Logo for Cherry-Burrell
Cherry-Burrell
5
Logo for DCI
DCI
37
Logo for De Dietrich
De Dietrich
23
Logo for GEA
GEA
26
Logo for Gemco
Gemco
12
Logo for Hosokawa
Hosokawa
11
Logo for Lee Industries
Lee Industries
30
Logo for Littleford
Littleford
21
Logo for NETZSCH
NETZSCH
11
Logo for Patterson-Kelley
Patterson-Kelley
73
Logo for Pfaudler
Pfaudler
118
Logo for Quadro
Quadro
148
Logo for Ross
Ross
53
Logo for Sharples
Sharples
9
Logo for Sparkler
Sparkler
4
Logo for Westfalia
Westfalia
8

Used Utility Equipment for Chemical Manufacturers

Utilities are essential for bringing the manufacturing process to life. For decades, Federal Equipment Company has helped chemical manufacturers source used utility equipment to reduce capital equipment costs and, at times, access used equipment when new equipment is unavailable or requires long lead times.

Used Chemical Equipment FAQs

My company is liquidating one of our plants. How can I sell used chemical processing equipment?

For over 65 years, Federal Equipment Company has been a reliable resource for all processing and packaging equipment needs with expertise to buy and sell used industrial equipment in the chemical processing industry.

We mitigate the headaches of asset management for companies seeking to sell equipment with accurate appraisals based on in-depth knowledge and experience and advice on options to optimize the recouped value. We bring further value through fast, expert removal and cash liquidity. Connect with our team of experts to discuss selling your equipment.

We highly encourage your team to come on-site to inspect our equipment, and we do everything in our power to run the equipment of interest. Often, our customers even send an OEM representative to conduct the inspection. However, we understand that representatives from your company may not always be available to inspect equipment in person. Therefore, we offer live video tours and demonstrations.

The categories of chemical processing equipment Federal Equipment Company most commonly sell truly reflect the industry’s needs and diversity. Essentially, we deal in the full spectrum of equipment required to run chemical processing plants, including:

  • Used glass lined reactors
  • Used stainless steel reactors
  • Used Hastelloy reactors
  • Used stainless steel tanks
  • Used glass-lined tanks
  • Used shell and tube heat exchangers
  • Used spiral heat exchangers
  • Used plate heat exchangers
  • Used stainless steel heat exchangers
  • Used Hastelloy heat exchangers
  • Used ribbon blenders
  • Used stainless steel ribbon blenders
  • Used paddle blenders
  • Used stainless steel paddle blenders
  • Used filter presses
  • Used stainless steel filter presses
  • Used poly plate filter presses
  • Used filter dryers
  • Used stainless steel filter dryers
  • Used Hastelloy filter dryers
  • Used Nutsche filters
  • Used rotary vacuum filters
  • Used stainless steel rotary vacuum filters
  • Used basket centrifuges
  • Used stainless steel basket filters
  • Used Hastelloy basket centrifuges
  • Used decanter centrifuges
  • Used stainless steel decanter centrifuges
  • Used disc centrifuges
  • Used stainless steel disc centrifuges
  • Used twin shell blenders
  • Used stainless steel twin shell blenders
  • Used double cone blenders
  • Used stainless steel double cone blenders
  • Used glass lined double cone blenders
  • Used Nauta mixers
  • Used stainless steel Nauta mixers
  • Used rotary steam tube dryers
  • Used stainless steel rotary steam tube dryers
  • Used tray dryers
  • Used stainless steel tray dryers
  • Used spray dryers
  • Used stainless steel spray dryers

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