Our Approach
How do we design effective feeders?
Jenike & Johanson provides effective functional engineering for feeders. Our designs consider:
- Configuration that meets your needs (e.g., throughput, spatial constraints)
- Critical bulk material flow properties that help to determine feeder features
- Features for screws, belts or aprons, and rotary valves:
- Screw: tapered shaft and increasing pitch to maintain mass flow
- Belt: interface design between hopper and feeder for mass flow
- Rotary valve: spool above rotary valve including vent design
- Vibratory: interface design to ensure mass flow discharge
- Operational requirements: e.g., speed, power, torque, or special features
Expertise
Experience Highlights
- Design/supply of 450 mm dia. twin mass flow screws for feeding wood chips
- Retrofit of coal belt feeder with innovative interface that allows belt reversing
- Development of specialized micro-dosing feeder for granular product
- Design of 300 mm dia. mass flow screw for hot lime at 800° F (427º C)
- Design of air assisted/fluidized feed system for ultra-low density microspheres
- Supply of high accuracy biomass dosing feeder operating at high pressure
Next Steps
What's Next?
After completion of the feeder’s functional design, Jenike & Johanson can provide mechanical design and structural engineering services that result in drawings needed for fabrication. This additional engineering task is a vital step for achieving successful feeder implementation. We can also supply mass flow screw feeders.
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