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Guide to the Design, Selection, and Application of Screw Feeders

ISBN: 978-1-86058-285-1
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176 pages
April 2008
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Chapter 1. Introduction.

1.1. Screw Applications.

1.2. Properties of Bulk Solids.

Chapter 2. Classes of Screw Equipment.

2.1. Screw Conveyors.

2.2. Screw elevators.

2.3. Screw Feeders.

Chapter 3. Screw Feeder Types.

3.1. Collecting Screw Feeders.

3.2. Screw Conveyor/Feeders.

3.3. Bin Discharge Screw Feeders.

3.4. Metering Screw Feeders.

Chapter 4. Screw Construction.

4.1. Mechanics of Screws.

4.2. Screw Forms.

4.3. Materials of Construction and Finish.

Chapter 5. Interfacing Screw Feeders with Hoppers.

5.1. Flow Patterns in Hoppers.

5.2. Screw Geometry.

5.3. Feed Hopper Geometry.

5.4. Screw Extraction Patterns.

Chapter 6. Selection Criteria.

6.1. Forms of Equipment.

6.2. Hazards and Limitations.

6.3. Capacity.

6.4. Power.

Chapter 7. Special Forms of Screw Feeders.

7.1. Non-standard Types.

7.2. Feeders with Process Function.

7.3. Features and Accessories.

Chapter 8. Case Studies.

8.1. Agitated Feeder.

8.2. Loss in Weight Feeder Make-up System.

8.3. Inclined Screw Feeder with Twin Agitator.

Bibliography.

Index.

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