Conveying systems

CONVEYING SYSTEMS
  • Transporting feed ingredients from one place to another for the purpose of feed processing some of conveyor systems are adopted.
  • Commonly used conveyor systems are,
    • Screw type conveyors
    • Bucket elevator

Screw type conveyors

  • Screw conveyors consist of a revolving continuous or broken spiral flighting (auger) that operates inside a casing.
  • Usually operates in one direction only to move bulk material such as meal or grain.
  • U trough screws are typically used for horizontal conveying while tube conveyors are used for vertical applications or where dust is a factor.

Bucket elevator

  • The centrifugal bucket conveyor is one of the most widely used conveyors in the animal feed industry.
  • It consists of a continuous belt with buckets attached along its length.
  • The material is fed into the bottom of the conveyor with the rising upwards facing bucket picking up the material.
  • When the buckets reach the top of the elevator and go over the top pulley (drum), the centrifugal force throws the material out of the buckets into a chute.
  • Used extensively with grains and other raw products to convey them into silos, hoppers, etc.
  • The bucket conveyor has high speed operation, an inherent ability to re-pickup dropped material and large vertical elevation capacity.
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