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Flexwall
Select from the FlexWallฎ family for most ingredients and applications. Accurately feeds most ingredients Fits with extension hopper in low headroom locations Quick access/dismantle for cleaning For frequent cleaning (eg. food) Couples well with bulk bags
Features: External paddle agitation of polyurethane hopper ensures mass flow in entire hopper Easy paddle amplitude adjustment AC motor with VFD Flexible hopper removes quickly Easy screw/tube removal/change Entire hopper agitated 304 SS mirror finish housing D (Dairy) models, USDA accepted, built to 3A Dairy specifications | |
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| | .jpg) | FlexWallฎ Plus feeders
The Technology: Super compact trapeziform design Paddle-massaged flexible PUR hopper External motor - no ingredient warming Interchangeable single and twin screws Versions: gravimetric loss-in-weight feeders with high-tech scales or volumetric metering feeders.
The Advantages: Mass flow with virtually all bulk ingredients Minimum floor space requirement All operation and service from the rear side Easy cleaning Optional pivoted motor Gravimetric feeder version insensitive to physical ambient interference due to double wire load cell DigiMASS-2. | |
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| | .jpg) | The Brabender FlexWallฎPharma Feeder
Loss-in-weight feeder or volumetric feeder for the pharmaceutical industry
The Technology: Flexible hopper made of FDA approved PUR External massage paddles (no stirrer) Ingredient-touched steel parts and housing made of stainless steel AISI 316 L Quick mounting and dismantling for cleaning by quick clamping rings Sealing system according to the principle of aseptic pipeline connections Internally and externally suitable for wet cleaning Single and twin screw version Volumetric or gravimetric. | |
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| | .jpg) | The Brabender ScrewDiscฎ Feeder
Novel feeding technology for pellets and free flowing bulk ingredients
The Technology: Novel feeding principle featuring a vertical feed screw on a rotating disc Loss-in-weight feeder or gravimetric multiple ingredient feeding station. | |
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| | .jpg) | The Brabender ScrewDiscฎ Feeding Station
Gravimetric feeding station for free flowing bulk ingredients.
The Technology: Max. 8 gravimetric ScrewDiscฎ feeders with ThreeFlex handling system Central support structure
The Advantages Recipe changeover without tools Quick emptying-out and cleaning Quick screw interchange Virtually 100% screw filling level Turndown ratio up to 100:1 | |
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| | .jpg) | The Brabender DualTray Feeder
Vibratory mass flow feeder.
The Technology: Cylindrical feed modules with integrated feed trays (vibrating tray principle) Vertical cascade ingredient flow Quick fixation system for the feed unit Module connection by clamping rings Mounting base with load cells in case of gravimetric version. | |
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Dosing Screw
Select FlexWallฎ except where: Ingredient responds best to an internal agitator All SS ingredient contact is required Some explosion proof (NEC hazardous environment) needed Ingredient temperature above 80ฐC continuous Powder feed rates below 1 lb/hr. (to 50 grams/hr.)
Features: Positive internal agitator positioned above screw(s) Separate drive motor for agitation on larger feeders AC motor(s) with VFD for screw drive Mass flow extension hopper Twin concave screws are self-wiping Screw is below agitator, no ingredient heel below screw | |
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Vibratory Tray
Select where a screw feeder is not preferred: High bulk density ingredients Abrasive ingredients Chips and irregular shaped ingredients Plastic pellets "pulsationless" flow/wide range No sear on ingredient
Features: Rate stable with varying load (amplitude feedback and resonant frequency control) No rotating shaft seals to wear Wide feed rate range with electronic adjustment Tray covered with see-through plexiglass 304 SS contact metal parts | |
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Silo Tray
Select for feed rates above 30 cu.ft./hr. and for large feeder storage: Wood flour Chopped plastic film (flakes) Batching with no offset, feed from center line of hopper
Features: Live bin bottom activation of bin contents for optimal flow Center baffle splits flow to 4 internal trays, prevents bridging Linear horizontal vibration induces flow in trays Entire bin bottom induces controlled flow VFD on vibration motors varies flow Storage with circular vertical walls | |
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Liquid
Select for liquid feeding in conjunction with dry feeders or for very precise liquid feed: Continuous feeding of liquids requiring precise feed rate control
Features: Liquid tank weighed, pump not weighed to ensure discharge piping does not affect weighing Suction line has flexible and horizontal section to provide transition from weighed tank and pump High feed rate precision even at low feed rates (eg: 30 grams/hr.) | |
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Weigh Belt
Select where headroom is limited and/or when refill hopper for LIW is not possible: Normally used for higher feed rates (above 200 lbs./hr.) Where headroom is limited Where refill storage above the feeder is not possible No shear on ingredient
Features: Easy access to components (removable housing & panels) Belt can be removed in seconds without tools Self adjusting belt tensioning Self adjusting belt tracking Six belt scrapers ensure constant belt tare Model G2-225 includes discharge end access for feed rate sampling | |