Screw Conveyors
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
A screw conveyor or auger conveyor is a mechanism that uses a rotating helical screw blade, called a “flighting”, usually within a tube, to move liquid or granular materials, Conveying bulk materials ranging from large pellets to sub-micron powders—both free-flowing and non-free-flowing—with no separation of blended products.
APPLICATION
- Moist, sticky materials
- Friable materials
- Large particles
- Blends of dissimilar ingredients
- Abrasive materials
- Non-free-flowing products
- Hazardous materials
- Free-flowing materials
- Contamination-sensitive products
- Materials that fluidize or liquefy
- Products that pack, cake, smear, or plug