The Weigh Belt Feeder is a relatively simple, extremely reliable gravimetric feeder providing high feeding precision and efficient process monitoring. Weigh belt feeders can be used as a feeder, batcher, or meter. The most typical application is for feeding / weighing into a continuous process. The weigh belt feeder offers gentle material handling, an important benefit compared to other feed devices, such as a screw feeder, when handling certain materials:
- Flakes (e.g. corn flakes, bran flakes, and wheat flakes)
- Lumpy bulk solids (e.g. vegetables and fruits)
- Shear sensitive materials (e.g. corn flakes, frozen vegetables and frozen fruits)
- High abrasive bulk solids - due to a low friction coefficient applied to the materials
- Low melting bulk solids (e.g. fat flakes)
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