Flex Feeders

Design Features

• The Entecon Flex Feeder contains a moulded polyurethane hopper, moulded as one piece, which means no seams or welds
• The hopper is “massaged” from the outside by two paddles. Due to an asynchronous swinging movement of the paddles the hopper has four-way movement
• This massaging of the hopper from the outside results in a continuous movement of the product to be fed which prevents bridging or rat-holing
• Thus a constant flow to the feeding screw is secured
• Massaging from the outside prevents damage of the product to be fed
• When using a single drive, the massage speed is proportional to the feeding speed
• When using a double drive, the massage speed and the feeding speed can be controlled independently
• All contact parts are made of polyurethane or stainless steel
• The feeding nozzle and screw can be supplied in variable lengths to enable easy coupling or connecting to other equipment
• The Entecon Flex Feeder can be controlled manually or electronically
• Depending on the application, several drives and other options are available
• Simple and handy locks on the lid make an Entecon Flex Feeder easy to open
• The interchangeability of the hoppers is simple. It is not necessary to clean the hopper and risk contamination of the environment
• By using a complete spare flexible hopper production time loss due to a product change can be dramatically reduced
• The hopper sticks out of the feeder. While exchanging the hopper materials will not fail into the housing
• The buffer capacity of the product being fed can be increased by using an extension hopper
• The feeding screws are available in stainless steel or synthetics

Options

• Frequency invertor 10 – 60 Hz
• Free programmable I/O’s
• Programmable timers with programmable functions
• External signal 0/4 – 20 mA of 0 – 20 VDC
• Secured closure of mechanically driven parts
• Separate drive for the paddles (2nd motor)
• Speed control with tacho
• Motors and execution in ATEX
• Complete controls to customer specific requirements
• Extension hoppers
• Loss-in -weight control system