Guide to the Design, Selection, and Application of Screw Feeders

This book offers the reader clear and accessible advice -whether seeking a standard screw feeder for a well-provenapplication, or designing from scratch for a new duty where noprior experience can be drawn upon for performanceverification. Screw feeders today play an increasingly important role in thedrive towards improved quality, reduced costs, increased capacity,better working conditions, and flexibility in solids processing.Advances in control methods are being matched with improvedpredictability and reliability of the processes being controlled.The intensive and integrative nature of many production linescrucially depends upon each element working to its full designcapability. Solid feeding operations comprise a key activity,renowned for operating difficulties out of all proportion to thecost of the equipment. This excellent book, by an acknowledgedexpert in the area, provides a valuable introduction to the subjecttogether with guidance on the selection and application of a rangeof screw feeders. COMPLETE CONTENTS: * Introduction * Classes of Screw Equipment * Screw Feeder Types * Construction * Interfacing Screw Feeders with Hoppers * Selection Criteria * Special Forms of Screw Feeders * Case Studies * Bibliography