Screw Feeders and Hoppers for Storing and Metering Silica Sand
Bulk bags of silica sand were brought in to the facility and needed to be metered at a precise rate into the process. The sand was used at the end of a furnace melt cycle to create a slag plug in the crucible discharge. ... Each screw feeder accurately metered the sand by utilizing a variable-pitch screw design. The pitch of the screw varies ...