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IN2014DN11260A
IN2014DN11260A IN11260DEN2014A IN2014DN11260A IN 2014DN11260 A IN2014DN11260 A IN 2014DN11260A IN 11260DEN2014 A IN11260DEN2014 A IN 11260DEN2014A IN 2014DN11260 A IN2014DN11260 A IN 2014DN11260A
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discharge end
working space
receiving container
storage hopper
feeder unit
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Bart Verhoest
Alexander Clemens Henricus Josef Schaepman
Johannes Adrianus Jozef Maria Vugts
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Gea Process Engineering Nv
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01GWEIGHING
    • G01G13/00Weighing apparatus with automatic feed or discharge for weighing-out batches of material
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29BPREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B7/00Mixing; Kneading
    • B29B7/74Mixing; Kneading using other mixers or combinations of mixers, e.g. of dissimilar mixers ; Plant
    • B29B7/78Mixing; Kneading using other mixers or combinations of mixers, e.g. of dissimilar mixers ; Plant by gravity, e.g. falling particle mixers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/04Methods of, or means for, filling the material into the containers or receptacles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F21/00Dissolving
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29BPREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B7/00Mixing; Kneading
    • B29B7/02Mixing; Kneading non-continuous, with mechanical mixing or kneading devices, i.e. batch type
    • B29B7/22Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29B7/24Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for feeding
    • B29B7/242Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for feeding in measured doses
    • B29B7/244Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for feeding in measured doses of several materials
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29BPREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B7/00Mixing; Kneading
    • B29B7/02Mixing; Kneading non-continuous, with mechanical mixing or kneading devices, i.e. batch type
    • B29B7/22Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29B7/28Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for measuring, controlling or regulating, e.g. viscosity control
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29BPREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B7/00Mixing; Kneading
    • B29B7/30Mixing; Kneading continuous, with mechanical mixing or kneading devices
    • B29B7/58Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29B7/60Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for feeding, e.g. end guides for the incoming material
    • B29B7/603Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations for feeding, e.g. end guides for the incoming material in measured doses, e.g. proportioning of several materials
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29BPREPARATION OR PRETREATMENT OF THE MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED; MAKING GRANULES OR PREFORMS; RECOVERY OF PLASTICS OR OTHER CONSTITUENTS OF WASTE MATERIAL CONTAINING PLASTICS
    • B29B7/00Mixing; Kneading
    • B29B7/30Mixing; Kneading continuous, with mechanical mixing or kneading devices
    • B29B7/58Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
    • B29B7/72Measuring, controlling or regulating
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65BMACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B1/00Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/32Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled by weighing
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01GWEIGHING
    • G01G11/00Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers
    • G01G11/08Apparatus for weighing a continuous stream of material during flow; Conveyor belt weighers having means for controlling the rate of feed or discharge
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01GWEIGHING
    • G01G13/00Weighing apparatus with automatic feed or discharge for weighing-out batches of material
    • G01G13/003Details; specially adapted accessories
    • G01G13/006Container supply or discharge mechanism
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01GWEIGHING
    • G01G17/00Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property
    • GPHYSICS
    • G01MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01GWEIGHING
    • G01G19/00Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups
    • G01G19/387Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for combinatorial weighing, i.e. selecting a combination of articles whose total weight or number is closest to a desired value
    • G01G19/393Weighing apparatus or methods adapted for special purposes not provided for in the preceding groups for combinatorial weighing, i.e. selecting a combination of articles whose total weight or number is closest to a desired value using two or more weighing units
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/08Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds carried by a turntable
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30PRESSES
    • B30BPRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B15/00Details of, or accessories for, presses; Auxiliary measures in connection with pressing
    • B30B15/30Feeding material to presses
    • B30B15/302Feeding material in particulate or plastic state to moulding presses

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Filling Or Emptying Of Bunkers, Hoppers, And Tanks (AREA)

Abstract

A feeder unit (2) comprising a storage hopper (21) a weighing cell (24) a conveyer (22) and a discharge end (23) wherein the storage hopper is adapted to be connected to a refilling system and the discharge end (23) to a receiving container. A working space (ws) is defined by the aritmethic product of the dead weight (dw) of the feeder unit (2) and the refilling interval (ri) such that the working space (ws) is below 0.2 kgh. Furthermore a method method for discharging a constant mass flow of one or more powders into a receiving container is defined.
IN11260DEN2014 2012-06-04 2012-06-04 IN2014DN11260A (en)

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PCT/IB2012/052803 WO2013182869A1 (en) 2012-06-04 2012-06-04 Feeder unit, a feeder module comprising a plurality of feeder units, and method for discharging a constant mass flow of one or more powders into a receiving container

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