-
1
- #1
Wantstolearn
Mechanical
- Jul 7, 2000
- 6
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me with the design of a screw feeder. Basically, I am looking to feed glass batch at a certain rate and thought that a little screw feeder would do the trick. The screw itself does not have to be long, all it is there for is to define the rate of feeding the glass batch into the furnace (continuous feeding).
What I have found is that there are a lot of screw conveyors designs that I can take their equations and spec the size of screw, the pitch and the required horsepower. But the difference between a feeder and a conveyor is that the screw in the feeder is 100% full whereas the conveyor, if following the proper design requirements for glass batch will only be 15% full. So, there is obviously a power requirement difference.
Can anyone point me to a source of how to calculate the size and motor power requirements to make this screw feeder an engineered product? it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff
I was wondering if anyone could help me with the design of a screw feeder. Basically, I am looking to feed glass batch at a certain rate and thought that a little screw feeder would do the trick. The screw itself does not have to be long, all it is there for is to define the rate of feeding the glass batch into the furnace (continuous feeding).
What I have found is that there are a lot of screw conveyors designs that I can take their equations and spec the size of screw, the pitch and the required horsepower. But the difference between a feeder and a conveyor is that the screw in the feeder is 100% full whereas the conveyor, if following the proper design requirements for glass batch will only be 15% full. So, there is obviously a power requirement difference.
Can anyone point me to a source of how to calculate the size and motor power requirements to make this screw feeder an engineered product? it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeff