Tip-Tite drum dump feeder offers improved accuracy
With a gentle rolling action
A single hydraulic cylinder raises the drum platform, creating a dust-tight seal between the rim of a drum and the underside of the discharge cone. A second hydraulic cylinder tips the platform-hood assembly and drum, stopping at dump angles of up to 90 degrees with a motion-dampening feature. Material flowing through the discharge cone charges the intake adapter of a cantilevered flexible screw conveyor that feeds downstream equipment volumetrically.
Available in stationary and mobile configurations, the drum dump feeder is offered with cantilevered flexible screw conveyors in custom lengths, oriented horizontally (as in the photograph), or at an incline, for the purpose of elevating, as well as metering, the material.
Flexicon says the gentle rolling action of the flexible screw conveyor in an enclosed tube reduces agglomerates discharged from drums, improving feed rate accuracy.
Pre-engineered, pre-wired and ready to plug in and run, the system accommodates drums from 115 to 210 litres and is offered in carbon steel with durable industrial finishes, with material contact surfaces of stainless steel, or in all-stainless steel finished to pharmaceutical, food, dairy or industrial standards.