Screw Conveyors Use for Industrial Applications

A Screw Conveyor, also known as Auger Conveyor, is used to move solid or granular materials. It can handle a variety of industrial bulk materials. The commonly used Screw Conveyors in industries are either horizontal or slightly inclined. However, irrespective of their typical configuration, these Conveyors are used to move semi-solid materials like food waste, wooden pieces, animal feed, meat, municipal waste and much more. And for this, they use helical screw blade known as ‘flighting’ which keeps on rotating inside a tube.

Advantages Of Screw Conveyors Over Other Bulk Material Handling Equipment:

• They can handle a huge amount of material from slow-flowing to free-flowing.
• They have many inlets and outlets. As a result, the bulk material can be conveyed to many locations.
• The flow of material can be controlled by attaching valves to the conveyor.
• They can be also used as screw feeder which is a metering device.
• They can be easily placed in congested locations with ease.
• There is no apprehension to spillage of material since Screw Conveyors are totally covered.
• They can be used in horizontal, vertical or in inclined manner depending on the nature of the material.
• They are efficient to mix materials and for breaking big lumps.
• Shaft less screw conveyors are also there for conveying wet, viscous and sluggish industrial products like bio solids.
• When transporting toxins or hazardous products in the chemical industry, Screw Conveyors can be made vapor-tight to prevent leakage of internal pressure and vapors.
• They can be used to cool or heat or dry the materials during transportation. They can suitably be jacketed to transfer requisite amount of heat.
• They can provide an air lock between up and down stream equipment.

Uses Of Screw Conveyors:

• They are used to transfer grain from trucks into grain storage. The specialized form of grain auger can transfer grain into seed drill.
• They are also used in snow blowers to put snow into impeller from where it can be discharged into discharge chute.
• Open and enclosed augers are also used to move crop for threshing and to move the crop into the hoper.
• They are also used to move loose ice from the ice surface.
• They can be used in compactor to move rubbish into the lower plate for compaction.
• They are also used in waste water treatment plants to abandon solid wastes.
• Their application can also be observed in health care sector to move the scrap metal or plastic away from work place.

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