Shafted Screw Conveyors
Shafted screw conveyors are used in thousands of industrial applications every day for efficiently conveying a variety of bulk materials. A shafted screw conveyor’s main function is to transfer bulk materials from one process to another. Shafted screw conveyors are very cost-effective and require minimal maintenance to operate.
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Advantages of Using Shafted Screw Conveyors
- Ideal for handling dry to semi-fluid materials – free-flowing to sluggish
- Cost-effective when compared to other conveying devices such as belt, pneumatic or aero-mechanical conveyors
- Efficiently distributes bulk materials to various locations using multiple inlet and discharge points
- Totally enclosed for corrosive or hazardous requirements
KWS Shafted Screw Conveyors are available in many configurations. Shafted Screw Conveyors are designed based on industry standards and are modular in construction providing flexibility for a variety of applications.
Choosing a Shafted Screw Conveyor Component Guide
Available Features / Options
- Custom Engineered For Your Specific Application
- Wide Range Of Construction Materials
– Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel and Abrasion Resistant Alloys - Flight Configurations Available For Mixing and Chopping
- Designs Available For Cooling and Heating Products Utilizing Jacketed Housings
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- Using a Screw Conveyor with a Fluidizable Material
- Screw Failures
- Seals on Screw Conveyor Covers
- Stellite Sleeved Coupling Shafts and Hanger Bearings
- Waste Pack Seals
- Processing Oil Sands / Tar Sands and Reducing Moisture
- Mechanically Removing Small Plastic Particles Out Of Cooling Tanks
- Product Sticking to Conveying Augers Over Time
- Cooling Calcite Powder with a Screw Conveyor
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- Fatigue Failures in Screw Conveyors
- Helicoid and Sectional Flighting for Screw Conveyors
- Loading Dumpsters or Trucks
- Material Characteristic Tables in the CEMA 350 Book
- Mechanical Conveyor for Hot, Friable Material
Features and Benefits of Screw Conveyors
- Excluder Rings Stop Bulk Material Leakage
- Batten Bar Hold Downs
- Plug Detectors
- Safety Interlock Switches for Conveyors
- Whirligig Zero Speed Switch
- Shrink Fit Shafts
- Pedestal Trough Ends
- Speed Sensors and Zero Speed Switches
- Split Flanged Gland Seals
- Split Gland Seals
- Split Tubular Housing
- Straightening the Screw
- Stub End Shaft
- Tor-Ri-Flex Intermediate Bearing
- Torque Arm Trough End
- Bulkhead Trough Ends
- Using CEMA Standards for Conveyor Design and Construction
- Direct-Shaft Mount Drive Design
- Discharge Kicker Paddles
- Environmental Shafted Screw Conveyors
- Flanged Gland Seals
- Hard Surfacing
- Large Diameter Pipe
- Manually Actuated Rack and Pinion Slide Gate
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