Screw Feeders & Live Bottoms

Heavy Duty Screw Feeder for Metering Lime Kiln Dust at Lhoist North America in Calera, AL

Problem Solver

The new KWS screw feeder was designed for the harshest environment and duty and designed to span nearly…

Feeding and Elevating Glass Cullet for Owens Corning in Newark, OH

Problem Solver

Since glass cullet is very abrasive, inside areas of the bucket elevator and screw feeder were lined with…

Inclined Screw Feeder and Bucket Elevator for Metering and Elevating Abrasive Materials at GMC…

Problem Solver

The new KWS screw feeder and bucket elevator were designed for the abrasiveness of the application and…

Live Bottom Screw Feeders for Metering Dried Biosolids

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured the live bottom screw feeders using 316 stainless steel to eliminate…

KWS Saves Steel Mill $1,600,000 in Potential Downtime with Quick Delivery

Made-to-Order Solution

Because KWS provided Nucor with the highest quality equipment and shortest lead time in the industry,…

Live Bottom Replacement Screws for Solvay Wood Pellet Plant in Quitman, MS

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS mounted the screws on larger diameter pipe with heavier wall thickness to minimize deflection and…

Special Tolerance Screws for Metering Frac Sand and Proppant for Freemyer Industrial Pressure

Made-to-Order Solution

Engineers from KWS helped Freemyer redesign the Sand Delivery System to achieve maximum accuracy and feed…

Metering Wood Bark at Georgia-Pacific Mill in Crossett, AR

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS used its team of engineers to reverse engineer the drums to provide a source that is not only more…

Redesigned Screws for Feeding Damp, Abrasive Lignite Coal at Great River Energy in Underwood,…

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS polished the AR400 ribbon flights and the outside diameter of the pipe to a 150-grit finish so the…

Redesigned Feeder Screw for Metering Powdered Gypsum at Georgia Pacific Mill in McQueeney, TX

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS and Motion Industries visited the mill to review the application, determine the exact needs of the…

Quick Delivery of Abrasion Resistant Screws for Power Plant

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS manufactured the new 25-foot long screws on 10-inch schedule 120 pipe with a wall thickness of…

Live Bottom Bin Replacement Screws

Made-to-Order Solution

KWS provides complete Live Bottom Bin Systems or Replacement Screws for Existing Systems.

Storage Hopper and Mass Flow Screw Feeder for Shredded Polypropylene and Fiberglass

Problem Solver

The new KWS hopper was designed for a usable capacity of 2,600 cubic feet and for mass flow of the…

High Capacity Screw Feeder for Mississippi Lime in Ste. Genevieve, MO

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The new KWS screw feeder is equipped with a 125-horsepower motor in order to handle full 100-percent…

Complete Storage and Conveying System for Spent Catalyst

Problem Solver

KWS designed screw feeders, conveyors and hoppers to meter and convey a wide variety of bulk materials of…

Mass Flow Screw Feeder and Dual Actuated Slide Gate for Soda Ash

Problem Solver

The new KWS screw feeder was designed with a large rectangular inlet and mass-flow screw to allow for…

Wood Chip Storage and Metering System for Pyrolysis

Problem Solver

KWS provided a unique design for the growing pyrolysis industry that met the tight space constraints of…

Sludge Load Out System for Koch Foods in Fairfield, OH

Problem Solver

The complete system provided by KWS was constructed from 304 stainless steel to provide long life and…

Blender Truck Sand Screws for Frac Sand and Proppant

Problem Solver

KWS manufactures several different designs for metering frac sand and proppant. Some units utilize a fold…

Custom-Designed Screw Feeder with Hopper to Distribute Dewatered Biosolids to Belt Dryer for…

Problem Solver

The screw feeder and surge hopper were designed to store an exact volume of dewatered biosolids needed to…

Metering Dextrose from Super-Sacks for Georgia Pacific Building Products in Fletcher, OK

Problem Solver

A team from KWS visited the facility and met the Georgia Pacific Plant Engineer to determine the exact…

Compact Screw Feeder to Fit Confined Space for Stillwater Mining in Columbus, MT

Problem Solver

Engineers from KWS modeled the new shaftless screw feeder and the surrounding area in Inventor 3D to make…

Screw Feeder to Meter Ingredients for Animal Feed Blocks

Problem Solver

KWS engineers traveled to the plant to gather critical dimensional information that would be needed to…

Inclined Screw Feeder for Metering Food Powders at SensoryEffects in Defiance, OH

Problem Solver

Engineers from KWS worked together with the SensoryEffects corporate project engineer and plant manager…

Metering and Conveying Shredded Fiberglass at CTA Acoustics in Corbin, KY

Problem Solver

KWS engineers and local field representatives worked side by side with CTA Acoustics to develop the ideal…

Screw Feeders for Metering Limestone from Weigh Hoppers at Minova in Georgetown, KY

Problem Solver

The KWS engineering and sales team provided detailed design drawings and 3D models prior to the order so…

Copper Pellet Leakage Problem Solved at Encore Wire Plant in McKinney, Texas

Problem Solver

KWS visited the facility and met with Encore Wire’s Maintenance Manager to determine the source of the…

Screw Feeders and Hoppers for Storing and Metering Silica Sand at Nucor Steel in Plymouth, UT

Problem Solver

KWS provided two heavy-duty screw feeders with hoppers to Nucor Steel. Each screw feeder accurately…

Twin Screw Feeder for Metering Wood Shavings at American Wood Fibers in Marshall, TX

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured a twin-screw feeder with independent drive units. Each of the twin screws…

Bi-Directional Screw Feeder for Unloading Rail Cars at Seaboard Foods in Hugoton, KS

Problem Solver

Engineers from KWS and TranSystems worked together to design a bi-directional screw feeder to rapidly and…

Biosolids Cake Handling System for Storage and Truck Load Out at Waterloo, ON WWTP

Problem Solver

KWS designed, manufactured, supplied and commissioned an integrated system which required expertise in…

Stainless Steel Inclined Screw Feeders for Metering Sugar at PIM Brands in Somerset, NJ

Problem Solver

The bulk bag unloading system provided by KWS included an incline screw feeder with hopper and supports.

Screw Feeder for Metering Reclaimed Foundry Sand for SandMold Systems

Problem Solver

The KWS screw feeder was designed to be placed inside of a hopper and meter reclaimed foundry sand to…

Stainless Inclined Screw Feeders for Metering Specialty Phosphates at Innophos Nutrition in…

Problem Solver

KWS designed the screw feeder on a 45-degree incline to allow for the smallest space to be used.

Metering Wood Waste to Boilers at Georgia Pacific Dimensional Lumber Mill in Pineland, TX

Problem Solver

KWS Engineers visited the Pineland mill and met with the Georgia Pacific Boiler/Kiln Supervisor to review…

Screw Feeder for Metering Crushed Limestone at AEP Coal Fired Power Plant in Hallsville, TX

Problem Solver

Engineers from KWS visited the facility and met the AEP SWEPCO maintenance planner to determine the…

Loadout System for Offal and Feathers at a Pilgrim’s Chicken Processing Plant in Lufkin,…

Problem Solver

KWS Design Engineers visited the Lufkin facility and met with the Pilgrimﾒs Plant Manager to identify…

System for Conveying and Elevating Aluminum Trihydrate at GEO® Specialty Chemicals in Deer…

Problem Solver

KWS saved GEO thousands of dollars by provided engineering, design and manufacturing of the conveying…

Special Screw Feeder for Metering Green Malt at BRIESS Malt in Chilton, WI

Problem Solver

KWS added a 304 stainless steel diverter or ﾓhogbackﾔ above the screw feeder to reduce the headload…

Special Screw Feeder for Metering, Mixing and Processing Grains

Problem Solver

Large diameter screw feeder is designed to meter, mix and retain a combination of grain products and…

Stainless Steel Screw Feeder to Meter Biomass to High Temperature Reactor

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured the screw feeder to be very reliable and exceed the feed rate requirements…

Stainless Steel Screw Feeders for Baking Ingredients

Problem Solver

Engineers at KWS analyzed the problem of product clogging at the discharge of the screw feeders. By…

Storage Hopper with Live Bottom Screw Feeder and Thermal Processors for Sludge Drying System at…

Problem Solver

KWS and Komline Sanderson worked closely together to develop an efficient solution for converting…

Swiveling Screw Feeder to Meter Fungicide for Crop Sciences Company

Problem Solver

KWS engineers designed a special screw feeder for the application. The screw feeder was located on a…

Triple Mass-Flow Screw Feeders and Conveyors for Phosphate Ore

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured triple mass-flow screw feeders to match the existing hopper at the plant.

Twin Mass Flow Screw Feeders and Material Shut-Off Gates

Problem Solver

KWS worked directly with engineers at Carbonyx to design mass flow screw feeders specifically for the…

Screw Feeders for Metering Glass Cullet

Problem Solver

Screw Feeders needed to meter glass cullet from storage silos to the process furnaces.

Polished Food-Grade Stainless Steel Screw Feeder for Metering Thickening Agent for Specialty…

Problem Solver

KWS is the industry leader when providing solutions to difficult applications and excels in manufacturing…

Shafted Live Bottoms and Transfer Screw Conveyors for Handling Biosolids for the City of San…

Problem Solver

KWS used proprietary design calculations and Autodesk 3D Inventor software to design the live bottoms,…

Shafted Screw Conveyors for Transferring Biosolids for City of Holland, MI

Problem Solver

KWS Environmental designed the shafted screw conveyors to be reliable with minimal maintenance downtime…

Small Diameter Stainless Screw Feeders to Meter Metal Catalyst

Problem Solver

KWS worked very closely with both BASF and Control & Metering to supply screw feeders to meet the demands…

Mass Flow Screw Feeder for Metering Waste Plastic

Problem Solver

KWS engineers designed and manufactured a "mass-flow" cone screw feeder specifically for their…

Mechanical Conveying System Replaces Pneumatics at Durcon, Inc. in Taylor, Texas

Problem Solver

Professional engineers at KWS designed a support structure that provided the needed lateral support for…

Metering and Conveying Raw Materials for Making Glass

Problem Solver

Engineers from KWS worked closely with GE engineering personnel to understand the application and design…

Metering and Conveying Spent Brewer’s Grain

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KWS also provided all of the structural supports for the conveyor and feeder, inlet and discharge…

Polished Stainless Steel Mass-Flow Screw Feeders for Cereal Fines

Problem Solver

KWS provided internal plugs inside the center pipe of the screw so the product being conveyed could not…

Polished Stainless Steel Screw Feeders for Metering Snack Products

Problem Solver

One of the worldﾒs largest producers of cereals, dairy products, snacks and numerous other food…

Portable Inclined Tubular Screw Feeder for Carbon and Iron Oxide Powder

Problem Solver

KWS created a design with a non-split tubular housing and a screw that fit closely inside the housing to…

Portable Screw Feeder for Metering Fracking Additive

Problem Solver

Working together, KWS and Halliburton developed a lightweight, portable screw feeder to meter chemical…

Railcar Unloading System for Sugar

Problem Solver

KWS was able to modify some of the existing equipment design specifications to provide a more efficient…

Hopper and Live Bottom Feeder to Store and Meter Natural Wood Glue Additive

Problem Solver

KWS designed a screw feeder with several pitch changes, a tubular profile, and a precise speed to meter…

Heavy-Duty, Large Capacity Hoppers and Mass-Flow Screw Feeders to Meter Gypsum and Bottom Ash

Problem Solver

KWS excels at heavy-duty bulk material applications.

Hoppers with Live Bottom Mass Flow Screw Feeders for Storing and Metering Crystalline Silica…

Problem Solver

KWS recommended the mass flow screw design as the most efficient way of discharging the bulk material…

Horizontal and Vertical Screw Conveyors for Conveying Ready-Mix Joint Compounds

Problem Solver

KWS provided both horizontal screw feeders and vertical screw conveyors to Freeman Products for an…

Inclined Screw Feeders for Metering Granulated Sugar

Problem Solver

Since granulated sugar is a food product, KWS designed and constructed the screw feeders from 304…

Inclined Screw Feeder for Sludgy Chemicals

Problem Solver

KWS was able to furnish a redesigned screw feeder that was tailored to fit Balchemﾒs precise…

Inclined Screw Feeder to Meter Glass Powder for Coating of Water Heater Tanks

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured an inclined screw feeder with heavy-duty carbon steel construction due to…

Limestone Conveying System

Problem Solver

KWS engineers designed a system that could meter and convey the different capacities of raw and finished…

Loading Shredded Rubber into Super Sacks

Problem Solver

Genan wanted to eliminate the need for a truck ramp so the hopper could be loaded from ground level. KWS…

Low Profile Multi-Screw Feeder

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured a one of a kind, low profile multi-screw feeder as the perfect solution.

Food Grade Reversible Screw Feeder

Problem Solver

KWS provided a reversible screw feeder with a central inlet, which proved to be the ideal solution.

Heavy-Duty Mass-Flow Twin Screw Feeders and Bucket Elevators for Ground Rubber

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured twin mass-flow screw feeders to match hoppers supplied by Hoover Conveyor.

Heavy Duty Tri-Braze™ Construction Screw Feeder for Metering Perlite Fines

Problem Solver

KWS worked with Nestle Purina and a consulting engineering firm to develop an excellent solution for…

Custom-Engineered Bulk Material Handling System for Zein Corn Protein Plant

Problem Solver

BRPG contacted KWS after meeting with our local sales representative and requested an engineered solution…

Custom Engineered Storage, Metering and Conveying System for Steamed Tobacco Stems

Problem Solver

KWS engineers designed a tapered trapezoidal storage bin with two lump-breakers to break up bales and…

Design-Build System for Feeding and Conveying Wood Chips for enviraPAC in Monticello, AR

Problem Solver

The KWS inclined screw feeders and conveyors were designed to operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week…

Design-Build System for Dewatering, Mixing, and Drying Oilfield Drill Cuttings

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured every piece of the drill cuttings disposal system.

Design-Build System for Prototype Gasification Process

Problem Solver

KWS designed and manufactured every piece of mechanical equipment on the project from the initial feed…

Design-Build System Utilizing Live Bottom Screw Feeders, Vertical Screw Conveyor & Hoppers…

Problem Solver

KWS designed a special live bottom hopper with a unique bridge breaker and screw feeder to meter the raw…

Biosolids Load-Out Facility for Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Problem Solver

KWS provided fully redundant systems from the centrifuges to the truck loading bays with two distribution…