Loss-in-weight feeder for long and uneven fibers

Optimize feeding precision for challenging materials like long and uneven fibers, ensuring consistent weight accuracy and product quality in complex manufacturing processes.

Feeds and Weighs Long and Uneven Fibers Accurately

The Loss-in-Weight FiberXpert Feeder by Solids Process Solutions is engineered to deliver precise dosing and feeding of long and uneven fibers, such as natural, wood, and carbon fibers, as well as film chips and shredded strips. This specialized feeder incorporates a high-tech weighing system with either a digital load cell or a high-resolution strain gauge load cell, ensuring superior weighing accuracy necessary for continuous, high-precision operations.

Featuring a unique fiber screw design and a large, steep-walled hopper with a strategically positioned stirring agitator, it prevents bridging and ensures consistent material flow. Ideal for integration into automated production lines, the FiberXpert Feeder is applicable in various industries, including aquafeed, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and recycling, producing end-products such as MDF panels, injection molding plastics, and nutrition bars.

Customizable to specific process requirements, Solids Process Solutions offers engineering support to enhance operational efficiency, while ensuring compliance with relevant industry standards. Built with robust materials, it’s designed for reduced maintenance and downtime, supporting your need for a reliable and efficient feeding solution.

Benefits

  • Ensures precise material dosing, reducing product variability and waste.
  • Integrates seamlessly into automated lines, enhancing production efficiency.
  • Minimizes bridging and blockages with its innovative hopper and agitator design.
  • Offers high weighing accuracy, crucial for quality compliance and control.
  • Supports versatile applications, meeting diverse industry needs from plastics to pharmaceuticals.

General


Applications
Wood fibers,Natural fibers,Minerals,Film chips,Aquafeed,Dairy,Food,Detergents,Pharma,Fine chemical,Feed,Nutrition,Chemical,Plastics,Recycling,Petfood,Carbon fibers,Compounding,Shredded film strips,Masterbatch
End products
Injection molding plastics,Livestock feed pellets,Fish meal pellets,Pet chips,Polyester recycling,Industrial solvents,Calcium carbonate fillers,Mineral supplements,Carbon fiber reinforced components,Color masterbatches,Whey protein concentrate,Mdf panels,Pharmaceutical intermediates,Liquid detergents,Plastic film strips,Cat food kibbles,Thermoplastic compounds,Nutrition bars,Hemp fiber composites,Antiretroviral drugs
Steps before
Grinding,Cutting,Trimming
Steps after
Packing,Compounding,Extrusion
Input ingredients
long fibers,uneven fibers,natural fibers,wood fibers,carbon fibers,film chips,shredded film strips,film edge trimmers
Output ingredients
accurately weighed fibers and materials
Market info

Technical Specifications


Feeder type
Loss-in-weight
Material compatibility
Long and uneven fibers (natural,wood,carbon),film chips,shredded film strips
Screw type
Special fiber screw
Hopper design
Large steep walled
Agitator design
Special position in hopper
Weighing system
High-tech digital or high-resolution strain gauge load cell
Weighing accuracy
High

Operating Characteristics


Working mechanism
Loss-in-weight feeder
Batch vs. continuous operation
Continuous
Automation level
Automated digital load cell
Material handling capability
Long and uneven fibers
Compatibility with materials
Natural fibers,wood fibers,carbon fibers,film chips,shredded film strips
Material agitation
Stirring agitator in hopper

Material Compatibility


Fiber type compatibility
Natural fibers
Fiber type compatibility
Wood fibers
Fiber type compatibility
Carbon fibers
Film chip compatibility
Yes
Shredded film strip compatibility
Yes

Physical Characteristics


Hopper Shape
Large steep walled
Screw Type
Special fiber screw
Agitator Position
Special position in hopper
Machine Footprint
Compact

Custom Options


Control panel type
Digital load cell / Strain gauge load cell
Hopper design
Large steep walled
Agitator position
Special position in the hopper
Screw type
Special fiber screw