Scale hopper for bulk material processing
Optimize your bulk material handling with precise control in separation, filling, and discharge processes, ensuring consistent quality and efficiency across a range of solid and powdered products.
Facilitates Precise Separation and Material Discharging
The Coperion K-Tron Scale Hopper offers an optimized solution for handling solid, powder, and granule materials in batch or continuous processing. This hopper is equipped with a tangential entry baffle and Aeropass valve, ensuring effective material-air separation and even filling. With working capacities from 200 to 2900 liters, it is ideal for applications in plastics, chemicals, food, pet food, and pharmaceutical industries, effectively processing polyethylene pellets, epoxy resin compounds, nutritional supplement powders, and more. Its steep 63°-sloped design facilitates efficient discharge of hard-to-handle materials. Constructed from carbon steel with an epoxy-coated interior, this hopper is durable and corrosion-resistant. It integrates seamlessly with existing systems, including Aeropass systems, filter receivers, cyclones, and screw feeders, ensuring flexible material delivery and reliable batch or continuous operations.
Benefits
- Enhances material handling efficiency with effective air-material separation.
- Reduces material handling challenges with a steep-sloped discharge design.
- Supports diverse industrial applications, ensuring operational flexibility.
- Minimizes contamination risk with enclosed, epoxy-coated interior.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing systems for streamlined operations.
- Applications
- Chemicals,Food,Pet food,Vacuum or pressure materials,Plastics,Pharmaceuticals
- End products
- Nutritional supplement powders,Polyethylene pellets,Pharmaceutical tablets,Pvc granules,Powdered detergents,Epoxy resin compounds,Dry pet kibbles,Protein meal blends
- Steps before
- Material Handling,Feeding,Pneumatic Conveying,Material-Air Separation
- Steps after
- Discharging,Weighing,Material Transfer,Batch Processing
- Input ingredients
- bulk materials,powders,granules,materials for plastic applications,materials for chemical processes,food ingredients,pharmaceutical ingredients,vacuum or pressure conveyed materials
- Output ingredients
- dispensed materials,metered materials,processed bulk materials,discharged materials
- Market info
- Coperion is known for its expertise in manufacturing industrial compounding and extrusion equipment, bulk materials handling systems, and services for various industries, such as plastics, chemicals, and food processing, with a strong reputation for innovative engineering solutions and customer support.
- Working Capacity
- 200–2900 liters (7 to 104 cu.ft.)
- Material-Air Separation
- Tangential entry baffle
- Material Discharge
- Steep,63°-sloped hopper
- Discharge Flange Compatibility
- Knife gate or butterfly gate
- Material
- Carbon steel
- Coating
- Epoxy-coated interior
- Support Method
- Three support lugs for load cells
- Material-air separation
- Tangential entry baffle
- Filling efficiency
- Even filling via Aeropass valve
- Material delivery method
- Closed-loop Aeropass system
- Mounting capability
- Suspended from load cells
- Material discharge slope
- 63°-sloped hopper
- Ventilation method
- Internally-filtered vent with check valve
- Operation mode
- Batch vs. Inline Continuous
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Hopper Capacity
- 200-2900 liters (7 to 104 cu.ft.)
- Material
- Carbon steel with epoxy-coated interior
- Inlet Design
- Tangential entry baffle
- Slope
- 63°-sloped hopper
- Support Structure
- Three support lugs for load cells
- Discharge Design
- Matches knife gate or butterfly gate
- Interior Finish
- Primed
- Exterior Finish
- Enamel paint
- Control panel type
- Manual / PLC / SCADA
- Discharge method
- Knife gate / Butterfly gate
- Material compatibility
- Carbon Steel / Epoxy-coated
- Inlet configuration
- Tangential entry baffle
- Mounting coupling
- High/low level control