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Feed powders at ultra-low rates. (Keeping up with Auxiliaries).


A new gravimetric gravimetric /grav·i·met·ric/ (grav?i-me´trik) pertaining to measurement by weight; performed by weight, as a gravimetric method of drug assay.

grav·i·met·ric
adj.
1.
 feeder for non-free-flowing powders is designed to meter accurately at rates from 0.2 to 80 lb/hr. This all-stainless unit comes from the new Powder Div. of Process Control Corp., Atlanta, It has an auger auger (ô`gər): see drill.
auger

Tool (or bit) used with a carpenter's brace for drilling holes, usually in wood. It looks like a corkscrew and produces extremely clean holes, almost regardless of how large the bit is.
 driven by a DC gear motor with an encoder to maintain consistent rpm. The weighing system is designed to filter out noise and vibration that would degrade the accuracy of very low-rate feeding. An agitator ag·i·ta·tor  
n.
1. One who agitates, especially one who engages in political agitation.

2. An apparatus that shakes or stirs, as in a washing machine.

Noun 1.
 in the hopper prevents bridging or clumping clumping /clump·ing/ (klump´ing) the aggregation of particles, such as bacteria, into irregular masses.

clump·ing
n.
The massing together of bacteria or other cells suspended in a fluid.
. Both the auger and agitator drive motors are latched onto the hopper with quick-disconnect plugs so they can be quickly removed from the feeder. Tel: (770) 449-8810, www.processcantrol.com
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Date:Apr 1, 2003
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