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US 12,638,326 B2Granted
Gravimetric metering unit for flowable bulk material
AssigneeK-Tron Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMen Bernegger, Rolf Lehmann, Urs Helfenstein
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AssigneeK-Tron Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMen Bernegger, Rolf Lehmann, Urs Helfenstein
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A gravimetric metering unit includes a metering device including a container for bulk material to be metered and a base unit with a horizontally arranged conveyor for the bulk material. The container and the base unit can be separated from each other for maintenance purposes. The metering unit also comprises a frame that is equipped with at least one scale on which the metering device is supported during operation via a mounting such that the metering unit is designed for a gravimetric metering process. The mounting is connected to the container of the metering device and supports the metering device via the container. The container is provided with a rail which protrudes away from the container, and the base unit has a supporting structure which runs on the rail such that the supporting structure can be moved back and forth between an operating position and a maintenance position.
A gravimetric metering unit for bulk material, having a metering device which comprises a container for bulk material to be metered and a base unit which has a non-vertically arranged conveyor for the bulk material, wherein the container and base unit are detachable from one another for maintenance, and with a frame on which at least one scale is arranged, on which in turn the metering device is operatively supported via a suspension, in such a manner that the metering unit is designed for gravimetric metering, wherein the suspension is connected to the container of the metering unit and supports the latter through its container, the container is in turn provided with a rail projecting away from it, and in that the base unit has a supporting structure running on the rail in such a manner that it can be moved back and forth between an operating position and a maintenance position.
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