FEEDING SOLUTIONS

PLAS HERE TO STAY – PLASTICS IN USE AROUND THE WORLD Plastics are hard-wearing and durable materials and have multiple applications. Adhesives that incorporate plastics can, for example, substitute for weld seams. This multi-functional material is often used to make electrical components as well. Regardless of where engineering plastics are used, the standards that they have to meet are always very high. What matters most in manufacturing high-performance plastics is precision, meaning that they need to exhibit the desired characteristics. Brabender Technologie’s high-tech feeders are able to...

FEEDING PROCESS RELIABILITY PELLETS DISCHARGING PIGMENTS The plastics industry is permanently developing new or improved formulas. These include new raw materials. Feeders therefore have to be flexible and versatile in order to be able to handle these innovations.

Discharge characteristics Flow characteristics Gravimetric feeders in operation MAXIMUM PRECISION GUARANTEED Brabender Technologie has an in-depth knowledge of plastic industry requirements and provides high-performance equipment that can perform even the most sophisticated feeding functions. Thanks to state-of-the-art weighing technology our equipment operates to an optimum degree of precision – both in continuous operation and batch feeding environments. The appeal of Brabender Technologie’s feeders lies in their sound design and engineering. Regular maintenance ensures that they function accurately...

PRECISION-FED We provide feeders with analog and digital load cells. We recommend digital load cells – the centerpiece of Brabender’s gravimetric feeders – if precision feeding is required. Here we combine digital signal processing with a vibrating wire technology. Brabender Technologie has partnered with the inventor of the vibrating wire load cell for 35 years now. Featuring an internal resolution of 1:4,000,000 and a measuring cycle time of just 20 to 30 milliseconds, the digital load cell delivers extremely accurate data to the controller in no time at all. A software filter also helps to...

FEEDER OPERATING PRINCIPLE An all-rounder: the FlexWall®Plus metering feeder with its paddle-massaged flexible hopper is the main type of feeder used for plastics. It ensures consistent screw filling levels and zero-degradation ingredient mass flow – particularly important when handling sensitive bulk ingredients or those with poor flow characteristics. The trapezoidal design of the hopper aids the natural flow of the bulk ingredient, which is also assisted by the amplitude-adjustable paddles. Paddle frequency can be specifically adjusted to match bulk ingredients and their flow characteristics....

Paddle-massaged PU hopper: FlexWall®Plus loss-in-weight feeder BAV: vibratory bin activator for bulk ingredient discharge from silos and bins Weigh-belt feeder: ideal feeder solution for zerodegradation and high flow rates Coriolis mass flow scale to measure bulk ingredient flows MULTI-HERCULEANTASKING Everything you need: digital and analog feeding technology for the processing of powders or pellets and compounding as well as simple bulk-ingredient changeovers and fast cleaning. Our versatile range of products is well able to manage the herculean task of delivering the optimum feeder for every...

BagMaster: bulk bag unloader for lined or unlined bulk bags, available with an optional integrated feeder JetFilter – the self-cleaning filter Bag dump hopper to allow feeders to be filled directly with bagged ingredients Control concepts Blade screw Twin screw feeder Twin concave screw Spiral screw

DIVERSITY NECESSITATES GUIDANCE Feeding, weighing, discharging and control are our core skills. To provide you with optimum guidance to the wide range of options we offer in various segments, we have branded our equipment in accordance with these segments. This enables you as a customer to identify all Brabender Technologie equipment straightaway and to categorize it according to requirements. PREMIUM-FINISH FEEDERS PRECISION WEIGH-BATCHING Our V-FEED and G-FEED brands provide you with a range Brabender Technologie offers a range of different solu- of different volumetric and gravimetric feeders...

OUR PLASTICS SPECIALISTS Be it the FlexWall®Plus or with-agitator version, our screw feeders feed your bulk ingredients continuously or batchwise, volumetrically or gravimetrically and always deliver precision. The various bin sizes and types of screw available means that they can be perfectly matched to your production needs and processes. You can rely on that! Paddle activation outside the product space A choice of either a stainless steel hopper with agitator It can be combined with an agitator in the bin – for in- or a flexible polyurethane hopper with external massage tegrated activation...

TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW Brabender Technologie provides feeders for all applications and bulk ingredients. Where high feeding performance is required, we recommend our weigh-belt feeders with a maximum feed rate of 150 cubic meters per hour. Our vibrating tray feeder specializes in zero-degradation feeding of sensitive or brittle bulk ingredients. For liquids we offer loss-in-weight feeders with a range of different pumps. Vibration technology: vibrating-tray loss-in-weight feeder Weigh-belt feeder: ideal feed solution for high feed rates Fluid feeding: loss-in-weight feeder with controlled feed pump...

DISCHARGING Problems can arise during discharge or emptying of bulk ingredients, which can cause further production process delays. Brabender Technologie has the solution to this problem: our discharge aids, like the BagMaster or BagDumper, enable you to reliably deliver bulk ingredients with poor flow qualities to the feeding process. Bagged ingredients and pellets or powder from bulk bags can be discharged easily and reliably. Our bag dumpers and bulk bag unloaders are also available with integral metering feeders. This saves time and money. We also provide vibrating discharge aids for silos...