Automated Flexible Conveyor unveils Knife Edge Spiral to transfer sticky materials
The spiral's beveled design creates a scraping action to ensure that materials move smoothly and consistently.
Process equipment manufacturer Automated Flexible Conveyor has unveiled a knife-edge spiral screw design. Offered with the company's Spiralfeeder flexible screw conveyor, the knife-edge spiral was developed to transfer bulk materials that cake, pack, or stick without clogging the transfer conveyor system or degrading the material. The knife-edge spiral features a proprietary, beveled design that creates a scraping action between the screw and the outer tube to ensure the powders, pellets, granules, and other materials move smoothly and consistently from hopper to discharge.
The spiral screw design has been used successfully with pieces of frozen peppermint bark with white and dark chocolate, cocoa powders, pancake mix, and cake mix.