Vibratory Feeders: For Gravimetric Feeding of Bulk Materials

K-Tron's vibratory feeders are designed for the accurate and reliable feeding of fibers, glass fibers, granules, rough-grained powders, and other abrasive or fragile ingredients. Vibratory feeders are especially suited for products with abrasive reaction.

A Look at Vibratory Feeders for Fibers

Vibratory trays are available in three sizes and can be combined with various hopper sizes to feed difficult materials like glass fiber. All parts in contact with the material being fed are stainless steel. An adjustable fiber equalizer is part of the feeder tray. The modular design allows easy interchange of the hopper, drive, or even another type of feeder (e.g single-screw or twin-screw).

Vibratory Feed Rates:

The KV1 model is a compact vibratory feeder for low feed rates, pilot plants and laboratories. The KV2 and KV3 are our standard modular feeder models with vibratory feeding trays. The KV2-F and KV3-F vibratory feeder models are designed especially for feeding fibers.

Model Low feed rate High feed rate
  dm3/hr ft3/hr dm3/hr ft3/hr

KV1

0.2

0.007

250

8.8
KV2 2  0.07  2500 88.3
KV2-F 12.5  0.5  900 33
KV3 25  0.88  8500  300
KV3-F 62.5  2.2  3000 110

Functional Features:

  • Vibratory feeder with fiber equalizer (Fiber model only)
  • Designed for accurate and reliable feeding of glass fibers with lengths of 3 to 6 mm (Fiber model only)

  • Designed also for feeding of other fibers with same degree of difficult behavior

Design Features:

  • Totally enclosed channel, i.e no fiber contamination of surroundings
  • The vibrating tray is very short in lenth due to the efficient function of the equalizer
  • Few parts
  • Maintenance free, i.e no mechanical parts and joints that could wear
  • Vibrating Tray: Three sizes depending on feed rate
  • Adjustable fiber equalizer in different configurations to match feed rate and behavior
  • Outlets: Horizontal, Verticle, and Verticle with pressure compensation
  • Hopper size: 50L and 100L