IAC - Flow-Assisting Devices and Feeders

Often there are situations in which mass-flow bins cannot be installed for reasons such as space limitations and capacity requirements and bridging takes place, and unassisted mass flow is not possible. To handle these situations, a number of flow assisters are available, the most desirable of which use a feeder and a short mass-flow hopper to enlarge the flow channel of a funnel-flow bin. The following are usually as effective as the mass-flow types.