Predicting the volumetric and torque characteristics of screw feeders

Bulk Solids Handling

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-x3

  Roberts, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SOLID DRAW DOWN; FEED HOPPERS; SCREW FEEDERS;

CONVEYING; FLOW OF SOLIDS; HOPPERS; MACHINE DESIGN; TORQUE;

FEEDING;

EID: 0030125554     PISSN: 01739980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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