Grinder Feed Conveyor
Grinder feed conveyors with a receiving hopper, a cleated belt matched to your granulator, and a discharge chute at the throat height. Optional metal detection keeps metal out of the granulator.
Application
Feeding the granulator
Runners, rejects, and purge are loaded into the receiving hopper. Cleat spacing keeps a cleat in the hopper at all times (application permitting), so material is picked up steadily. The belt speed is matched to the granulator, and the discharge chute is built to its throat height, to provide a steady feed rate. For automatic feed rate control, the conveyor can take a signal from the granulator: as the granulator's motor load rises, it signals the conveyor to slow down so the granulator is not overfed.
A metal detector with a Smart-Chute reject diverter can be added. The chute diverts only when metal is detected, so metal is kept out of the granulator without stopping the line.
For low-clearance grinder openings, the ET series has a tubular discharge end.
Construction
Standard features
- E-510 straight incline and 525 horizontal to incline grinder feed models
- High capacity receiving hopper, sized for gaylord dumping if required
- Cleat spacing keeps a cleat in the hopper at all times
- Belt speed matched to your granulator
- Optional feed rate control: the conveyor slows on a signal from the granulator to prevent overfeeding
- Discharge chute built to your granulator's throat height
- Welded steel channel frame and crowned pulleys
- Controls and detector wiring done in our shop
- Shipped fully assembled with the belt installed and tracked
Specifications
Grinder feed specifications
| Models | E-510 straight incline, 525 horizontal to incline, ET series tubular discharge |
|---|---|
| Hopper | Built to your load method (gaylord dump, operator, robot, or conveyor), up to gaylord size |
| Belt widths | Standard widths of 12", 18", 24", 30", 36", 42", and 48". Other widths available |
| Discharge height | To your granulator's throat height |
| Metal detection | Sesotec plate, double plate or aperture detectors. Metal separation (magnetic) head pulleys available |
| Reject | Smart-Chute diverts only on a metal signal |
| Drive | AC gearmotor with a variable frequency drive (VFD), typically 115V single-phase input. Other voltages available. Optional speed control from a granulator load signal |
For your quote
Information for your quotation
- Granulator make and model, and whether it can send a load signal for feed rate control
- Throat height and opening size
- How material gets to the hopper (gaylord dump, operator, robot, conveyor)
- Material being ground, and the rate in pounds per hour
- For metal detection: the metal you need to catch
- Floor space and power available
In the shop
Grinder feed conveyors from our shop
Every LaRos conveyor is built on heavy-duty frames with large crowned pulleys and enclosed drives. How LaRos conveyors are built
Available options
- Metal Detectors
- Reversing
- Modular Belts
Request a quotation
Tell us about your parts, the equipment the conveyor will serve, and the space available. We will review your application and return a drawing and a quotation. To replace or duplicate an existing LaRos unit, send us the serial number from the nameplate.