SUBJECT: CHOKING OF CONVEYOR
DISTRIBUTORS.
DISTRIBUTORS.
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The conveyor distributor chokes because there is not enough clearance
between the end of the flights of the conveyor and the conveyor box.
This causes a lot of the cotton to ride by the feeders and into your overflow
where you have to pick it up and re-run it through the conveyor distributor.
If you will raise the conveyor screw so that there is about 3” clearance between
the end of the flight and the bottom of the box the conveyor will stop choking.
The 3/4” clearance it now has is for handling grain or seed, not cotton.
You need at least the same amount of clearance between the front and back
sides of the conveyor. Raising the screw up in the box gives this clearance on the
front and back of the screw in the box.
This will also allow the cotton to fall out of the conveyor and into the feeder
hoppers better and it will feed the ends of the gin stand better.
Where the screw conveyor comes to a hanger the end of the tip of the flight
should clear the hanger about 3” and taper down to the pipe the flight is welded to.
Do this on both sides of the hanger.
This will allow room for a wad to pass by the hanger.
If your module feeder has screw conveyors they also need more clearance, as
this will stop them from choking.
It is easier to put a smaller size conveyor in the module feeder to get the
needed clearance.
The kicker on the end of the conveyor should start about one foot inside the box
on the module feeder.
These module feeder screw conveyors should run about 200 RPM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,
GENE SLOVER
between the end of the flights of the conveyor and the conveyor box.
This causes a lot of the cotton to ride by the feeders and into your overflow
where you have to pick it up and re-run it through the conveyor distributor.
If you will raise the conveyor screw so that there is about 3” clearance between
the end of the flight and the bottom of the box the conveyor will stop choking.
The 3/4” clearance it now has is for handling grain or seed, not cotton.
You need at least the same amount of clearance between the front and back
sides of the conveyor. Raising the screw up in the box gives this clearance on the
front and back of the screw in the box.
This will also allow the cotton to fall out of the conveyor and into the feeder
hoppers better and it will feed the ends of the gin stand better.
Where the screw conveyor comes to a hanger the end of the tip of the flight
should clear the hanger about 3” and taper down to the pipe the flight is welded to.
Do this on both sides of the hanger.
This will allow room for a wad to pass by the hanger.
If your module feeder has screw conveyors they also need more clearance, as
this will stop them from choking.
It is easier to put a smaller size conveyor in the module feeder to get the
needed clearance.
The kicker on the end of the conveyor should start about one foot inside the box
on the module feeder.
These module feeder screw conveyors should run about 200 RPM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST,
GENE SLOVER