Submitted in compliance with the requirements for the National Masters Diploma in Technology: Electronic Engineering, Technikon Natal, 1994. / This work presents a novel way of controlling the feed rate of raw material from a vibratory pipe feeder system. The system consists of a hopper, feeder pipe, electromechanical vibrator and a loadcell which measures the mass of the complete system. Raw material is gravity fed onto the vibrating pipe whose amplitude of vibration controls the amount of material fed. / M
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:dut/oai:ir.dut.ac.za:10321/2838 |
Date | January 1994 |
Creators | Janse van Vuuren, Gary Peter |
Contributors | Eitelberg, E. |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis |
Format | 90 p |
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