Filling equipment for transport worm - has guide plate facing direction of conveying fitted to rear wall of filling funnel

摘要

The filling equipment for a transport worm of a material discharging equipment or for a worm extruder feeding equipment includes a filling funnel for a material of a low flow density. The filling funnel (9, 16) has a guide plate (13, 19) facing the direction of conveyance, and positioned across the longitudinal axis of the worm. It terminates some distance above the bore of the worm cylinder (5). The guide plate (13, 19) is attached to the rear wall of the filling funnel (9, 16), some distance away from the rear wall, and is adjustable in direction of the worm axis and is also angularly adjustable relative to the rear wall of the filling funnel (9, 16).