Pan Feeder Hoppers
Custom Stainless Steel Pan Feeder Hopper
Automation Devices combines superior resources with 55 years of experience to build hoppers and pan feeders known for quality and reliability. We maintain ample inventory of more than 15 different models ensuring rapid delivery times while maintaining flexibility to serve a variety of industries. Our hoppers and pan feeders can be used in a variety of situations from general purpose to being suited to meet exacting FDA standards.
ADI hoppers and pan feeders are designed to reduce the total weight of parts in a vibratory feeder bowl and maintain an optimal flow of material or parts. The utilization of hoppers greatly reduces wear and maintenance on a feeder while amplifying feed rate.
Features
Custom Coated Steel Hopper
- 11 and 12 gauge sheet metal
- Food grade and FDA approved available
- Integral welded fabrication
- Easy mounting and height adjustment (when using optional stands)
- Anti-Jamming Design
The pan's shape keeps parts from going over the sides and also precludes the possibility of parts jamming between the pan and the bin's discharge funnel.
Applications
The Pan Feeder Hopper conveniently provides extra parts storage and serves as a bulk delivery system to maintain a proper parts level in a feeder bowl. Innovative systems designers have expanded the Pan Feeder Hopper's uses to include parts delivery to packaging stations and to convey bulk materials. Hoppers serve any application where a storage requirement is coupled with a need to convey a product to processing equipment.
Model 5500N Description
Model 5500N Pan Feeder Hopper
The Model 5500 Series Pan Feeder Hopper is a stationary bin with a vibratory pan feeder mounted under the bin's discharge funnel. Parts are gravity fed down the discharge funnel and onto the vibrating pan, where they are conveyed to the pan's discharge. Parts drop off the end of the pan and into devices such as vibratory feeder bowls.
Pan Feeder Hoppers store parts and deliver those parts to other devices on demand. During a portion of the electrical cycle, power is applied to the electromagnet. When energized, the electromagnet pulls back and down on the armature which is attached to the pan assembly. When the electromagnet becomes de-energized during the second half of the electrical cycle, the armature and pan are released and spring forward and up. The pan assembly is mounted on leaf-type springs which allow the pan to move in a back-and-downward motion (power cycle) and in an up-and-forward motion (release cycle). These combined motions cause parts on the pan to move forward until they drop off the pan.
An optional amplitude controller, Model 6000 Series, regulates the amplitude of the pan's vibration, adding a measure of precision to the part delivery rate from the hopper. To prevent the Pan Feeder Hopper from overfilling the using machine, Automation Devices makes the Model 8650 Level Control Switch.
Model Selection Table
| Model Number | Series | Capacity (cubic ft.) | Discharge Height (inches) | Input Voltage | Input Current | Shipping Weight (pounds) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5500N.1 request quote | N | 1/4 | 4 | 120 VAC | 0.75 A | 35 |
| 5500A.1 request quote | A | 2/3 | 8 1/2 | 120 VAC | 2.5 A | 55 |
| 5500A.2 request quote | 240 VAC | 1.25A | ||||
| 5500B.1 request quote | B | 2 | 8 1/2 | 120 VAC | 2.5 A | 79 |
| 5500B.2 request quote | 240 VAC | 1.25A | ||||
| 5500C.1 request quote | C | 5 | 8 1/2 | 120 VAC | 2.5 A | 110 |
| 5500C.2 request quote | 240 VAC | 1.25A | ||||
| 5500D.1 request quote | D | 6 | 19 | 120 VAC | 2.5 A | 146 |
| 5500D.2 request quote | 240 VAC | 1.25A |
