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KOCH-TECHNIK: DUO conveyor unit that supplies
two demand points
At this year’s K trade fair, KOCH-TECHNIK will be demon-
strating an economical conveyor that is able to deliver ma-
terial to two plastics processing stations or granulate dryers.
The designation Duo conveyor is used for various packages
put together consisting of a frame with a vacuum generator
and control system as well as two material hopper loaders with
hoppers allowing material throughputs of between 120 kg/h
and 340 kg/h. In contrast to KOCH-TECHNIK’s standalone
conveyors, DUO conveyors have only one single three-phase
vacuum generator; the output of this vacuum generator is ef-
ficiently distributed to two material conveyors on an alterna-
ting basis. The benefits for plastics processors are clear to see:
In addition to proven quality from Koch-Technik that ensures
trouble-free transportation of materials, customers receive a
package that provides the same performance at a more fa-
vourable price than two standalone conveyors. A uniform con-
figuration of device components from KOCH-TECHNIK’s
modular system guarantees a “turnkey” solution for material
transportation that can be deployed immediately. While the
processing material is conveyed safely and reliably without any
dust emissions, the maintenance-free vacuum fan is used to
optimum capacity. Koch-Technik understands the target group
for this product to be those plastics processors who wish to
supply two demand points close to each other with medium
to large material throughputs.
Simple operation
Operation of these units is intentionally kept as simple as pos-
sible: A touch panel is used to configure the parameters for
the two hopper loders and the vacuum fan. One of 16 langua-
ges can be selected for menu navigation. When the unit is
commissioned, the layer control is set up in such a way that
parameters such as cleaning and inspection intervals are sim-
ply configured for both material conveyors and the entire unit
is then password protected via a hierarchical operator level.
For conveying operation, it will then only be necessary to ac-
tivate the device and make any adjustments to the conveying
time.
Material feeding as a package
Each package includes two customised intermediate hoppers
and material hopper loaders. The A series material conveyors
from KOCH-TECHNIK are equipped with rotary blade cleaning.
With this type of cleaning, the conveyor air transporting the
material is cleaned through a filter in the hopper loader. This
filter made of highly efficient polyester fleece retains dust and
foreign particles of up to 2µ in size. A rotary blade within the
filter cartridge rotates at lightning speed prior to each con-
veying operation, generating compressed air to clean the filter
itself, from the inside to the outside, in less than 0.4 seconds.
This cleaning operation – which is highly efficient even when
ground material is being conveyed – ensures absolutely dust-
free transportation of materials within production and protects
the vacuum generator.
In the case of packages 1 to 3, a vacuum generator with an
output of 1.5 kW even provides for transportation of a total of
between 120 kg and 230 kg of raw material per hour. Package
4 deploys a powerful 2.5 kW vacuum fan to convey up to 340
kg/h. Two suction lances, antistatic PVC hose and a vacuum Y-
branch rounds off each complete package.
For more than 40 years, the name of KOCH-TECHNIK has
been synonymous with innovation, precision, modular flexibi-
lity and cost-effectiveness in the mixing, dosing, conveying,
drying and storing of plastic granulates. Use of our equipment
and systems in more than 5,000 plastics processing compa-
nies around the world is testimony to the acceptance and high
efficiency of these systems in everyday production work.
Hopper Loader
Material
Storage
IMM
Hopper
Loader
Material Dryer Material
Storage DUO Feeding unit
DUO Touch
Panel Control
The KOCH-TECHNIK DUO conveyor unit is able to deliver material
to two plastics processing stations or granulate dryers
Hall 10, Booth A21
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