Apron Feeders are designed and manufactured to handle heavy, lumpy and abrasive materials, it is a feeding solution more robust than a traditional belt feeder is required. Its main function is to prevent surge loads to primary crushers, belt conveyors and other equipment.
Apron Feeder consists of drive wheel device, tail wheel tension device,pan- chain device and transmission device. After the head sprocket is driven, the traction chain in the pan- chain device meshes with the sprocket to drive the entire pans to move along the longitudinal center-line and the roller travels along the track fixed on the frame, thereby completing work. The material discharged from the silo/hopper is transported along the conveying line to the front of the body for continuous and uniform feeding.
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