FEEDER UNIT, A FEEDER MODULE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FEEDER UNITS, AND METHOD FOR DISCHARGING A CONSTANT MASS FLOW OF ONE OR MORE POWDERS INTO A RECEIVING CONTAINER

摘要

A feeder module (1), comprising a plurality of feeder units (2) arranged in a single level, each feeder unit (2) including a storage hopper (21), a weighing cell (24), a conveyer (22), and a discharge end (23), a common receiving container (3) connected to the discharge end (23) of each feeder unit (2), in which said plurality of feeder units (2) include two to eight feeder units (2) arranged in a spokes-like configuration, each feeder unit (2) extending radially outwards from an imaginary inner circle (31) defined by the discharge ends (23) of the feeder units (2) in the common receiving container (3) to an imaginary outer circle defined by radially opposite ends of the feeder units (2), the feeder units (2) being positioned substantially on radii extending from the imaginary inner circle (31).