Screw Conveyor
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How Do Screw Conveyors Work?
Screw conveyors use flighting, or rotating spiral blades, to carry granular or liquid materials through a trough or tube. This technology is based on the principle of the Archimedes screw, which has been used for water and other materials. Today, a wide range of industries, from agriculture to food processing, use screw conveyors.
Farmers use the modern screw auger with very few moving parts to transport grain to or from bins, grain baskets, or trucks, miners use screw conveyors to transport minerals from dig sites to storage silos for processing while chemical workers use screw conveyors to safely convey toxic substances from one application to another.