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Metering and Conveying Spent Brewer’s Grain Using Screw Conveyor

The conveying system previously in place, progressive cavity pumps, proved to be a significant and consistent maintenance problem resulting in brewing downtime. KWS replaced the problematic pumps with four inclined screw feeders to meter the spent grain out of the collection bins below the filter presses. These four inclined screw feeders meter the spent grain to a single collection screw conveyor that transports the grain to another system of screw conveyors that conveys the grain to its final destination.