Dear Roland,

I would like to see your sketch on the subject. I am aware of a number of designs that qualify for the term. This has metamorphous over the years.

Presently, no sketch shows with the CLICK. ■

Dear all,

Will the attached principle work for solids ?

Regards, ■

Originally Posted by mohandes

the attached file was in pdf format without problem

however I save as JPEG as attached file

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This is not the Mexican Hat (MH) design. The principle of the MH is to regulate the flow stream starting from the rear of the feeder and to somewhat force mass flow by causing internal obstructions between selected cross-flow partitions. The opening under each partition is increasingly graduated in height from the first to last. The difference in partition heights controls the mass flow over the respective partition in proportion to the overall height difference between first and last partition = exit height.

This does not work for large rock sizes that will cause blockage under each partition. Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) can give good feedback on the mass flow dynamics for non-sticky materials. ■