Screw Conveyor Design, Application and
The design of the screw is based on the theory of the inclined plane. The screw conveyor began to evolve in the late 1800s and was used as a means of increasing food and grain production to meet the needs of the rapidly growing American population. The first feed mills used screw conveyors throughout the process. Even today's most modern feed mills rely on screw conveyors for many of their