Powder Feeders for Thermal Spray and Laser Cladding

Model

Specifications and Options

GTV PF 2/2 Powder Feeder

The GTV PF 2/2 powder feeder is based on over 20 years well known PT Twin system. The GTV 2/2 is a further advancement of this earlier development. The GTV 2/2 has proven to be reliable in both thermal spray and laser cladding powder feed applications.

Standard Features Include:

• Siemens PLC

• 2 - rotameter type flow meters

• 2 - motor driven hoppers with RPM setpoint and actual display

• 2 Disk assemblies (see below for options)

• 2 stirrers (on/off)

• 2 feed hoses

• 2 gas input hoses 

Options include:

• Variable hopper size 1.5, 5.0 and 0.5 litre

• Variable disk size: (feed rates approximate)

• Standard Disk ( 16 mm x 1.2 mm) (5-200 g/min)

• Laser Cladding Powder Feed Disk (5mm x 0.6 mm) (0.5-15 g/min)

• Intermediate Disk (11 mm x 0.6 mm) (1 - 50 g/min)

• Mass Flow control

• Closed Loop Scale (W option)

• Stirrer Variable RPM

• Heater Jackets

• Operator Panel

• Multiple hopper options (i.e. 2/1, 3/3, 4/4, 4/2, 4/3

Proven workhorse for flame, HVOF and plasma spraying, the GTV 2/2 feeder is highly accepted as a laser cladding powder feed standard due to the high accuracy of powder feed at both high and low powder feed rates.

GTV 2/2 Powder Feeders Spare Parts Available

Low Cost GTV  2/2 Powder Feeder

 Low Cost GTV 2/2 LC Powder Feeder incorporates identical disks, spreaders and suction assemblies as the standardard GTV 2/2. The differences are as follows: 

• No PLC

• No Stirrer

• No Operator Panel

• Disk Rotation speed set with  potentiometer

Low Cost GTV 2/2 LC includes:

• 2 Rotameters for carrier gas control

• 2 moter driven hoppers (1.5 litre standard)

• 2 feed hoses

• 2 gas hoses

• Power cable

GTV  3/3-W

Scale Powder Feeder for closed loop control of powder feed rate in g/min, here with 5.5 l volume hoppers