GeoMate Feeders

The GeoMate™ Batching System is a mass flow feeding system based upon our exclusive GeoTray™ feed tray and MassMate™ mass flow hopper. Mass Flow Feeding, High Frequency Dribble Feed, Instant Off and No Moving Parts make it the Batching feeder of choice for a wide variety of dry bulk products.

Historical Problem
The basic problem for “standard” vibratory feeders is the inability to reliably deliver material from the hopper to the tray. Small or skinny outlets create bridging and ratholing within the hopper. This fact had eliminated vibratory feeders from many applications in the past.

The Solution
The GeoMate™ is a Mass Flow feeding system. All MassMate™ hoppers are designed for mass flow. First, the hopper wall angles are steeper than the product’s wall friction characteristics thereby promoting material flow in all areas of the bin. Second, the outlet is sized larger than the product’s arching dimension, thereby preventing bridging.
In addition the GeoTray™ feed tray promotes mass flow by shearing the entire cross sectional outlet of the hopper. This “live bottom” action, working in unison with the MassMate™ hopper, provides a true mass flow feeding system.
No moving parts and an industry best 2-year warranty, translates into the lowest operating cost in the industry.

Fast Feed
3,600 cycles/minute
No Moving Parts

Dribble Feed
1200-3600 cycles/minute
Pulseless Feed-
Accurate, Simplistic, Reliable

Instant Off
Feed stops instantly
No Plopping
No run-on

The GeoMate™ Batching feeder design is simplistic in nature. With one basic design, very small, field changeable modifications are made to each GeoTray™ to meet the needs of a broad range of products. With only one basic feeder design the operator’s learning curve is substantially reduced.

In 2004 3Sigma provided 72 GeoMate™ Batching feeders to batch more than 70 different products ranging from Sulfur to Steel Wool. 3Sigma provided the same GeoMate™ Batching feeders for all products with only three different GeoTray™ designs.
The Results: One basic design has allowed the operators to fully learn the feeders within weeks. To date not one spare part has been ordered for this system.

Quick Access, Quick Clean

The GeoTray™ can be completely disassembled for cleaning by removing one clamp. The GeoTray™ is suspended by the two back hangers. The GeoTray™ can be cleaned in place or switched out with another GeoTray™ within minutes.

GeoMate™ Dry Material Feeder

GeoMate™ - Dry Material Feeders

GeoMate™ Mass Flow Feeding System

All SS Construction
for superior
flow characteristics

Load Cells
3-point Design or
Mass Counterbalanced.

FeedTray Isolation
The flexible sleeve isolates the
FeedTray from the hopper. This
allows for FeedTray oscillation and
proper cross sectional shear.

GeoTray™ FeedTray
One-piece weldment. No bearings. No
bushings. No seals. No moving parts.
Simplistic Design.

MassMate™ Mass Flow Hopper
No agitation required.
Mass flow design means
No Moving Parts!

Why use a GeoMate™ Vibratory Feeder?
The GeoMate™ Batching feeder is ideally suited for Batching applications due to the feeders ability stop instantly and identically while feeding at 1,200 to 3,600 cycles/minutes, even in the dribble mode of operation. The ability to cycle at such high rates provides an incredibly consistent and repeatable output, which is a major factor in determining final batch accuracy. At the same time, in the dribble mode individual grains or pellets can be controlled and discharged.

MassMate™ Mass Flow Hopper

GeoTray™ Fully Assembled

GeoTrayTM lowered for cleaning by removing one clamp