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I BAU HAMBURG
Flow Control Gate
Standard type and variations
for all applications
The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate
Flow control gate
Flow control gates are
used for shutting off the
discharge spouts of silos
and for the controlled dis-
charge of pulverized bulk
goods such as cement,
lime, gypsum and fly ash.
IBAU Flow control gates
ensure an unrestricted flow-
through. Thanks to the
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Silo discharge with flow control gate
design without step, there
is no danger of small
lumps being stopped, thus
causing the through-put to
decrease. The picture
shows a standard dis-
charge spout containing a
hand actuated cut-off gate,
a motor actuated IBAU
Flow control gate, a
flexible compensator and
a fluidslide.
Small lumps pass
the flow control gate
without being stopped
by a step.
Hand with a switch box contain-
ing three limit switches for
actuated gate the positions ‘open’,
In general, manual flow ‘intermediate’ and closed’.
control gates equipped Furthermore, there is a
with coupling and lever potentiometer for remote
are used for power actuat- control indication.
ed gates. This allows to
add a gear motor or pneu-
matic piston later on if
required. All types of flow
control gates are equipped

Silo discharge with pneumatic piston- and motor-actuated flow control gate
Motor
actuated gate
Motor actuated flow
control gates are equipped
with a gear motor
or with a torque motor.
Gear motors can be
positioned in four different
ways, i.e. ‘top right’,
‘top left’, ‘bottom right’
and ‘bottom left’.
The standard type is top
right. The class of protec-
tion for all gear motors is
IP 54 according to
DIN 40050. The actuating
velocities for a full way
of 90 degrees are 8, 25, 45
or 60 sec. depending
on the requirements.
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Pneumatic piston- In case of power failure
actuated gate the gate will automatically
move into the ‘closed’
Pneumatic piston-actuated position.
flow control gates are
equipped with a double-
acting pneumatic piston
controlled by a special
5/3 way valve which
makes it possible to stop
the gate in any position
required.
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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Flow control gate

The flow control gate is
an element to be placed
between fluidslides (pictu-
re on the right). It consists
of an upper box (A) which
forms the conveying
chamber and a lower box
(B) which is supplied with
compressed air. Upper A
and lower box are separa-
ted from each other by
a fabric permeable to air.

A roller-shaped gate is
placed within the upper
box. The roller is sealed by
an exchangeable gasket
and features an adjustable
aperture for the flow- B
through of the bulk goods
to be slowed down.
The function of the flow
control gate is firstly the
dust-tight shut-off of a
silo discharge opening and
secondly the infinitely con-
trolled discharge of pul-
verized bulk goods from
a silo into a conveying
element (e.g. fluidslide).
This is possible in a sim-
ple way. When the roller
rotates into one direction,
the silo discharge opening
is closed, when the roller
rotates into the other
direction, the adjustable
aperture is opened, so that
the fluidized bulk good
can flow through.

It is possible to vary the

cross-section or size of the
aperture which is opened
by the rotation of the
roller into one direction
or the other. The flow of
bulk material passing the
roller increases with
increasing size of the open
cross-section; in other
words the quantity of flui-
dized bulk goods leaving
the silo is controlled.
The opening angle of the
flow control gate can be
seen from a pointer atta-
ched to the shaft coupling.
Schematic illustration of a flow control gate
Apertures
Different operating con-
ditions require
specially shaped apertures.
Triangular aperture
This type of cross-section is
the most common and
most appropriate shape for
nearly all metering require-
ments of average accuracy.
Trapezoid aperture
with drip gap
This type with an extend-
ed triangular cross-section
for a large flow-through
capacity is particularly
suited for bulk loading.
For balancing the car load
the roller is turned into
a position which sets free
only the drip gap.
Aperture for linear
dosing
A special aperture for linear
dosing is available for spe-
cial applications, e.g. feed-
ing a belt weigher or flow
meter. This specially shaped
aperture allows linear
dosing; i.e. an opening
angle of 30° results in a
throughput of 30 %.

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The flow control gate Each standard type

can be actuated has a disengageable
either by a gear motor coupling with hand
or by an electrically lever for moving the
controlled roller in case
pneumatic piston. of a power failure.

Possibilities of attaching the actuator

Roller of the flow control gate in open position Roller of the flow control gate in closed position

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

The drawing shows an original I BAU Silo with discharge

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Flow control gates

for silo discharge
This is a typical applica-
tion of flow control gates
installed for
controlled silo discharge
in an I BAU Silo.
The ring-shaped bottom
of I BAU Silos can be divi-
ded into 4 – 12 sections.
Each section consists of
fluidizing pads, a cut-off
gate and a flow control
gate with flexible
connection and a fluid-
slide which conveys the
discharged material to
the collecting bin.
The flow control gates
are opened one after the
other, the sequence being
controlled by a timing
system. Generally
only one section at a time
is activated for discharge.

sections controlled by I BAU Flow control gates

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Controlled
weigher feeding
Raw meal metering equipment
plays an important role in the
cement production. Prior to
feeding the preheater of the
kiln, raw meal extracted from
a blending or storage silo
is continuously weighed by
means of flow meters.
Often, a weighing bin installed
on load cells is used. This
prebin allows the control of the
weighing system and makes it
possible to keep a constant
level which in turn ensures a
permanent height of raw meal
above the aerated bottom.
Flow control gates control the Cone silo
flow of raw meal between the outlet
prebin and the weighing equip-
ment. For this type of applica-
tion pneumatic operated flow
control gates with electro
pneumatic control device are
used. The material flow is con-
trolled by a signal exchange
with the flowmeter. Weighing
prebin
The pneumatic actuators oper-
ate according to the principle
of rotary paddle pneumatics
without the use of lever arms, The I BAU
toothed racks and gears. This Flow control
allows the pure torque to be gate with
transferred, with no interfering pneumatic
control Stand-by
side forces on the square drive. equipment
The actuators, which are char- device
acterised by a compact and
weight-saving design, require
little or no maintenance. Flow
metering
The actuator device also comes equipment
equipped with ventilation
options, enabling it to be also
moved manually (hand lever).
The flow control gates of the
stand-by equipment can be set
via remote control exactly to
the current operating position
of the main line. The figure on
the left illustrates the arrange-
ment of a weighing station
with flow metering equipment.
The I BAU Screw pump
for preheather feeding

Controlled feeding system with flow metering equipment

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Silo outlet with flow control gates, feeding the weighing bin

Flow control gate with pneumatic actuator and control device Flow metering equipment

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Standard type
flow control gates
The picture shows
flow control gates of
size 800 and size 200,
both motor-actuated,
with a capacity of
approx. 1000 t/h resp.
150 t/h cement.

Motor actuated flow control gates

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Flow control gate

with pneumatically
controlled drive
The pneumatic actuator,
is designed for the linear
control of the material
throughput quantity.
A further important
feature is the emergency
shutdown, i.e. the
flow control gate is
closed pneumatically in
case of a power failure.
The setpoint as well as
position feedback are
carried out by means of
a 4 –20 mA signal.
The combination of any
desired type of I BAU
Roller with a pneumatic
actuator, connected to an
electropneumatic control
device, is eminently
suitable for
bulk handling, e.g. on the
discharge spouts of silos
or bins where a linearly
controlled discharge is
required and where,
for safety reasons, the
discharge process must
be stopped in case of
power failure.

Flow control gate with pneumatic actuator

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Flow control gate

with motor-
controlled drive
This type of flow control
gate, also serves for the
linear control of materials
to be discharged from
silos or bins.
In order to achieve
a high control accuracy,
a slip-on gear motor
positioned directly on the
shaft of the roller is used
instead of conventional
gear motors with driving
rod and clevis.
Among its advantages are
the space-saving design,
an infinite control not
restricted to a certain
number of positions and
an ultimately high control
accuracy.

Flow control gate with motor-controlled drive

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Flow control gate with standard pneumatic actuator
Flow control gate controlled by a special
5/3-way-valve. The three
with controlled positions are ‘open’,
pneumatic piston ‘closed’ and ‘stop’.
The ‘closed’-position is
This flow control gate the emergency shutdown
with pneumatic piston is position in case of power
actuated by a double- failure which means that
acting pneumatic piston the control gate will then
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be brought into the ‘shut’-
position. The actuating
velocity can be adjusted
independently by means
of a throttle muffler. The
lowest possible actuating
velocity is about 10 sec.
for a 90° move.
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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

F low control gate

Type IBN
The I BAU FLOW CON-
TROL GATE TYPE IBN
shows all advantages and
features of the worldwide
renowned I BAU FLOW
CONTROL GATE , which
has been installed more
than 500,000 times.
The variations of the basic
type with different actuators
have in common the
extremely high accuracy
of a controlled flow of
pulverised bulk goods
with reproducible results.
They require practically no
maintenance. However,
I BAU FLOW CONTROL GATE even good things are
TYPE IBN subject to wear after many
installed at the silo years of good service under
discharge outlet severe conditions.
Different designs of other
flow control gates may
make it necessary to disas-
semble the complete unit.
However, thanks to the
design of the I BAU Flow
control gate, a complete
disassembly becomes
unnecessary.
Maintenance can be carried
out without dismantling the
complete unit. After having
taken off one of the side
plates the roller can be
removed. The gasket is then
accessible and can be repla-
ced if required. Reassembly
is carried out in reverse
order.

I BAU FLOW CONTROL GATE

TYPE IBN
roller being taken out

Diagrammatic view of a flow control gate

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The I BAU Flow control gate type IBN

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Assembley of flow control gates at the

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I BAU HAMBURG fabrication and assembley shop

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The I BAU HAMBURG Flow control gate

Quality control check at the workshop

Placing of actuators on a flow control gate

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Flow control gates with pneumatic actuators

Spare rollers for flow control gates at the I BAU HAMBURG assembley shop

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2.000 pumps for bulk material transport, 250 power plant equipment, 60 terminals for bulk material mixing,
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