Vibrate Feeder-Two-in-one Confluence Line

1. Product Overview

The Vibrate Feeder is a dosing and feeding unit developed by Globule Sanitary Conveyor Pty Ltd for the front section of food weighing and packaging lines. It sits between the bucket elevator and the multihead weigher, acting as the feeding hub that connects the two. In the 2-in-1 Merging Line it receives material lifted by the upstream elevator and feeds two multihead weighers with a stable, uniform and controllable flow, ensuring that both weighers always have product to weigh, remain stable in accuracy and run at full capacity.

Puffed products such as potato chips, corn chips, egg yolk cakes and prawn crackers are irregular in shape, coated with oil and powder, and prone to bridging and arching. Traditional screw or gravity feeding clogs easily and delivers uneven, intermittent flow. The Globule Vibrate Feeder uses an electromagnetic or vibrator-motor drive to make the trough vibrate at high frequency, so the product "fluidizes" and hops forward along the trough. Feed rate is adjusted by vibration frequency and amplitude, giving continuous, uniform and controllable discharge — solving the industry-wide problem of unstable feeding of puffed food at its source.

The machine is built to Globule's unified hygiene standard: food-grade stainless steel hopper and trough, round-tube frame, concealed wiring, whole-machine washdown and quick-release product-contact parts. According to the official brochure, single-body vibration models cover FS02, FS03 and FS04 with a hopper of 550×150×260 mm; twin-body vibration models cover FS02 and FS03 with a hopper of 900×900×460 mm. Dust covers, sight windows and fully enclosed structures are all optional, meeting different workshop cleanliness and dust-control requirements.

2. Core Advantages

Advantage 1: Twin-body split structure — naturally built for balanced dual-scale feeding

The essence of the 2-in-1 Merging Line is merging two channels, so both weighing channels need a stable supply at the same time. The Globule twin-body Vibrate Feeder (FS02/FS03, hopper 900×900×460 mm) receives upstream material in one large buffer hopper and then feeds the two multihead weighers below simultaneously through two independently excited troughs. The two material streams are independent and never compete, and their flow rates can be adjusted separately, automatically following the weighing rhythm of each scale for balanced replenishment. Both multihead weighers therefore stay fully loaded and accurate — genuine "balanced feeding to two scales".

Advantage 2: Vibration feeding — uniform flow, no bridging

Because puffed materials such as potato chips and corn chips arch and interrupt flow easily, the machine's high-frequency micro-vibration makes the product move forward in a slight throwing motion, producing continuous, steady discharge instead of pulsed rushes of product. Together with an adjustable gate and amplitude control, operators can set the feed rate precisely so that product enters the multihead weigher's distribution system at the optimum density, improving both accuracy and speed.

Advantage 3: Large hopper — strong buffering capacity

The twin-body model is equipped with a generous 900×900×460 mm hopper that acts as a buffer reservoir when the upstream elevator pauses briefly or incoming flow fluctuates, preventing the multihead weighers from "waiting for rice" and slowing the line. The large hopper also reduces the frequency of manual or elevator refills, making the line run more smoothly and with less supervision.

Advantage 4: Two frame families and multiple options for any workshop

Single-body models FS02/FS03/FS04 (hopper 550×150×260 mm) suit single-scale lines or smaller capacities; twin-body models FS02/FS03 (hopper 900×900×460 mm) suit the 2-in-1 dual-scale line. Dust covers prevent foreign matter and dust from falling in; sight windows allow operators to check the level and condition of the product; fully enclosed structures meet higher cleanliness grades and prevent oil-powder from flying and polluting the workshop.

Advantage 5: Hygienic design — fast, time-saving cleaning

The hopper and trough are made of food-grade stainless steel with rounded corners and no dead corners. The trough and excitation mechanism use a quick-release structure that can be dismantled without tools, and the whole machine tolerates direct washdown. Cleaning time when switching products or flavors is drastically reduced — a real benefit for snack workshops running many SKUs and flavors.

3. Technical Specifications

4. Role in the 2-in-1 Merging Line

The 2-in-1 Merging Line is a "two-in, one-out" high-speed packaging system: two bucket elevators lift the product, two multihead weighers weigh at high speed, and the merged flow is bagged by one VFFS machine. The most critical link in this chain is how to distribute the elevator's output to the two multihead weighers stably and fairly — and that is exactly where the Vibrate Feeder sits and what it does.

In the system, the twin-body Vibrate Feeder is the "quartermaster" of the two scales: its large hopper receives and buffers the material stream from the bucket elevators, then splits it downward through two independently excited troughs. When one weigher runs fast and its level runs low, that side automatically feeds more; the other side adjusts accordingly, so both scales always stay "full but not overloaded". Balanced split feeding keeps the weighing rhythm of the two scales in step, so the two product streams meet continuously at the merging point and the VFFS packer can run at maximum speed — truly unlocking the merged capacity of the 2-in-1 line.

Without stable vibration feeding, the two scales would starve or overflow alternately: one idle, one flooding, harming both weighing accuracy and line speed. With its uniform, controllable and adjustable feed, the Globule Vibrate Feeder lays the first stable foundation for the whole 2-in-1 Merging Line.

5. Why Choose Globule

Designed for dual-scale merging

● : the twin-body split model naturally matches the 2-in-1 structure, solving "splitting, buffering and balancing" in a single unit.

Engineers who understand puffed material

● : 10+ years in food equipment means we know exactly how chips bridge and corn chips interrupt; the vibration-feeding solution is highly targeted.

One hygiene standard across the line

● : round-tube frame, whole-machine washdown, quick disassembly and concealed wiring — fully consistent with every other unit of the 2-in-1 Merging Line, with no dead corners.

Flexible options

● : dust cover, sight window or fully enclosed structure by workshop condition; single-body or twin-body by capacity.

Local Shanghai manufacturing

● : controllable delivery, fast after-sales response, and on-site measurement and process advice available at the proposal stage.

6. Contact Us

● Company: Globule Sanitary Conveyor Pty Ltd / Shanghai Lingan Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

● Email:

[email protected]

● Tel: +86 13818737877

● Address: No.28 Huiye Road, Songjiang District, Shanghai, China