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title: Bimba's Impact Actuator Keeps Products Flowing
description: To help a customer, Bimba develops an impact actuator that helps keep the product flowing.
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# [Bimba's Impact Actuator Keeps Products Flowing](https://blog.knottsco.com/blog/bimbas-impact-actuator-keeps-products-flowing)

 Written by [Kelly Howe](https://blog.knottsco.com/blog/author/kelly-howe) | Jul 27, 2015 12:53:07 PM

*This post is brought to you by **[Bimba](https://www.knottsco.com/bimba-manufacturing)**.*

Challenge:

A customer was looking for a way to dispense bulk food product onto a **[conveyor](https://www.knottsco.com/dorner-conveyors)**. The current application the customer was using to accomplish this process was getting jammed up, and causing long delays to get the product flowing again.

Solution:

Bimba developed an impact **[actuator](https://blog.knottsco.com/blog/bimbas-rotary-actuator-provides-industry-leading-1080%C2%B0-of-rotation)** that delivers kinetic energy in order to keep the product flowing out of the hopper. The unit pictured can produce up to 400 in-lbs of energy. In addition to the integrated valving, the cylinder also allows for timing adjustment through flow control adjustment.

Benefits:

- Integrated self-reciprocating circuit
- Adjustable frequency
- Reduces downtime due to jamming

Other Applications:

- Belly Dump on Trailers
- Dispensing
- Packaging

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