The invention relates to a device and a method for metering bulk material (12), comprising a housing (2) which extends along an axis (3) and which comprises a base plate (4), a cover plate (5) which is arranged at an
axial distance from the base plate, and a
peripheral wall (6) which connects the base plate (4) and the cover plate (5) and which encloses a
working space (7). A
honeycomb wheel (28) which rotates about the axis (3) is arranged in the
working space (7) and has a plurality of cells (33) which are arranged concentrically about the axis (3) on a number n of annular tracks (32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 32.4), the cells (33) of a first annular track (32.4) being arranged circumferentially offset v from the cells (33) of the other annular track (32.2). The upper side of the units (33) facing the cover plate (5) and the lower side of the units (33) facing the base plate (4) are designed to be open and form, with the cover plate (5) and the base plate (4), a chamber that rotates about the axis (3). The housing (2) has a feed opening (8), via which the material (12) can be fed to the cells (33) of the
honeycomb wheel (28), and a
discharge opening (9), via which the cells (33) of the
honeycomb wheel (28) can be emptied. The filled cells (33) enter the area of the
discharge opening (9) during the rotation of the honeycomb wheel (28), wherein each
cell (33), together with its
cell wall and the
discharge opening (9), forms a partial cross-section Ateil which is generated during the entry and which is dependent on the
angle of rotation. In order to ensure that the
material flow is as continuous as possible during the metering process, it is proposed according to the invention that the circumferential offset v is formed between a first unit (33) of the first circular track (32.4), which first unit is preceding in the direction of rotation (38), and a further unit (33) of a further circular track (32.2), which further unit is immediately following in the direction of rotation, the other unit (33) is arranged in the area of the discharge opening (9) such that, as the other unit (33) begins to enter the area of the discharge opening (9), the partial cross-section Ateil of the first unit (33) corresponds to x1 / n of the entire cross-section Avoll of the first unit (33), where x is in the range of between 0.6 and 1.4.