A metering device for discharging bulk material at a discharge opening, with a hopper for storing the bulk material, and a conveying device for conveying the bulk material from the hopper to the discharge opening. The hopper has an outlet opening through which the bulk material can be conveyed out of the hopper by the conveying device, and a slide gate, the position of which determines an outlet cross-section of the outlet opening. The metering device has a motor-operated actuator for adjusting the outlet cross-section, a control device for controlling the metering device and a motor-operated actuator for adjusting the slide gate, which is controlled via the control device as a function of a target feed rate.

A metering device for discharging bulk material at a discharge opening, with a hopper for storing the bulk material, and a conveying device for conveying the bulk material from the hopper to the discharge opening. The hopper has an outlet opening through which the bulk material can be conveyed out of the hopper by the conveying device, and a slide gate, the position of which determines an outlet cross-section of the outlet opening. The metering device has a motor-operated actuator for adjusting the outlet cross-section, a control device for controlling the metering device and a motor-operated actuator for adjusting the slide gate, which is controlled via the control device as a function of a target feed rate.