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Weighing systems, Strain gauges
News Release from: Avery Weigh-Tronix | Subject: Checkpoint S-MB
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 March 2006
Check weighing optimises filling on
production
Klinge Chemicals has reduced product giveaway by an estimated 70 pallets of LoSalt a year after installing an Avery Weigh-Tronix in-line checkweigher and average weight monitoring software
LoSalt watches the weight Klinge Chemicals has reduced product giveaway by an estimated 70 pallets of LoSalt a year with the recent installation of an Avery Weigh-Tronix in-line checkweigher and average weight monitoring software LoSalt is a popular low sodium salt substitute
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 5 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Before installation the company would manually check-weigh a sample product from the production line at a rate of 15 tubs every 15 minutes.
This represented just 0.4% of production output making it difficult to identify any trends in net weight change.
As a result Klinge Chemicals chose to overfill tubs to ensure that it could satisfy average weight legislation.
Under filled packs created a logistical problem as the whole batch packed since the last sample had to be identified and rechecked before despatch.
After monitoring product overfill over a two-year period, the company decided that the levels of product giveaway justified the implementation of a new in-line system.
This increased productivity through reducing manual labour and improving operational efficiency.
The Avery Weigh-Tronix Checkpoint S-MB checkweigher was installed downstream of the filling heads, with a RAM pusher reject mechanism to enable any underweight product to be taken off the line into receiving bins for refilling or topping up.
Now every pack is weighed and the data is recorded by the control system.
Weight trends are monitored and if the average weight is high, the supervisor can adjust the filling head to reduce the amount deposited into each tub.
The checkweighers have a stainless steel construction and IP65 conveyor motors that are immune to water ingress under normal cleaning conditions.
A waterproof cabinet protects the control board.
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