Product category:
Weighing systems, Strain gauges
News Release from: Penko Engineering | Subject: MiniMate
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 February 2004
MiniMate awarded industrial approval
certification
Following the launch of the latest Penko Engineering programmable process sequencer, MiniMate has achieved TC6334 certification: it is now fully approved as an industrial weighing processor
Following the launch of the latest Penko Engineering programmable process sequencer, it has been announced that the MiniMate has achieved TC6334 certification This certification, combined with Penko Engineering accreditation, means that MiniMate is now fully approved as an industrial weighing processor
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 28 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed primarily for a wide variety of filling, weighing and dosing applications, MiniMate has shown that its comprehensive features provide a versatile control computer for a wide range of industrial automation tasks.
The compact unit is designed to meet the latest standards and requirements and can be used either as a stand-alone instrument, or linked via a variety of bus communication protocols within a complex measurement and process control network.
With its splash-proof display and control panel, MiniMate offers up to 32 different programs, 256 different recipes and may be programmed locally via the membrane display panel, or by using a Penko "ViewteQ" touch-screen, or via a PC across a network.
Typical applications include the full control of batch dosing for dry or wet constituents with process control, constant monitoring, opening and closing of valves and control of the transport mechanism (pneumatic or liquid discharge, Archimedes screw or conveyor belt for example).
Up to 15 MiniMates can be connected together using Penko Engineering Pi freeware for a PC.
With Pi, technicians are able to program MiniMates remotely, upload and download software, edit descriptive process labels and design custom label layouts using bitmap images to customise the printouts.
MiniMate supports a variety of communications protocols over 4 ports including a printer (RS232 or RS422), a Penko ViewteQ touch-screen, Omron Hostlink, Penko MassteQ link (to connect with up to 8 MassteQ units) and an internal service link.
All weighing data, inputs, outputs and internal addressing from other devices can be accessed using the MiniMate data bus.
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