Weigh Batching and Blending System Brochure

Two types of automated weigh batching and blending systens are detailed in a new brochure from Flexicon Corporation. The systems offer consistent accuracy at high speeds when weigh batching and/or blending free-flowing and non-free-flowing bulk ingredients sourced from virtually any interior or exterior plant location.

"Gain-in-weight" batching systems convey ingredients from any source such as bulk bags, silos, manual dumping stations or other process equipment. A controller starts and stops each conveyor in sequence, based on weight gain of the receiving vessel, then actuates a valve to discharge the batch directly into a blender, process equipment, or any other vessel.

"Bulk bag loss-of-weight" systems convey bulk ingredients from individual bulk bag weigh batch dischargers, each with load cells, to a central receiving vessel which is positioned above a blender, reactor, or other process equipment. A controller starts and stops the conveyor of each bulk bag weigh batch discharger based on the amount of weight lost, then actuates a valve to discharge the batch directly into a blender or any other vessel.

Both systems handle a diversity of free- and non-free-flowing materials – from products that pack, cake, bridge, smear, or fluidize to those that separate – at the high rates required for fast batching cycles, as well as the steady dribble feed rates needed for highly accurate weighments.

Flexicon Corp., 1375 Stryker's Rd., P.O. Box 5269, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865-5269. Tel: 908-859-4700. Fax: 908-859-4820.