Gain-In-Weight Batching

With a gain-in-weight batching system, a volumetric feeder is used to feed the material into a weighing hopper.

As material is added, the weighing hopper continuously takes weight measurements, and the feeders continue to release material until a set weight is reached within the hopper which triggers a mechanism that signals the feeders to stop.

Many applications require that several different materials be added into the batch. In this case, each material is added to the weigh hopper one at a time. Once the set weight for an ingredient is reached that feeder is switched off and the next ingredient feeder is switched on until the next set weight is reached.

This process continues until all ingredients have been added. This results in the hopper containing several layers, one for each ingredient since they were added individually.

The sensitive automated controls in this weighing system prepare bulk materials for the next stage of the process by carefully controlling the release of substances.

Loss-In-Weight Batching

In a loss-in-weight batching system, multiple ingredients are fed into a collection hopper using highly controlled feeders.

Each of the ingredient feeders is equipped with a weighing sensor, such as a load cell, to carefully measure the weight of the material within the feeder. As the feeders release material into a hopper, the system tracks how much of the ingredient is released by tracking how much weight was lost in the feeder.

This is important in applications where smaller weights are at play and where more exact weight measurements are necessary. Additionally, batch mixing times are reduced down the line because these materials are introduced into the hopper all together instead of one by one, resulting in a blended mixture.