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Continuous Weighing of Bulk Solids

Automatic weighing has replaced manual weighing for bulk solids due to larger production processes, the need to reduce labor costs, and market dependence on weighing equipment. There are two main types of weighing bulk solids: batch weighing and continuous weighing. Batch weighing measures set units of weight that are then totalized to the desired weight, requiring uniform material flow. Continuous weighing uses a conveyor belt on a weight-sensitive platform to constantly monitor flow rate changes and total weight of material passing over. Continuous weighers are mostly used to feed continuous processes at uniform, measured rates.

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Continuous Weighing of Bulk Solids

Automatic weighing has replaced manual weighing for bulk solids due to larger production processes, the need to reduce labor costs, and market dependence on weighing equipment. There are two main types of weighing bulk solids: batch weighing and continuous weighing. Batch weighing measures set units of weight that are then totalized to the desired weight, requiring uniform material flow. Continuous weighing uses a conveyor belt on a weight-sensitive platform to constantly monitor flow rate changes and total weight of material passing over. Continuous weighers are mostly used to feed continuous processes at uniform, measured rates.

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Weighing of Bulk

solids
Weighing of bulk solids

Automatic weighing has replaced manual


weighing due to-
• Advent of larger capacity processes
• Need to economize labour and reduce
cost product
• Increasing dependence of market on
weighing equipments
Batch Weighing
In batch weighing, a given unit of weight is measured, and then
the desired total weight is obtained through multiples of the
given unit. The principle of operation of batch-type scales is
based on the concept that a flowing stream of material has
constant density. If this is true, then if at some point in advance
of the desired batch weight the stream is cut off, the amount of
material flowing will remain constant between the time when
the weight is sensed and the time when the flow is stopped. The
total weight in the weigh vessel is the sum of the charge due to
flow and the amount that flows during the cutoff period. For this
reason, feed conditions to the scale are important. Uniform flow
is essential for accurate batch weighings.
Free flowing material Not free flowing
Mass flow hopper can be Vibratory feeder can be
used. used
Application of batch scales
• A typical application of batch scales is the
weighing of charges for packaging machines.
• Another is the weighing of given amounts of
raw material and then dropping these into the
next process unit, such as a mixer or an
autoclave.
Continuous weighing
• This procedure involves a device that is sensitive both to the
total amount of material flowing and to changes in the flow.
The material is continuously brought over the weight sensing
elements of the continuous-weigh scale, which is capable of
keeping track of the flow and its changes and eventually
accounts for these when totaling them. Continuous-weighing
scales use a section of a belt conveyor, over which the material
to be weighed passes.
Continuous weighers
The belt is mounted on a weight-sensitive platform, typically
equipped with load cells, which can detect minute changes in the
weight of material passing over the belt. The load-cell output is
integrated over short intervals and the condition of flow given. This
may be a rate of flow or, at the end of a weight measurement, the
total weight.
Continuous-weighing scales are used mostly to feed materials to
continuous processes at uniform, measured rates.
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