Position: Check Weighing Machine Model TSC 350 16x Suited for high production packaging control lines, is capable of weighing, classifying, and rejecting up to 16 items simultaneously. Drag chain style scale utilizes 2 strands of Nylatron? flat-link chain to convey product across weighing portion of each scale. Intended for in-motion weighing of rigid, semi-rigid, and stable products from 5 g to 10 kg, Check Weighing Machine offers conveyor speeds to 300 fpm and can weigh up to 5,600 units/min with accuracies to ±0.5 g.
Thompson Scale Develops High Throughput 16-Lane Check Weighing Machine
Check Weighing Machine Provides Simultaneous Quality Control Weighments For Up to 16 Packages
(January 31, 2006) WestPack, Anaheim, CA - Thompson Scale Company, a leader in checkweighing systems, packaging machinery controls, and custom production scales, announced today the release of the new TSC 350 16x Check Weighing Machine. This advanced and efficient Check Weighing Machine is capable of weighing, classifying, and rejecting up to 16 items simultaneously for quality control in packaging.
The TSC 350 16x Check Weighing Machine is a drag chain style scale designed for large quantity weighing in high production packaging lines. It utilizes two strands of Nylatron? flat-link chain to convey product across the weighing portion of each scale. The Model TSC 350 16x Check batch weighing machine is designed for in-motion weighing of rigid, semi-rigid, and stable products weighing from 5 grams to 10 kilograms. Its unique design, consisting of 16 individual lanes, increases output of packaged products over an average Check Weighing Machine by weighing 16 times the number of items at once. The Check Weighing Machine does this while maintaining its high level of accuracy. The TSC 350 16x offers conveyor speeds up to 300 ft/min, is capable of weighing up to an unprecedented 5,600 units/min, with accuracies of up to +/- 0.5 gram.
Standard Check Weighing Machines operate within production lines that send one product at a time down their conveyor systems. The effective design of this Check Weighing Machine addresses product handling issues and provides a solution for many production plants that push product down conveyors in multiple sets or lanes. Instead of a plant having to redesign their production line (and slow down production) to work with a standard Check Weighing Machine, the TSC 350 16x fits seamlessly into many diverse configurations. Models from two to 16 lanes are available. The benefits of such a Check Weighing Machine can be substantial as weighing higher quantities allow for a much greater production yield while still maintaining strict quality control of all items produced. Even though it offers a much greater performance, this Check Weighing Machine is almost just as simple to operate and maintain as standard models.
This technologically advanced Batch Weighing System has many innovative engineering designs that make it unique and effective. The multitasking operating system is able to switch between each weighing task and works with the analog to digital cards to distinguish between each individual weighment, combining 16 lines so they are able to run parallel. Integrated scale controls housed in a stand alone industrial enclosure are able to receive, interpret, and display accurate weights from each load cell on all
16 lines simultaneously and independently.
This check weighing system is a simple, easy to use, rugged, yet highly accurate small package production scale. The TSC 350 16x can be configured to handle virtually any shape or size package. Examples of containers are boxes, cans, bottles, or rigid shrink-wrapped packages. Products able to run on the TSC 350 16x include paints, adhesives, insecticides, tubs of butter, bagged and boxed sugars, fresh fruits, and cookies.
"The reality that many plants face with standard Check Weighing Machine designs is the inability to achieve total quality control by weight without a reduction in productivity. The flexibility of this Check Weighing Machine allows the weighment of every single item produced to fulfill quality assurance standards," stated Alan Vaught, Vice President of Thompson Scale.
Unlike other in-motion scales, the TSC 350 16x does not require the use of photo-eyes (in most cases) to detect the presence of a package crossing the scale. This is another unique aspect of the Check Weighing Machine. This feature eliminates the costs and problems (such as downtime, unweighed product, or incomplete weigh data) that are associated with dirty or misaligned photo-eye sensors.
These versatile Check Weighing Machines are constructed of all stainless steel components and are available in various configurations to meet specific requirements: food grade (compliant applications), washdown and corrosive applications, as well as hazardous environments up to Class I, Division 1. They also offer a variety of reject options as well as optional conveyors, light displays, alarms, reporting packages, communication interfaces, and Eriez? brand metal detectors.
The package weight controllers for these Check Weighing Machines can hold 75 unique product recipes in memory and display useful information on production as each unit crosses the scale. Each controller also offers Spanish menus in full sentences for better comprehension. The TSC 350 16x Check Weighing Machine is available now. For more information, call 713/932-9071 or visit our website at http://www.thompsonscale.com.
