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The computers are designed to survive and function in extreme production environments.
Typical weighing applications include wet environments such as slaughterhouses and chemical or pharmaceutical plants where equipment needs to be washed down regularly during and after use.
Instead of keyboards, each PC uses durable, watertight touch-screen keypads to prevent water ingress during frequent and systematic wash downs.
The industrial weighing computers are housed in shock-proof stainless-steel or aluminium enclosures sealed to the IP67 and Nema 4 protection standards.
Flintec's team developed the application-critical electronics and weighing software found at the heart of these machines.
This technology has eliminated the need for weighing indicators - the PC is now able to undertake this role.
Normally a weighing scale would be connected to a weighing indicator, which would then be connected to a PC.
Flintec's technology has enabled Noax to link the weighing scales directly to the PCs.
'This is an example of embedded electronics - we are designing solutions which are an integral part of the equipment, rather than peripheral accessories,' said David Weeks, Flintec's managing director.
Flintec provided the general loadcell knowledge, electronics and software to create the weighing 'brain' of these industrial PCs.
Flintec's involvement in the industrial weighing computers project was driven by the company's German team at Meckesheim, near Heidelberg.
The two companies will target new and existing markets with this approach to industrial weighing in harsh environments.
