Cooperation between Van Beek Schroeftransport and weighing specialist Penko Engineering has resulted in real time monitoring of how much product a screw is transporting.
Users can, for example, decide how many grams of a particular material per minute may be supplied to the process. The screw conveyor then adjusts the speed to this. They can also program the screw conveyor to stop on reaching a certain weight, or first empty itself and then stop.
During operation, users can see the material speed (m/s), number of kg/s, how many kg have already been transported and the control of the flow regulation from 0 to 100 %. This is possible by determining the mass of the screw plus contents with special strain gauge recorders. The movement and the speed can be fixed with a speed monitor.
Visitors to the Industrial Processing exhibition were the first to try out the new technology. With the press of a button, they were able to increase or reduce the capacity easily; the screw conveyor responded immediately by adjusting the speed. They could also give the screw the command to stop transport after a certain quantity.
