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EuroWire – November 2007 46
english technology news
New system gives PCC control
Process Control Corporation, a supplier of auxiliary equipment
for the plastics processing industry, has expanded its
product line to include the Gravimetric Inventory Management
System.
With an increased number of processors searching for a
method to weigh and store either re-pelletised material or
delivered raw pellet materials, PCC recognised the need for an
inventory management system.
The system will accurately weigh re-pelletised materials prior
to being re-processed or
stored as inventory. The
system can also be used
to verify delivered resins
before entering them into
inventory.
The system can be
configured to operate
in a continuous mode
for loading silos or other
surge bins for storage or
as a batching system for
loading Gaylord boxes for
storage.
The system can provide
totals for a given
production shift, a
complete production
run or an overall running
total of material. It runs
automatically with little or
no operator intervention
logging shift weight
totals.
Pellet material is conveyed
either from a pelletiser,
storage or delivery unit
into a surge hopper via a
pressure or vacuum system.
The surge hopper has a high level view window for quick
visual inspection of the material level within the bin, as well as
a clean-out door and a high-level proximity sensor.
The high level proximity sensor is provided to shut down the
conveying system and prevent the system from over-filling.
The material is then discharged from the surge hopper
through a slide-gate into a weighed hopper.
Finally, the material is discharged through a second metering
gate into either a Gaylord box or is conveyed to either a
storage silo or storage bin via a vacuum or pressure system.
The entire system is controlled with an easy-to-use touch-
screen interface. The inventory data can be printed or
transferred to an existing supervisory type inventory control
system.
Process Control Corporation – USA
Fax: +1 770 449 5445
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Entire system controlled with touch-
screen interface
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