Affordably replace manual ingredient batching
Sterling Systems & Controls
The Affordable Batching Controller (photo) is a semi-automatic batching system that still requires operator involvement through each step in the batching process, but provides automated operator instructions and prompting, ingredient validation and lot tracking, automatic weighing with over/under tolerance control and more. This controller will eliminate bad batches that result from operator error and interruption. The operator no longer needs to keep track of where he or she is in the batching process — the automated Hand Prompt Batching Station does that automatically. The controller’s PC and touchscreen display will ask the operator to weigh ingredients, then the controller sequences an operator through a formula one ingredient at time. The primary advantage of the system is to ensure that each ingredient is added to the container, is within a programmed weight tolerance and from the correct ingredient lot before the controller will index to the next ingredient to be added. — Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc., Sterling, Ill.