Integrated Weighing Technology Improves Quality And Economy In the Foundry
12 July 2004
In the foundry as well as in the associated metallurgical plant, the most diverse materials and quantities must be controlled gravimetrically, mixed, melted, alloyed, cast, rolled, cut and prepared for shipment in many individual process steps round the clock. So far so good. Yet in a foundry the extreme demands on accuracy and long-term stability face a tough challenge:
The rugged environmental conditions and the diversity of materials. Iron ore, coke, additives and scrap, for instance, must be processed with consistent quality. A critical issue that poses extreme demands on the production process.
Benefit from our Expert Know-How
For more than 30 years, Schenck Process GmbH, the renowned supplier of industrial weighing technology has been cooperating with steel mills and foundries all over the world. Responding to the wide range of potential applications, the product range of the Schenck load transducers has been considerably extended. In addition to the classical ring-torsion load cells, the company offers a variety of further weighing technology families continuously optimised and adjusted to rugged environments.
Examples from the Product Range
- Load cells for platform and hopper scales
- Weighbeams for charging feeders, kiln feeding
- systems, ladle turret scales and rail weighing systems
- Radial load transducers for crane scales
- Measuring axles for overload and hopper level
- Measuring eyes for measuring systems
The many and varied geometries of the load transducers offer solutions for the most diverse applications in the foundry and metallurgical industries, combined with the option to adjust the selected systems to the specific requirements.
In close collaboration with the customer, the Schenck specialists configure the optimal solution making allowance the local situation, e.g. the available headroom and the specified accuracy requirements.
“Industrial Weighing Technology” combined with “Vibratory Equipment” is shown on the Schenck stand at the 2003 GIFA show.
When combined, the two core technologies of Schenck Process offer enormous synergy potentials for the optimisation of the entire process and materials balancing. The interplay of the two technologies has proven its worth in many ideally designed solution successfully operating in many industries.
Sample Package Solutions
- Defined batches from various types of scrap are fed into a scale batch car with the use of charging feeders
- Consistent kiln feeding is performed by mobile charging feeders equipped with scales integrated into the trolley
- Sand is accurately fed by vibro feeders arranged below a silo scale
The offering is completed by suitable weighing electronics, data processing and engineering services. From the Schenck Process specialists for the specialists in the foundry and steel industries. With individual solutions from a single source and long-term warranty on the system accuracy specified for the local situation.
