Checkweigher provides quality control in packaging.

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Suited for high production packaging lines, Model TSC 350 16x is capable of weighing, classifying, and rejecting up to 16 items simultaneously. Drag chain style scale utilizes 2 strands of Nylatron® flat-link chain to convey product across weighing portion of each scale. Intended for in-motion weighing of rigid, semi-rigid, and stable products from 5 g to 10 kg, checkweigher offers conveyor speeds to 300 fpm and can weigh up to 5,600 units/min with accuracies to ±0.5 g.



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Thompson Scale Develops High Throughput 16-Lane Checkweigher



Checkweigher Provides Simultaneous Quality Control Weighments For Up to 16 Packages

(January 31, 2006) WestPack, Anaheim, CA - Thompson Scale Company, a leader in checkweighing systems, packaging machinery controls, and custom production scales, announced today the release of the new TSC 350 16x Checkweigher. This advanced and efficient checkweigher is capable of weighing, classifying, and rejecting up to 16 items simultaneously for quality control in packaging.

The TSC 350 16x Checkweigher is a drag chain style scale designed for large quantity weighing in high production packaging lines. It utilizes two strands of Nylatron® flat-link chain to convey product across the weighing portion of each scale. The Model TSC 350 16x Checkweigher is designed for in-motion weighing of rigid, semi-rigid, and stable products weighing from 5 grams to 10 kilograms. Its unique design, consisting of 16 individual lanes, increases output of packaged products over an average checkweigher by weighing 16 times the number of items at once. The checkweigher does this while maintaining its high level of accuracy. The TSC 350 16x offers conveyor speeds up to 300 ft/min, is capable of weighing up to an unprecedented 5,600 units/min, with accuracies of up to +/- 0.5 gram.

Standard checkweighers operate within production lines that send one product at a time down their conveyor systems. The effective design of this checkweigher addresses product handling issues and provides a solution for many production plants that push product down conveyors in multiple sets or lanes. Instead of a plant having to redesign their production line (and slow down production) to work with a standard checkweigher, the TSC 350 16x fits seamlessly into many diverse configurations. Models from two to 16 lanes are available. The benefits of such a checkweigher can be substantial as weighing higher quantities allow for a much greater production yield while still maintaining strict quality control of all items produced. Even though it offers a much greater performance, this checkweigher is almost just as simple to operate and maintain as standard models.

This technologically advanced weighing system has many innovative engineering designs that make it unique and effective. The multitasking operating system is able to switch between each weighing task and works with the analog to digital cards to distinguish between each individual weighment, combining 16 lines so they are able to run parallel. Integrated scale controls housed in a stand alone industrial enclosure are able to receive, interpret, and display accurate weights from each load cell on all
16 lines simultaneously and independently.

This checkweighing system is a simple, easy to use, rugged, yet highly accurate small package production scale. The TSC 350 16x can be configured to handle virtually any shape or size package. Examples of containers are boxes, cans, bottles, or rigid shrink-wrapped packages. Products able to run on the TSC 350 16x include paints, adhesives, insecticides, tubs of butter, bagged and boxed sugars, fresh fruits, and cookies.

"The reality that many plants face with standard checkweigher designs is the inability to achieve total quality control by weight without a reduction in productivity. The flexibility of this checkweigher allows the weighment of every single item produced to fulfill quality assurance standards," stated Alan Vaught, Vice President of Thompson Scale.

Unlike other in-motion scales, the TSC 350 16x does not require the use of photo-eyes (in most cases) to detect the presence of a package crossing the scale. This is another unique aspect of the checkweigher. This feature eliminates the costs and problems (such as downtime, unweighed product, or incomplete weigh data) that are associated with dirty or misaligned photo-eye sensors.

These versatile checkweighers are constructed of all stainless steel components and are available in various configurations to meet specific requirements: food grade (compliant applications), washdown and corrosive applications, as well as hazardous environments up to Class I, Division 1. They also offer a variety of reject options as well as optional conveyors, light displays, alarms, reporting packages, communication interfaces, and Eriez® brand metal detectors.

The controllers for these checkweighers can hold 75 unique product recipes in memory and display useful information on production as each unit crosses the scale. Each controller also offers Spanish menus in full sentences for better comprehension. The TSC 350 16x Checkweigher is available now. For more information, call 713/932-9071 or visit our website at www.thompsonscale.com.

Thompson Scale Company
Thompson Scale Company is a leading manufacturer of weighing systems and packaging machinery controls. Thompson Scale has provided the manufacturing industry with highly accurate and reliable weighing solutions for over 30 years. Products include in-motion checkweighers, universal filler controllers, remote digital displays, inline rejector conveyors, and filling machinery upgrades. The company offers quality equipment with training and service in support of all products. Thompson Scale systems are made in the USA and sold to manufacturing facilities around the world.

Thompson Scale, TSC 350 16x Checkweigher, 4693 Heavy-Duty Checkweigher, TSC 350, Sonic 350, 4693i Intermediate Checkweigher, 4693 Filler Controller, RZDP Light Tower, RL16s Slimline, RL26, RL36, Inline Rejector Conveyor, and Model 2657 Filler Retrofit are trademarks of Thompson Scale Company. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the sole property of their respective owners.

For technical information:
Alan Vaught
Thompson Scale Company
Phone: 713/932-9071
alan.vaught@thompsonscale.com

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