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SmaDoTec – 3 years on the market

SmaDoTec has also started its third year with great confidence. We are recording rising sales and gaining market share.

Our systems in the field run reliably and trouble-free from the very first minute. Word is getting around. We listen to our customers’ wishes and also develop components that you won’t find in the standard catalog or in a drawer. This makes every dosing system unique and yet everything is based on a common platform. This allows us to react quickly to change requests without having to reinvent the wheel every time.

In addition to planning and implementing new systems, we retrofit, modify or expand existing systems from various manufacturers. We also offer services for the technical inspection of dosing systems and supply spare parts for existing systems.

Here is a (small) excerpt from our reference list:

and many more …

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SmaDoTec at POWTECH 2025

Once again this year, we will be exhibiting at POWTECH in Nuremberg from September 23rd to 25th. We will be happy to be at your disposal when it comes to dosing equipment, weighing technology and dosing processes. In particular, the digitalization of your dosing processes is one of our main focuses. Visit us in hall 9 at stand 9-301 and be inspired by our exhibits. We will show you what we can do..

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Sales

Christmas greeting

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2 years SmaDoTec – Expansion

2 years on the market, but over 30 years of accumulated experience. Excellent service, fair prices and always available for the customer. The foundation of our success is the partnership-based communication with our customers and suppliers at home and abroad. We are not perfect, but we learn from our mistakes and are constantly looking to improve our processes. We are enthusiastic about innovation and take on demanding technical challenges in dosing technology and are delighted with every successful project.
Thanks to our success, we are now expanding our production facility in Erlenbach by 50%. We want to continue to grow in the future and are counting on your support.

The SmaDoTec team
Ralf Zöller + Detlef Hafer

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Technique

New*** Scale technology with EtherCAT

SmaDoTec is opening a new chapter in innovative scale technology. Until now, scales have generally been connected to the RS485 field bus in a star configuration. In future, our scales can also be optionally operated on the EtherCAT bus.

What are the benefits of EtherCAT?

The RS485 fieldbus was developed in the last millennium and has undergone little further development. It is still based on the technology and specification from back then and is only used by most modern devices for reasons of compatibility, but generally without utilising all the advanced possibilities.
The EtherCAT bus system is faster, more flexible to wire, easier to configure and more cost-effective than conventional fieldbus systems. At the same time, considerably higher transfer rates are achieved over longer distances with greater safety and less susceptibility to interference. There are also extensive diagnostic options that were difficult to access remotely in the past with conventional fieldbus systems.
EtherCAT is tried and tested and has proven itself in series applications for years.

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Sales

SmaDoTec at Fakuma 2024

We would be delighted to welcome you to our booth A6-6422 in hall 6 from October 15 to 19.
We will be happy to show you our latest developments in the field of dosing technology in a personal meeting.

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Software

New*** EasyBatch

SmaDoTec now offers the EasyBatch product for discontinuous batch processes.
EasyBatch runs on an industrial IPC under Windows 10 and offers all the functional add-ons that are already known from the continuous dosing control EasyControl.
(Connection to control systems, process data visualization etc.)
Operation takes place on a 12″ touchscreen monitor using a graphical user interface.

Two types of batch feeders are supported, the so-called loss-in-weight feeder (hereinafter referred to as LWB) and the gain-in-weight feeder (hereinafter referred to as GWB).

With the LWB, the dosing unit stands on a scale and doses a specified product quantity, e.g. into a collecting container. If the weight loss on the scale corresponds to the batch size, the batch process is terminated.

With the GWB, a volumetric dosing device doses into a collection container that is placed on a scale.
If the increase in weight corresponds to the specified product quantity, the volumetric dosing device is stopped.

Most batch processes work in such a way that several dosing units dose into a kind of storage container in advance. The product is then dispensed from this storage container together with other dispensers according to a predetermined batch recipe into a collection container.
It can be seen that each batch process can thus be represented by a kind of cascadable dosing network.
EasyBatch allows you to graphically compile this network and run the batch processes according to definable sequences. You only need one controller for this and it does not matter whether the individual dosing unit is operated as an LWB or GWB is operated.

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Software

New *** EasyGraph

  • Would you like to analyze your dosing data over a longer, freely definable period of time in order to detect irregularities or changes in process behavior?
  • You want to determine the discharge for a selected dosing unit, a specific product or both in a specific time period?
  • Would you like to evaluate the error messages of your dosing control system in order to draw conclusions about the control or process behavior over a certain period of time?

then EasyGraph is your solution

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Software

New control unit

Our new EasyControl 4.0 dosing control is now available and offers the following highlights:

  • Latest, high-performance Beckhoff computer hardware based on Microsoft Windows 10 IoT 64-bit and Beckhoff TwinCat 3.x
  • Simple touchscreen operation with recipe management
  • Configurable internal and external interlocking
  • Coupling of different gravimetric feeders with different weighing techniques
    • vibrating string, e.g. pesa
    • Strain gauges DMS, e.g. Soemer, Hottinger, Utilcell etc..
  • Control of up to 32 dosing units
  • Bus coupling to higher-level control systems via Industrial Ethernet, Modbus, ProfiNet or ProfiBus.
  • Connection to ERP and data acquisition systems
  • Available in the following languages:
    • German
    • English
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Italian
    • Dutch
    • Polish
    • Turkish
  • Remote service via Internet
    • If you wish, we will get on your system together with you, give you tips on operation, do an online training or update your software..

Your language is not included ?

-> talk to us, we’ll do it….

You already have a bus coupler and therefore do not want to program a new one ?

-> talk to us, with our flexible XML configuration modules we may be able to quickly adapt to your system.

You want to customize the control interface ( logo, branding etc.) ?

–> talk to us

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Sales

Hethon – Partner for dosing systems

Hethon feeders for bulk material feeding.

Feeders are extremely versatile machines for volumetric and gravimetric feeding of a wide variety of materials. Suitable bulk materials are powder, granules, flakes or fibers.

Materials with cohesive flow properties can also be precisely metered.

Bridge formation in the case of poor flow behavior is prevented by continuous movement of the flexible container wall by paddles. This ensures uniform screw filling and thus high metering accuracy at all times.

We are now proud to have found the company Hethon as a partner for these special requirements.

Hethon feeders are available in four different sizes. This results in an application range of approx. 0.1-25,000 l/h.

The devices are available with ATEX and/or FDA approval. Also variants with acid resistance as well as for high bulk material temperatures are available.

Due to an easy “removability” of the PU trough, a quick and easy cleaning is possible. In contrast to other, comparable devices from other manufacturers, the metering screw remains in the trough when it is removed, which also prevents product residues from escaping. This also makes it possible to easily change the troughs.

The original Hethon feeders are characterized by high reliability and a wide range of accessories. Different sizes of extension hoppers and a variety of dosing screws are available. Thus, individual adaptation to all materials and throughputs is possible. Spare parts are available quickly and at low cost. For questions, spare parts requests and in case of service, the company SmaDoTec GmbH is at your disposal.