SmaDoTec 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 (LWB) and the gain-in-weight feeder (GWB).
With the LWB, the dosing unit stands on a scale and doses a specified product quantity, e.g. into a collection 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 type of storage container in advance. Dosing is then carried out from this storage container together with other dispensers into a collection container according to a predefined batch recipe.
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 a LWB or GWB.
