Through-type Belt Scale: A Mature Fully Automatic Weighing Equipment Applied in Bulk Material Handling

In the process of industrial bulk material handling, such as coal in thermal power plants and sand and stone in cement plants, these materials are handled in large quantities and require refined management of purchase and production quantities. Weighing during the handling process is an important and effective source of weight data for production measurement and control. The through-type belt scale is a dynamic weighing device that can be applied to these bulk material handling processes. It provides real-time material weight data for enterprises without interrupting the belt conveyor or subdividing the material particle density, making it a widely used and mature basis for cost management.

The through-type belt scale uses a weighing sensor to obtain the load signal of the passing material in real time and a speed sensor to obtain the belt speed. The instrument receives the load signal and belt speed signal, and calculates the real-time instantaneous flow and cumulative flow, which become important data for production control.

After long-term development and application, the through-type belt scale has evolved from the initial mechanical type to a fully automatic, high-precision, and high-stability weighing equipment, which is widely used in various industrial bulk materials. Depending on the application scenario and requirements, different types of through-type belt scales can be selected to meet enterprise application and measurement management needs.

For example, in situations where the belt conveyor is long and high precision is required, the ICS-17A type belt scale can be used; in situations such as trade, ports, and production calculations where higher precision is required, the ICS-14 type suspended belt scale can be used; in situations where the value of the conveyed material is low and only a rough estimate of the material weight is needed, the lower precision ICS-30 type belt scale can be chosen.

Currently, with the increasing maturity of through-type belt scale technology, fully suspended, supported, and matrix high-precision belt scales with unit combinations are becoming more recognized by users. This matrix through-type belt scale adopts a unit weighing combination mode to form a measurement platform.

Each unit operates independently without affecting each other, resulting in a simpler structure, higher stability, and a measurement accuracy that can even reach 0.2% under ideal conditions. This type of through-type belt scale meets the measurement accuracy requirements of almost all scenarios.

In addition, with the development and application of technology, through-type belt scales have adopted various advanced technologies to improve measurement accuracy, such as temperature compensation, linear compensation, and the use of digital sensors to replace analog signal sensors. Monitoring technology is also used to monitor the real-time working status of the belt scale, enhancing its anti-interference ability and environmental adaptability.

Measurement function is only one aspect. The importance of the through-type belt scale in measurement management lies more in its ability to provide users with additional production control functions through the application of information technology.

The belt scale instrument offers simpler operation and more comprehensive measurement data functions, such as instantaneous flow, cumulative flow, daily, monthly, and shift production data, which can be queried through the instrument.

Furthermore, the application of supporting software systems is becoming increasingly widespread. With the supporting belt scale software system, leaders can remotely view production measurement data, check the real-time working status of the belt scale, and verify or set belt scale parameters.

The through-type belt scale has become a mature and widely used dynamic weighing equipment for bulk materials. While providing measurement and weighing, it also offers users more production control functions based on measurement.