Precision in Every Measure
Elevate Your Experience with Our Weighing and Packaging Solutions
Introduction
A checkweigher is one of the most important elements of the production process. It helps you with ensuring regulatory compliance, improve productivity, increase profits, avoid costly product giveaways, and meet consistent results. Prompt Equipments brings to you this white paper that explains how a checkweigher can simplify your production process and bring you better profits.
In this white paper, we address the advantages of checkweighers, their varied uses, working pattern, and tips on selecting the right checkweigher for your business. We also take a look at the quality control aspects, issue of product giveaways, operational efficiencies, and product consistency.
| Table of Contents | |
|---|---|
| What is a checkweigher | 5 |
| Belts of a checkweigher | 6 |
| Importance of checkweighers | 8 |
| Missing Secondary Components | 9 |
| Regulatory Norms on Net Contents | 9 |
| Legal Actions Against Erring Companies | 9 |
| How does a checkweigher work | 10 |
| How a checkweigher weighs products | 10 |
| Movement of Products | 10 |
| Rejection of Products | 10 |
| Weighing Accuracy | 11 |
| Checkweigher Accuracy | 11 |
| Importance of Weighing Accuracy | 11 |
| Ways to Achieve Weighing Accuracy | 11 |
| Difference between an Automatic Checkweigher and a Static Scale | 11 |
| How to keep the checkweigher performing to its best | 11 |
| Belts and chains | 12 |
| Mechanical alignment | 12 |
| Rejectors and photo eyes | 12 |
| Transfer of products | 12 |
| Product separation | 12 |
| Calibration | 12 |
| Product specifications | 13 |
| Reports | 13 |