Silo weighing systems are applied in many industries that have a history of storing products in silos, tanks, or hoppers. Typical applications include the chemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, sugar, and process sectors.

Let us understand why accuracy is important in silo weighing systems.

1. Improves Production Efficiency: Precise measurements help ensure that there is no overfilling or underfilling of materials. This is vital for batching processes, as only the right quantity of materials should be used in production. Cost reduction and optimization of resources are only possible with the accuracy of the weighing of materials used in production.

2. Inventory management: Silo weighing systems’ real-time weights of material is helpful for inventory management. It helps to trace and monitor the production process for all its elements. Stockouts or overstocking are avoided. Correct and accurate weighing can facilitate just-in-time ordering of materials and thus reduce the carrying cost of the inventory. Warehouse space can be saved for storage, thereby helping with warehouse management.

3. Legal Compliance: Silo weighing systems ensure compliance with the law regarding materials used for production and sale. The inaccuracies in weighing result in customer complaints and the associated penalties imposed by the concerned officials. The inaccuracy in weighing also leads to a loss of revenue as the payment is not made for the right quantities used in production.

4. Theft and Pilferage Prevention: Due to pilferage, human error, and fraud in material management, industries bear losses. Precise weighing of the silo systems makes the company immune to such issues and results in better inventory management and production efficiencies.

5. Quality Control: Many industries are engaged in mixing and blending materials to produce the final product. The materials have to be used in specific proportions to ensure quality. This inaccurate weighing generates a disproportional mix of materials, hence deteriorating quality and resulting in an increased rate of product recall. The accuracy of the weighing gives rise to consistency in the product, resulting in better customer satisfaction and brand building.

6. Data Analytics: Precise weighing, in this respect, allows working out trends in production, keeping up the quality, and optimizing resources with improvements in workplace safety.

The silo, tank, hopper/bin/vessel weighing capacities range from 10 tons to 50 tons. The use of load cells with double shear beam mounting helps in the protection of load cells from extreme environmental conditions.

Discover Precision with Essae

Essae Digitronics, India’s leading manufacturer of weighbridges and scales, has silo weighing solutions optimized for use in various industries such as pharma, livestock, cement, sugar, chemicals, and others. 

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