We have a batching system at a customer's site that was randomly (every couple days) not completing the ingredients.
Last night I was on site and the scale reading suddenly jumped an extra 500kg or so then slowly settled back to it's proper reading. Luckily I was there to see this happen, as it is why the incoming ingredients were stopping prematurely.
Normally this scale is very stable.
My question is...
Does this sound like a load cell issue to you or a possible mechanical interferance?
I don't see anything mechanical hitting the mixer however the load cell is on a bearing linkage setup under the mixer and I'm wondering if the bearings are bad and could be somehow affecting it.
Last night I was on site and the scale reading suddenly jumped an extra 500kg or so then slowly settled back to it's proper reading. Luckily I was there to see this happen, as it is why the incoming ingredients were stopping prematurely.
Normally this scale is very stable.
My question is...
Does this sound like a load cell issue to you or a possible mechanical interferance?
I don't see anything mechanical hitting the mixer however the load cell is on a bearing linkage setup under the mixer and I'm wondering if the bearings are bad and could be somehow affecting it.