MajorFault
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Hey guys,
Looking for suggestions on how to program a totalizer in a ControlLogix5000. We have a scale under a conveyor belt thhat measures the amount of wood flakes going across it. 4-20 coming back to PLC is converted into a value representing lbs. I take a snapshot of this value every second to give a lbs/sec value and then convert that into lbs/hr.
What I need is a totlaizer that would represent the total weight of wood that passed over that scale in a 12 hour shift. Of course total pounds in an hour would work also. Values usually run 30,000 to 50,000lbs per hour. Converting to tons to keep the numbers lower is ok, I just need a total.
Have any of you tackled a similiar application?
Thanks for any help!
MajorFault
Looking for suggestions on how to program a totalizer in a ControlLogix5000. We have a scale under a conveyor belt thhat measures the amount of wood flakes going across it. 4-20 coming back to PLC is converted into a value representing lbs. I take a snapshot of this value every second to give a lbs/sec value and then convert that into lbs/hr.
What I need is a totlaizer that would represent the total weight of wood that passed over that scale in a 12 hour shift. Of course total pounds in an hour would work also. Values usually run 30,000 to 50,000lbs per hour. Converting to tons to keep the numbers lower is ok, I just need a total.
Have any of you tackled a similiar application?
Thanks for any help!
MajorFault