Inventory management of raw materials and materials in flight during the manufacturing process is a challenge faced by many manufacturers.  Using process weighing to manage the inventory of materials can improve accuracy and help deliver bottom line results.

Batch manufacturing involves sequentially or simultaneously adding one or more ingredients into a vessel by weight and then discharging the batch (sum of all the ingredients) to a downstream process.  The vessel can be a simple hopper or tank, or could contain a built-in mixer, an agitator, or heating and cooling jacket. Ingredients are conveyed, extruded, vibrated, pumped, hand delivered, or gravity-fed to gates or valves above the vessel. Process weighing ensures the accuracy of the mix and makes the results highly repeatable to ensure quality control.
 

When you need very fast, precise filling or dispensing into receiving containers, weighing provides accurate and repeatable results.  Supply bins (Intermediete Bulk Containers, Totes, etc) in loss-of-weight applications are typically suspended by load points (load cells and mounting hardware) to weigh the materials that are then dispensed into receiving containers. There are many different filling, dispensing and dosing applications supported by a range of Hardy solutions.