The Material Handling is capable of handling two simultaneous lines each containing up to 12 outside bins, 2 belts, an eight position turn spout (distributor), and up to 16 aggregate bins.
The Material Handling can also be configured to show a single line of up to 8 outside bins filling up to 6 bins using a turn spout (distributor) or filling up to 4 bins using up to 3 flop gates.
The color graphic touch screen provides a quick and easy status of the material handling equipment and material movement. Using the touch screen the operator can make changes by simply touching the desired selections on the screen (or a mouse can be used). When handling two simultaneous lines both are shown on one screen to allow the operator to quickly view both lines status.
The material handling system is designed to run in full automatic operation with no operator intervention, however the operator can override the operation and/or operate in a manual mode.
Processing of a silo no-flow is configurable allowing either (1) keep the silo gate open, display alarm on the PC, activate a PLC output to sound an optional alarm, and wait for more material or (2) close the silo gate and open another silo gate with the same material.
The system is electrically interlocked to aid in preventing contamination of materials by requiring that conveyors be running before any gates can be opened, only one gate (per line) can be open at a time, that the turn spout must be in position before the material gets to it and the turn spout cannot be moved until all the material has had time to be cleared off the conveyor. Conveyor motors are interlocked so downstream conveyors must be running before upstream conveyors can be started. If any conveyor stops then an open bin gate will close.
