If I understand your post correctly, you are looking for a way to monitor a belt scale over the internet. A belt scale generally has two major output values, the rate of flow and total. The rate would be a value between 0 and 200 tons per hour, and the total would be an accumulation of the tons, these values are related but not quite the same thing. In an hours time you could have one large slug of material that equal 150 tons, or you could feed along at a steady 150 tons per our and get the same value. If you just want the average over the hour, just take hourly readings of the total. If you want the feed rates over an hours time, you will need more of a chart recorder or data logger. I'm not aware of any belt scales that have a built in html ethernet adapter. Most have some type of interface in which you can read values from the controller. You would need another device that would take the values and draw a web page. If I misunderstood the application, please elaborate, and I'll give you more information. ■

Hello,

The belt weigher (belt scale) is regularly used to measure material flow by belt conveyor. The belt weigher unit supporting the carrying run gets accommodated in the conveyor itself. Such belt weigher provides following indication:

1) Flow rate (mtph), it can be compared to say speed indicator in car.

2) Totaliser (tonnes being conveyed). It can be compared to say km traveled indicator.

The indications from belt weigher are sometime used for manually setting the equipment feeding to belt conveyor.

The electronic signals from belt weighers are often used for automatic regulation of equipment feeding to belt conveyor, as close loop control.

Once the feed on this conveyor is regulated, down stream conveyors and equipment will also receive regulated feed.

Regards,

Ishwar G Mulani.

Author of Book : Engineering Science and Application Design for Belt Conveyors.

Author of Book : Belt Feeder Design and Hopper Bin Silo

Advisor / Consultant for Bulk Material Handling System & Issues.

Pune, India.

Tel.: 0091 (0)20 25871916

Email: parimul@pn2.vsnl.net.in ■

Originally Posted by LF Pumping Dryer

Method of measuring flow rate or tonnage per hour of material on a system line

I am looking for a method of check live the flow rate or tonnage per hour of a material on a system line. The material will be input via a conveyor.

I want to be able to check each and every hour how much tonnage is being processed online.

The system will be handling 200 tonnes per hour.

any ideas?

solid impact flow meter can be thought of. kindly visit our website - newtonweighing.net, to understand our collaborator's solid impact flow meter or you may write to us.

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newtonws@gmail.com

09433039991 ■

Originally Posted by LF Pumping Dryer

Method of measuring flow rate or tonnage per hour of material on a system line

I am looking for a method of check live the flow rate or tonnage per hour of a material on a system line. The material will be input via a conveyor.

I want to be able to check each and every hour how much tonnage is being processed online.

The system will be handling 200 tonnes per hour.

any ideas?

I am unsure if a continuosly operating/continuos duty conveyor belt scale is something

you want to consider for the limited tonnage you have per hour. ■