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Our MC-C Precision Moisture & Hardness Control Systems has been installed in seven locations with outstanding success. All of the companies, where the unit has been installed, report a reduction in labor hours and a reduction in the number of bad bricks being made. The information in this chart relates to actual production data from a plant in the Carolina's.
What is the Moisture/Hardness Control System (MHCS)?
The MHCS manages the
moisture content of the final product by accurately (+/-0.15%)
measuring the moisture content of the
incoming raw material through
the use of our moisture detecting camera. Before the incoming raw
material is presented to the Pug Mill or other mixing device, an in-line
belt scale measures the weight of the raw material and transmits this to
the MHCS. The distances to the Belt Scale from the mixer as well as the
distance of the Moisture Camera from the mixer are stored in a set-up
table. This allows the MHCS to align the moisture content data and
weight data in data bundles as the product moves on the belt toward the
mixer. The position of each foot of raw material along the belt is
known and kept track of for ever
y
data package. In the event the belt stops, the MHCS knows where the
material
is in relation to the mixer until it is eventually processed. In the
event of a power outage the UPS
will keep the MHCS alive for a period long enough to store the
positional data of the raw material along the belt and the runtime
parameters on its hard drive.
Therefore when power returns, the controller can pick up the process
where it left off before the
outage. Another advantage of the positional tracking is that varying
belt speeds and varying weights
will not present a problem in
metering the final makeup water to the mixer.
The
MHCS will calculate the additional required water in order to bring the
desired
moisture content of the raw material up to a set point determined by our
customer’s process needs. Water additions, although continuous and
steady, are added in metered packets which correspond to data packets
along the belt. After the current packet is added to the mixer, the
control measures how accurately it did as a feedback mechanism. Any
errors in water amounts are either added or subtracted to the next
addition packet in order to be continuously correcting and achieving
tighter control.
For more information, contact:
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Our Moisture/Hardness
Control System is easy to operate…
It's Automatic!
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Penetrometer 98% of daily production with +/-.05 of target penetrometer.
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User Friendly Control Interface
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In the automatic mode, the MHCS makes the manufacturing process 29% more efficient!
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Frecon
Technologies, Inc.
9319 Princeton Glendale Road, Hamilton, OH 45011
Phone: 513-874-8981 Fax: 513-874-8982
e-mail: mail@frecontechnologies.com
Located in Southwestern Ohio - near Cincinnati, Dayton, Franklin, Middletown, Covington, Newport, Northern Kentucky, Southern Indiana
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