C-LEVER® in Food Processing for Detecting Exact Flow

The C-LEVER® is a REMBE® Kersting flow meter for mass measurement of free-flowing bulk materials. Flour, grain, sugar – the C-LEVER® can be integrated into these and many other processes.

In the bulk material industry, the throughput of material is of fundamental im-portance to the process. This is also the case in the food sector. This constantly pre-sents companies with the same challenge: how do I detect the exact flow? Whether during goods receipt, storage, truck loading, or within a production process. At all these interfaces, it is important to capture accurate values. The C-LEVER® is a REMBE® Kersting flow meter for mass measurement of free-flowing bulk materi-als. Flour, grain, sugar – the C-LEVER® can be integrated into these and many oth-er processes.

Dosing and Performance Monitoring

The C-LEVER® is frequently used in food processing for dosing and performance monitoring. For the production of high-quality foods, it is essential that the individ-ual ingredients are processed in the correct ratio. Incorrect mixing ratios mean that produced batches cannot be reused. For this reason, an easy-to-integrate flow meter is needed, which allows measuring ingredient quantities automatically in flow. The C-LEVER® can be easily integrated into existing processes. Flexible adaptation so-lutions allow the system to be connected to different pipelines or systems. Material can be fed via various systems, such as rotary valves, screws, or sliders.

Truck Pre-loading

Another important area of application for the C-LEVER® is truck pre-loading. In many companies, loading is still done the old way. This means that the truck drives over a scale before loading to determine its empty weight. The loading then takes place – often without the use of a measuring system – solely based on feeling and experience. After loading, the truck continues to the customer.

Only occasionally is there a control weighing, which reveals that too much or too little material has been loaded. Both are problematic. Overloading can result in fines for the driver and the plant operator. Even with too little loading, there are financial losses, as a full batch is always invoiced. Every trip to the scale and any subsequent loading or unloading of the vehicle is time-consuming and incurs additional costs. This problem is effectively circumvented by using the C-LEVER®. The C-LEVER® is installed at the material outlet.

The truck driver can see how much material the vehicle is being loaded with during the loading process. By storing the material parameters in the transmitter, this value is automatically displayed to him. The employee can end the loading when the target value is reached. The aforementioned relays of the transmitter also allow automatic control of the loading systems. When the stored quantity is reached, the loading is automatically stopped. Manual termination by an employee is not necessary.

REMBE® Kersting GmbH kompetenter Partner

Customers worldwide know the bulk material experts of REMBE® Kersting GmbH as competent partners for measurement technology solutions and automation of rep-resentative sampling. The established company creates sustainable benefits through:
• Flow measurement technology for powders and bulk materials
• Silo weighing for new installations and retrofitting to existing plants
• System solutions for optimizing the supply chain
• Professional sampling for seamless quality control

Optimizing processes and workflows is one of the most important tasks that REM-BE® Kersting devotes its full attention to. The bulk material experts develop, manu-facture, and deliver products that make customers' production processes safer and more profitable.