Industrial Weighing Conference/Business Dinner for Lithium Battery Industry

 March 19, 2021, the "2021 China Lithium Battery Industrial Weighing Conference/Business Dinner" of General Measure Technology was successfully accomplished. The meeting focused on the application of industrial weighing indicators and related technologies in the lithium battery industry, as well as shared the latest product technology and application cases.

General Measure was pleased to invite our clients and potential clients to attend, such as the engineers, sales or purchase managers of Ross, Ongoal Technology, Famsun Group, and so on. During the conference, the domestic sales director (China) shared the GM company profile including history, business sector, and productivity. The R&D manager demonstrated the products and applications and shared the new weighing technology like second-generation vibration cancellation filter, Bluetooth connecting to mobile app for parameter setting and monitoring. Also, GM’s panel-mounted weighing indicator, DIN rail mounted weighing transmitter and touch screen weighing controller in parts of the lithium battery production line were displayed. Clients showed their interest in the products and applications. The trend of weighing technology in the lithium battery industry was discussed.

 

 

Thanks to all attended clients, General Measure is looking forward to working and growing up together with you.

 

 

Upgrading Weighing Controller GM9907 Series with Various Application Software

 GM9907 touch screen weighing controller is upgrading with various application software to fulfill the weighing control process in packing(GM9907-L2/LD), reduce method packing(GM9907-L4), bulk scale(GM9907-L5), and batching system(GM9907-LB).

The upgrading features of the brand new GM9907:

1. More applications software are coming out for reducing method Packing, Bulk Scale, and Batching, There are different types of the home screen for different applications.

2. A clearer interface with module design helps users to operate easily. Screen saver displaying after the set time can show the key data visually.

 

 

3. Easy operation functions make the controller more user-friendly. For example, We design the multi-user login switching for better managing the production line. If there are several operators in one production line, each of them has his/her own working data. The production line manager can review their working data and analyse working efficiency easily. It is inevitable that humans make some mistakes when operating the controller. In this situation, the misoperation reminder will pop up to give the tips.

 

 

4. Intelligent function design brings users a smarter operation experience. For instance, the self-adaptive function will adjust the packing machine to work with optimal performance by self-learning and smart feeding algorithm. Also, all the data can be export via USB.

 

 

Above are the common features for all GM9907 controllers. For different models of this controller, it has special features links to each application.

GM9907-L2/LD is the single/double hopper packing controller that can be widely used in rice, grain, feeds, seeds and chemical industry, etc. GM9907-4 is designed for Loss-in-weight bagging machines. It can be widely used in rice, grains, feeds, chemical industry, etc. GM9907-L5 is designed for bulk scale to solve the problem of batch weight and automatic totalizing of incoming and outgoing material. It can be used widely used in chemical, grain, feeds, construction and harbor logistics industry, etc. GM9907-LB is designed for batching scale that can sort feeding orders of a variety of materials. It can be widely used in concrete mixing, bituminous mixing, metallurgy, chemical, feeds industry, etc. We welcome you to explore more features of GM9907 on https://www.gmweighing.com/products/weighing-controller-gm9907-series
 

The Largest Cement Manufacturer in China with Weighing Controller M04

 

 

 

M04 Weighing Controller is designed for variety of weighing equipment. There are several options that can be chosen to tailor the various system, such us bagging scale, bulk scale, liquid filling, batching and fully customized software on demand. 

 

In this case, it is used on a multi-head valve bag filling machine for cement packing for the largest cement manufacturer Conch Cement in China. A valve bag filling machine has 8 valve ports, each of which needs a M04 to control the weight packing individually. There is a process of bag-inserting, bag-clamping, taring, fast-filling, slow-filling, fixed-value and push-bag. The harsh working environment with dust requests the high IP level of indicator and stable performance. If the common weighing controller works in this case, it might be damaged in a short time, then the whole packing line will be influenced by unwanted shutdown.

 

M04 in this application can help to：

 

1. Bag filling by weight -- high accuracy
2. Continuous automatic production -- high efficiency
3. Communication with PLC or host computer to show the packing process and result -- User-friendly

 

The stable performance of M04 in application well satisfied client’s need. After the first cooperation, we got another opportunity to expand the using of M04 in Conch Cement.

GM Washdown Bag Filler for Harsh Environment

 Considering some applications in chemical factory and plastic manufacturer, General Measure launches a new auto filler F103-25K (washdown version) which is easy installation, dismounting, and washable.  

One of our clients in China is using it in the plastic particle bagging field. They mentioned their frequent refilling requires the clean hopper. The simple structure of AF-25K makes it easy to dismount and clean, which fulfills the client's requirement that filler can be washed while the material is changed.

General Measure In-motion Checkweigher: Provide Cost Saving and Real Time Quality Management

It is quite significant for some industry to recheck weight after production process, for the purpose of quality, security and cost management, such as pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics industry. To some extent, weight means security and money.

General Measure provides checkweigher with various weights scale, from 100g to 60kg, which fulfills the require of many different industry. In Indonesia, we have successfully applied our checkweigher CW-100G, CW-600G and CWOS-06K in certain famous cosmetics factory for weight checking on production end line, as a part of outgoing quality control, which assures the product’s quality and enhance the efficiency of OQC process.

One of the cosmetics factory in Indonesia faced some problems in their production process:

1. Auger filling without weighing results in fluctuating weights;

2. Inefficient manual recheck of weight;

3. High labor cost;

4. Manual daily report can not meet the real time reporting for management.

Thus, applying in-motion checkweigher seems quite important for them to improve efficiency of the production process and decrease the labor cost.

Considering the environment of their workshop and their product specification, they come out with some requirements:

• Rust free with S304 Structure Design;

• Accuracy within 0.3g;

• Production speed: 150 piece/min, saving labor cost;

• Automatic daily report to PC.

Whilst General Measure offers the Checkweigher CW-100G in special design with wind shield for avoiding the wind and vibration. The statistic report can be exported for daily data analysis and management, which is totally fulfill the clients demands.

No matter for what kind of cosmetics production line, bottles, boxes or masks, General Measure can offer the suitable checkweigher and solution to fit the requirement.  

Foxconn Case - M02 application on Force

Foxconn is a high-tech group specializing in the production of electronic 3C products and semiconductor equipment. It is well-known as the world's largest manufacturer. The force process is an indispensable part of the production of electronic consumer goods. General Measure's universal indicator M02 is used in the force process for Foxconn's electronic products.

 

The Multiple Force Application of M02 in Foxconn Production

After the screen installation of the mobile phone, tablet, and computer, the maximum and minimum value of the force on the screen should be tested and recorded for ensuring the quality of the products.

The keyboard and mouse of the computer also need the force process to make sure the type and click strength of each button after the assembly is completed, which can guarantee that all the buttons meet the quality standard by ergonomic design to achieve the most comfortable using state.

The insertion and extraction of plug ports of the smartphone, tablet, and computer should be tested for better user experience when using the products.

 

The Application of M02 in Force Process

No matter it is the force test on the screen, keyboard, mouse, or the insertion and extraction for plug ports, M02 can accurately and quickly catch the force value perceived from the load cell, then convert it into weight data and display it on the indicator. Whilst the weight signal will be transmitted to the external control system. The control system performs the corresponding action based on the received signal, such as stop pressure, collect peaks, and so on. Through the collection and transmission of weight data during the force process by M02, the whole force process can be controlled precisely, eventually ensuring the product quality.

The Advantage of M02

• Display function for checking the weight data in real time.

• Real-time data transmission

• High precision, up to 1/100000

• Fast response, up to 960 times / sec

• High product stability

Every year, nearly 5,000 M02 operate stably on the production line of Foxconn's electronics products. General Measure's weighing indicator M02, to some extent, give the support for the products quality assurance of Foxconn.

Troubleshooting for OFL of Weighing Indicator

Considering OFL is a frequent problem of the weighing indicator that mentioned by clients, we shot this video for self detecting.

The problem of OFL contains 4 situations:

Weight overflow,

weight underflow,

The signal of loadcell too low 

The signal of loadcell too high.

There are 4 reasons that can trigger OFL:

First: Indicator parameters setup error,

Second: external wiring error,

Third: loadcell damage,  

Fourth: Indicator hardware damage.

The equipment needed for OFL detecting:

A weighing platform with the full scale of 20kg,

A GM9907-LD Weighing Indicator,

A weight of 2kg,

A straight screwdriver and a digital multimeter with a millivolt voltage range.

Now please follow steps in the video to find out OFL reasons.