- Monitoring and control of material flow through:
- Three tunnel feeders
- One hydraulic gate
- Two belt conveyors to a round tank
- Ultrasonic level monitoring of a round tank
- Zero Speed sensors used for the tunnel and belt conveyors for positive feedback to the PLC
- Two limit switches to verify hydraulic gate position
- Regulate the flow of material by varying the rate of feed
Plant's Major Automated Equipment:
- Three tunnel feeders
- One hydraulic gate
- Two belt conveyors
- Round tank
AMR-Provided Major Equipment and Software:
- LS-3040 motion detectors for the following:
- Dust collector
- Material blower
- Spinner separator
- Main fan
- Roller Mill
- Two LS-3000-LR motion detector for two rotary valves
- Two discrete inputs in the PLC for monitoring
- Belt scales
- Ultrasonic levelment sensors
- Gateway© 2000 computer
