Ixthus brings weighing, dosing and control technology to the UK

B+L Industrial Measurements is a designer and manufacturer of high specification weighing, dosing and control technology solutions. Represented in the UK by Ixthus Instrumentation, B+L’s comprehensive range of weighing controllers, modular systems and extensive support software is well proven across demanding process weighing tasks in filling and bagging, bulk loading, check weighing, process weighing, dispensing, silo and tank weighing and more.

B+L’s products are characterised by high precision and exacting repeatability even under arduous machine conditions where weighing scale vibration or fluctuating load properties are present. With straightforward and flexible link-up to PLCs, PCs and other controllers via a wide choice of process fieldbus interfaces, the range variously meets legal metrology standards and offers high operational reliability, ensuring maximum machine availability through comprehensive monitoring functions and diagnostic tools.

As an example of B+L’s product range, the dataPond 3F dosing/filling controller is aimed at fast filing and bagging processes in high performance machines and impresses with an extended scope of functions, local operation or fieldbus, and web-server functionality. Controlling and monitoring the entire process for dosing, filling and bagging of granulates, free-flowing solids or liquids, the controller’s 220 parameters sets help to ensure accurate performance at cycle rates of over 2,000 fills per hour.

The industry-approved dataPond 3F fully meets the requirements of legal metrology for legal- and non-legal-for-trade categories R 61, R 51, R 107, and R 76. With up to four connected load cells, the weighing controller can accommodate almost any control environment through its complement of 16 digital I/O, Ethernet interface and Modbus protocol with optional Profibus, Profinet or EtherNet/IP fieldbus interfaces and further protocols on request.

Other weighing controllers from B+L include the miniPond 3F dosing/filling controller for medium to high speeds. Offering many of the features of the dataPond 3F this unit maintains offers a competitive solution for integration into Industry 4.0 related production machines where its extensive fieldbus capability is easily adapted, for example for condition monitoring applications at the local level or in the cloud.