Loma AS checkweighers incorporate digital load cell

Loma showcased its AS range of checkweighers for packaged products, which incorporates the newly developed digital load cell. Loma has collaborated with Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik (HBM), of Darmstadt, on the development of the FIT (Fast Intelligent Transducer) digital load cell. This has resulted in a significant improvement in weighing speed and accuracy by enabling the checkweigher to handle products at the highest line rates without degradation of performance. Loma has responded to the varying requirements of customer production lines by developing the AS Range in a variety of options, which balance the need for a tailor-made solution with ease of maintenance and cost control.

Also on show were Loma's latest developments in its IQ2 metal detectors, and the X3 Rapid, which offers high-speed x-ray inspection capabilities and takes no more space than a conventional metal detector conveyor. Designed to detect minute contaminants, missing items, product defects and underfilledpacks, it is capable of speeds in excess of 90m/min.