Today’s whole-grain wheat, rice, whole-grain oats, and multi-grain-based breakfast cereals are blended with a broad array of additive options that appeal to kids, kids-at-heart, and health-conscious consumers. Additives can include banana chips, chocolate pieces, freeze-dried fruit (blueberries, peaches, raspberries, or strawberries), marshmallow bits (marbits) of all shapes and sizes, nuts (almonds, pecans), oat, fruit or granola clusters, and raisins (sugar-coated or glycerated).
To preserve their natural appearance, these additives require special handling. Thayer Scale vibratory tray-based Loss-In-Weight Feeders are used for low-volume applications and Thayer Scale Weigh Belts in combination with a pre-feeder, are used for high-volume applications.
- Both gravimetric feeder types gently handle fragile, malleable and interlocking product shapes.
- Both gravimetric feeder types feature sanitary, all-stainless-steel construction and wash-down-rated electrical components that tolerate frequent sanitation intervals between product changeovers.
- Thayer Scale vibratory tray Loss-In-Weight feeders provide uniform, pulse-free delivery of material at low flow rates irrespective of particle size and shape.
- Thayer Scale’s exclusive Spiralator™ unique, counter-rotating vertical agitator gently dilates ingredients with asymmetrical particle shapes, as well as ingredients that bridge under their own weight to provide reliable, uninterrupted material discharge.
- Thayer Scale Loss-In-Weight feeders feature a mass counter-balanced weight sensing system interposed between the feeder / weigh hopper assembly and a single load cell that, in combination with Thayer Scale instrumentation, delivers material both accurately and in the correct proportion.
Weighing equipment for cereal processing
Food Processing Conveyor Belt Scales
Designed to seamlessly integrate into existing conveyors
Mass counter-balanced weight sensing system specifically engineered to accurately weigh “low density” materials (bulk densities ranging from 0.5 to 12 pounds per cubic foot (8 to 192 kilograms per cubic meter)
Available with 2 to 5 idler weigh bridge based on material load
Designed for installation in horizontal to inclined (up to 12-degrees) conveyors
Available in “Scale Over” or “Scale Under” configuration based on process layout
Weighing equipment for the manufacture of cheese
Weigh belts
- Highly accurate for reliable, repeatable measurements and batch control
- Available with open or enclosed construction
- Designed to fit new or existing process flow streams
- Cantilevered conveyor assembly simplifies maintenance
Loss-in-weight Feeders
- Auger discharge
- Vibratory pan discharge
- Feed rates from grams/minute to tons/hour
Hopper and silo material flow promotion solutions
- Provide consistent, uninterrupted material flow
