Solids Plastic Pellet Silo Radar Level Measurement

When a Midwest manufacturer of plastic bottles and packaging for cosmetic, pharmaceutical and food products, needed reliable level measurement of their pellet storage silos, they turned to Flowline. The firm tools, injects, blow molds and silk screens thousands of bottles per hour for customers across the United States. Pellets of varying materials, sizes and shapes are received, stored and vacuum transferred to the production floor. There the operator said that previous mechanical type yo-yo level sensors were unreliable, as their chains would sometimes clog up with fragments, and they needed reliable level measurement. For this reason, Flowllne suggested our non-contact LR41 radar sensor that provides reliable, maintenance free level measurement of pellets. The radar sensors provide reliable level data to the PLC, which monitors the silo inventories and alarms for replenishment. Flowline is reliable level measurement.