SPECIALTY CORE BATCH MIXING CONTROLS

Our engineering group provided the controls expertise necessary to automate a batching process for bowling ball cores at Ebonite International in Hopkinsville Kentucky. This was a Class I Division 1 location requiring explosion proof design considerations. Batching operation utilized the infeed control of (4) different powders and (3) different liquids in varying ratios and quantities. The batch quality criteria is judged on density with allowances of only 0.2%. Therefor accurate weigh-ins was an absolute must. The batch control system needed to be easy to use and very versatile since the core recipes changed on a shift-by-shift basis. Matrix engineers also performed intensive start-up, check out, and operator training.