Wherever forces or weights have to be measured in automation and process engineering today, modern weighing systems are involved in monitoring and controlling the different production sequences.

They are used in simple applications for monitoring forces, detecting fill levels of containers and even in complex portioning tasks such as filling containers with liquid and bagging solid material.

In the case of the SIWAREX FTA Weighing module in SIMATIC S7?300 design, the function block (FB) is an integral component of the SCOUT command library. SIWAREX FTA is therefore the optimum solution for applications that can be calibrated such as filling systems, loading stations, bagging stations, rotary packers or inspection stations.

Apart from SIWAREX FTA, the SIMATIC S7?300 module SIWAREX U as well as the SIMATIC ET 200S modules SIWAREX CS and SIWAREX FTC are available for simple applications such as load and force measurements for SIMOTION.