K-Tron Control Module (KCM)

Like its predecessors in the SmartConnex line of feeder controls, the new K-Tron Control Module (KCM) integrates the control and motor drive modules directly on the feeder. It can function as either a volumetric or gravimetric feeder controller, and supports all of the firm’s feeders that are equipped with SFT II or SFT III load cells, including volumetric feeders, loss-in-weight feeders, weigh-belt feeders, smart flowmeters and PID applications. The KCM modulate screw speed usng a unique algorithm that can improve the short-term feeder accuracy on single-screw feeders by up to a factor of two. Non-uniform feeding caused by normal pulsation from the screw is compensated for by varying the screw speed to eliminate pulsations.