miniPond 3C
Checkweighing Controller

The miniPond 3C weighing controller provides the necessary functions for trade-approved weight determination in automatic checkweighers. The high internal resolution, processing speed and signal filtering ensure fast and accurate measurements. With the registration of the product weight, it is assigned to one of five tolerance zones.

The weighing electronics control the complete checkweighing process. Weighing can be started either via a position sensor or control signal, for example from a light barrier, or via a weight threshold. Further process steps, such as tolerance signaling or rejection in case of under- or overweight, can be controlled by the configurable digital I/Os.

Presets for different articles and check weights can be conveniently selected from 100 parameter sets.

The controller offers a totalizing function and counter, logging of actual weights as well as monitoring and statistical functions.

Digital filters for optimum processing of the weighing signals and proven, powerful evaluation algorithms ensure maximum measuring accuracy, even under difficult conditions. The automatic stability detection ensures that only correct weight values are registered and stored.

The checkweighing controller can be used stand-alone or networked. It is intuitive to operate, offers dialog-guided, digital adjustment and can also be configured as a multi-range or multi-interval scale. Up to 4 load cells can be connected.

The miniPond 3C can be flexibly integrated into almost any machine and control environment. For this purpose, the weighing controller offers 8 digital I/Os, COM port, Ethernet interface, Modbus protocol and optional fieldbus interfaces such as Profibus, Profinet or EtherNet/IP.
The integrated web server enables access via a browser, for exam­ple for setting parameters, for adjustment as well as for functional testing and fault diagnosis. Also data backup, firmware updates and remote maintenance can be carried out comfortably via the web interface.

Remote diagnostics and remote maintenance of devices at other locations via the Internet are also possible (if enabled accordingly). At the same time, the miniPond 3C can also be integrated into Industry 4.0-compliant structures and applications via the fieldbus, for example in condition monitoring applications on the supervisory control level or in the cloud. This makes the miniPond 3C not only a reliable, but also a future-proof weighing controller for automatic scales.