AZO COMPONENTER® BATCHING EQUIPMENT 

The AZO COMPONENTER® Step provides automatic weighing of minor and micro components, such as pigments, flavorings and additives into a batch container. This batching equipment essentially replaces a manual process of an operator scooping individual ingredients according to formula until the container is filled, which also allows for contamination and error. 

Instead, the AZO COMPONENTER® Step’s indexing system automatically moves each container one at a time, and each container is filled one step at a time, reducing the likelihood of contamination. 

Other features include:

• High throughput from fully automatic filling and movement through the facility
• Batches are separated, reducing the likelihood of contamination
• Promotes strict adherence to hygiene requirements, batch purity and product segregation
• Containers are tracked and monitored through the entire process
• Ideal for food, pharma, plastics and chemical industries

AZO COMPONENTER® Linear Design with Mobile Scale features several surge bins, each equipped with its own discharge and dosing unit arranged in opposing rows. This AZO COMPONENTER® is ideal for applications with the following requirements:

• Includes two to 10 ingredients
• Each ingredient may be used in every recipe or some recipes
• Extreme ingredient segregation is not critical (e.g. allergen versus non-allergen)
• The same batches are able to be made on the same scale over and over to maximize productivity and throughput

AZO COMPONENTER® Linear Design with a Mobile Container provides automatic weighing of individual batches in their own containers. The AZO BATCHITAINER® sits on top of the scale for frequency control of non-free-flowing and free-flowing ingredients. This batching equipment ingredient system is ideal for formulas and recipes where reducing contamination and cleaning are of the utmost importance, such as pharmaceutical and chemical operations. 

Other features include:

• Ability to weigh and dose 10+ ingredients, whether all in the same recipe or not
• Non-contact transfer of materials 
• Patented docking collar for dust-free containers and components
• Spatial separation of product discharge and batch provision

The AZO COMPONENTER® indexing mode provides exact dosing and weighing in operations with a very high batch frequency — and a lot of ingredients and a lot of recipes. Each batch container goes onto a scale and moves forward along a “racetrack” indexing belt. Ingredients are weighed by the gram directly into the vessel, which also reduces the probability of contamination.

Other features include:

• Up to 20 scales and multiple scale containers can operate at the same time
• Indexing mode batching equipment can handle 100 recipes, with 5 ingredients each, for example
• Each hopper can be assigned its own recipe
• Can automate difficult products such as colorings, additives and highly-active ingredients

The AZO COMPONENTER® Circular Design provides a cost-effective solution for automatic total batch weighment for formulas with a small number of ingredients. Screw feeders, receivers or small silos are fitted around the bucket scale. Each ingredient is dosed individually, allowing for weighing and feeding of several mixing lines.

Other features include:

• Occupies minimal floor space
• Circular design batching equipment can fit up to 10 ingredients around the bucket COMPONENTER®
• Cost-effective
• Vibration bottom ensures reliable transfer of non-free-flowing ingredients