Dust Containment is Essential

dust collection in batching systems

Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. designs material weighing and ingredient batching systems for dusty, difficult to handle powder and bulk solid, sometimes hazardous, materials. Dust containment is essential to protect personnel and equipment. These systems are all custom engineered and can be equipped with dust control and containment options, including a dust collector (typically baghouse […]

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Automatic Minor Batching System for Rubber

automatic minor system for rubber

Automatic minor batching system for rubber is one of the most important aspects of rubber compounding.  Accuracy of weighing materials and batching controls for profitable products. Accurate weighing and batching. Flexible, high quality. Custom engineered to your specific objectives is necessary.  Read more here.

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Ingredient Batching for Rubber

Ingredient Batching for Rubber

Ingredient batching for rubber compounding requires process knowledge and an expert level understanding of material weighing and batching system control/automation.  Ingredient batching for rubber requires a custom engineered and manufactured automatic batching system for high productivity and value.  A hybrid ingredient bulk material batching system combines minor bin and bulk bag ingredient batching providing automatic […]

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Why Sterling Systems?

Sterling Systems & Controls

Why do business with Sterling Systems & Controls (a.k.a. Sterling Controls)? It’s simple really …. Sterling Systems unique attributes including: Sterling Systems & Controls uniquely provides Full Custom Solutions that are designed with your operational processes in mind, with 24/7 After-Sales Support that is second-to-none. Sterling Systems’ provides the technology and experience to increase efficiency […]

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Auger Feeders Ensure Batching Reliability

AUGER FEEDERS ENSURE BATCHING RELIABILITY

Sterling, IL – For Immediate Release:  Sterling Systems & Controls auger-type screw feeders are a critical component within ingredient batching systems for food processing, feed milling and many other industrial applications. Auger feeders ensure batching reliability from Sterling Systems excelling beyond other brands with three key features: Each end of the feeder incorporates industrial grade […]

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Bakery Mixer Control

MIXER CONTROL SCREEN

The following are a few examples of Sterling Systems & Controls bakery mixer control applications: Multiple food ingredient bins/totes Food grade stainless steel table(s) Moving weigh table w/scale and touchscreen display PC control with weight instrument From sequencing and verification of operator interface steps at the mixer, to the automated ingredient tracking from receiving of […]

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Moving Batches from Point A to Point B

Mechanical Conveying Automatically Discharges Batches

So you are going to purchase a custom engineered ingredient batching system but are concerned about how to arrange for moving batches from point A to point B? Meaning, how to get the batched ingredients from the batching system to the mixer.  Well that’s not too difficult, depending on the facility layout. While many batching […]

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Hybrid Material Weighing and Batching System

Mechanical Conveying Automatically Discharges Batches

Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. is pleased to announce in its line of material weighing and batching systems, the availability of customized ingredient hybrid weighing and batching systems with Micro, Minor and Bulk weighments, processing both dry and liquid ingredients.  Each automatic Accu-Portion™ Micro and Bulk Batching System is custom designed and manufactured to meet […]

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Batching Systems Include Material Lot Tracking

BATCHING SYSTEMS INCLUDE MATERIAL LOT TRACKING

Sterling Systems & Controls, Inc. custom engineers and manufactures material weighing and batching systems and is pleased to announce that lot tracking material traceability is available. Batching Systems Include Material Lot Tracking is an important announcement. Raw material lot tracking is a requirement in many industries for safety, including the Food industry where end products […]

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Multiple Batching Stations

MIXER CONTROL SCREEN

Bakery batching systems are considerably more simple than their Feed Mill batching system counter parts. In this application we implemented multiple batching stations. Usually there would be a single batching station. This customer application was provided with three batching stations using a single Allen Bradley PLC controller. They have two areas, entitled the “Frozen” and […]

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