Food Production Equipment and Feed Mill Automation with BatchTron

Food Batching & Feed Mill Automation with PLC / Touch Screen Controls

Imagine what a visual and intuitive batch controller could do for you. Because of its outstanding reliability, it can work for many years with next to no maintenance.

BatchTron batch systems are adaptable to Food Batching and Feed Mill Batching. BatchTron covers all processes where solid and liquid ingredients need to be batched and mixed.

Feed mill automation is a good example. Customers also use it for batching food products by weight, concrete production and many other applications.

Tailored to your operation, to fit the way YOU work.
Because we study your operation, this allows us to quote an animal feed or food production system that empowers your crew.
We identify things like manual addition of pre-weighed ingredients, metered liquids and special mixing sequences with delays for mixing of special ingredients.
Mixing and delivery of batches via custom routes identified by formula.
Unattended operation, therefore no operator needed in most plants.
Production Demand Stations start and stop the ordering of batches at each delivery station.
Above all, it’s RELIABLE because PLC/touch screen technology eliminates Windows updates and other issues.
We have designed-in operational features such as automatic self-tuning that eliminate batch weight errors and wasted product.

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Features & Benefits

All the controls and the weight displays are on the screen; consequently broken switches and loose wires are a thing of the past.
Mobile Control tablet computer gives you full control from anywhere around the plant.

Everything is in one cabinet, therefore no boxes, cables and connectors to go wrong.
No Windows software – guaranteed freeze-proof as a result.
Alarm messages for every possible fault mode to pinpoint the problem, allowing fast correction.
Manual control of every function. This allows you to continue running until plant equipment problems can be fixed.
Built-in mixer moisture control, if required, avoids the need for a second controller.

Multi language, English/French, English/Spanish or English/Chinese selected by touch buttons.
Dual units – choice of kg or lb measurement units.
Local inventory management for every ingredient. A visual bar graph of on-hand amount is available on the batch screen.
Optional second screen for two and three mixer applications.
Choose either Wall mount, Desktop, Wall mount with one or two display consoles or Free-standing console.
Although most of the pictures are of concrete batch plants, we have extensive experience in food and animal feed. Our pricing is aggressive; call us for an assessment of your plans.

A quick note to let you know how happy we are with BatchTron-II; it’s fast, easy to use and can be customized for specific needs. – Aaron Wilson, Southern Precast, Alachua, FL. July 2015

“Best service in the business” says Greg Roache of Gainey’s Concrete Products. May 2017

Customers & Applications

Customers use BatchTron mainly in concrete, because that is where we are well known. We use similar techniques in food batching and feed mill automation, however.
BatchTron has legendary reliability and is at home in any industrial environment including sanitary, washdown situations.
Precast concrete, central mix. Joe Floyd, Prineville, OR installed BatchTron batch plant controls for the production of concrete in their precast plant in 2007 (picture above).

Large civil works, dam project. Thalle Construction‘s 2-mixer plant at the Kentucky Dam poured up to 500 yd/hour between 2011 and 2016 for a new lock for shipping, supervised by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A second concrete batch automation controller managed the “wet belt” aggregate and sand cooling system, allowing production of concrete at 35°F as a result.

Architectural concrete, small central mix. Bétons Architecturaux Breton‘s president Guy Jacques with his original BatchTron batch plant controls (2009) running his plant with Ocmer 1 yd mixer. The plant, located in Quebec City, specializes in architectural concrete products and has since been upgraded with larger color touch screen.

Bulk material terminal, fracking sand. Baker-Hughes, the Texas oil giant, uses BatchTron to control its Shafter, CA fracking sand terminal. The automatic control system transfers bulk shipments arriving by rail car to twelve 610 ton silos. Trucks are filled with precisely weighed amounts for shipment to job sites. Scale-Tron supplied all controls, silo inventory and camera system.

We received a referral from a trusted supplier that we should talk to Scale-Tron about upgrading our manual operated batch plant in Nevada. We were impressed with the attention to detail in your quote and were further impressed by your responses to our questions about your company and your products. We ordered a BatchTron control system and are truly amazed with how many yards an hour this old plant can produce. Scale Tron is our new operating system partner. They did everything they promised and didn’t gouge us with hidden fees. Thank you for all your help Chris and Robin. Patrick Schaefer, G.M. Jetcrete North America, 2018