Kistler-Morse Weighing Solutions

The industry’s most influential weighing solutions

Kistler-Morse® products are utilized in various industries such as food, aggregate, plastics, power, chemical, and biotech. These products are designed to work in almost any type of vessel and are constructed to withstand even the toughest of conditions. Kistler-Morse® products are known for their precision and accuracy, making them an essential tool for many companies.Kistler-Morse® is an Anderson-Negele brand.

50 Years of weighing system excellence:

With its Kistler-Morse® brand, Anderson-Negele provides total weighing systems for bulk and in-process applications.

Sensors: Our weighing sensors can transform vessels into scales and are suitable for a wide range of environments, from clean, sanitary settings to harsh, outdoor conditions. The Kistler-Morse range includes various types of sensors, including bolt-on sensors, load stands, and load discs.

Controllers: We provide both single and multi-vessel weighing controllers, enabling our customers to keep track of and maintain stable and precise readings.

Inventory Management Solutions: Our inventory management solutions for dry-bulk materials allow for real-time data collection and transmission via the Internet, providing our customers with a dependable method for monitoring and managing their materials.

Kistler-Morse® was established in 1974 by Walter P. Kistler and Charles H. Morse in Bellevue, Washington. Mr. Kistler designed a quartz pressure gage, which would come to be known as the Microcell® Bolt-On Sensor. Due to its dedication to research and development, Kistler-Morse® has engineered some of the industry’s most influential weighing solutions. In 1997, Kistler-Morse® was purchased by Danaher Corporation and moved to Spartanburg, South Carolina shortly after. Today, Kistler-Morse is an Anderson-Negele brand and subsidiary of Fortive Corporation.

Weighing systems: Why is weighing a vessel important?

In today’s business landscape, it is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of your inventory, right down to the last unit, in order to achieve optimal efficiency. Such efficiencies can lead to cost savings and a more productive workflow. However, measuring bulk inventory can pose challenges due to its size and the difficult conditions of the tanks. Fortunately, silo weighing systems offer a solution to these issues and can help eliminate them altogether.

Weight-based inventory measurement

• Provides a reliable and consistent indication of what is actually in the vessel, regardless of its movement or distribution.
• There is no contact with material.
• Bulk density and other material characteristics do not impact the measurements.
• Tank conditions, like rat holes, cascading material, or bridging, do not affect the measurement.

Inventory Management Solutions:

Simply adding a weight sensor to your vessel is only the first step in implementing a system for dry bulk inventory management. It is the collection and analysis of data provided by the sensor, through a controller, that truly begins to yield valuable insights.

Maximizing the reliability and consistency of inventory measurement through the manufacturing process is key to:

• Optimizing supply chain planning
• Accurately measuring process yields and direct materials costs
• Optimizing working capital
• Improving accuracy of financial reporting
• Confirming quantities of material received
• Identifying inventory losses.

When do Weighing Systems make sense?

Accurate detection of contents in storage tanks, silos, and process vessels can be a challenging task. Traditional measuring systems such as hydrostatic sensors, potentiometric probes, or radar often have their limitations. In certain application environments, these methods may not be precise, fast, or flexible enough, or may not be practical for technical or economic reasons.

This is especially the case with:.

• Tanks for bulk material, in which a surface measurement can be faulty due to irregular mass distribution (formation of piles, funnels, rat holes, etc.). In such tanks or silos, classic continuous level probes are often also not possible due to their size / probe length.
• Process vessels with agitator. Here, sensors that protrude into the medium cannot be installed. The amount of substance is often in motion, creating dynamic shear forces. In such containers, precisely dosed and dynamically added ingredients must also be measurable and controllable in high precision while the process is running. Closed stirring systems often work with negative or positive pressure.
• Ingredient exchange containers such as those used for yogurt mixing, which are freely movable. For connection reasons, but also for cost reasons, these cannot be equipped individually with level sensors.
• Horizontal tanks. Here, a small change in fill level already causes a significant change in volume; likewise, inherent movement (sloshing) of liquids can make measurement by level sensors difficult. Load cells give more reliable results here

The solution: turn your container into a precision scale

Which sensors does Anderson-Negele provide for inventory management?

Bolt-On Weighing Cells:

Microcell® and L-Cell® sensors are highly durable, dependable, and compact, making them a cost-effective solution for measuring inventory in vessels with leg support structures or skirted silos. By using these sensors, the risk of measurement inaccuracies caused by material characteristics such as the angle of repose, rat-holing, bridging, moisture content, and compaction can be avoided with reliable precision. Depending on the vessel type, the sensors are mounted using bolt-on technology on the structural support members and shear beams support or structural skirt.

Applications:

• Precise, robust and retrofittable inventory measuring systems for all types of single or multiple containers
• For metal substructures or skirted silos
• For outdoor and indoor applications
• From 35 t total load (vessel plus contents)
• Mounting on structural profiles or skirts
• Retrofitting and calibration possible at any filling level

Further benefits:

• Measuring accuracy 3-5%
• Long service life due to the fatique life of > 20 million cycles and 200% overload protection
• Easy installation with mounting tool kit, materials, and junction box
• Control units for 1 to 120 vessels

Weighing modules Load Disc:

The Load Disc weighing systems dynamically measure the contents of process or storage containers and precisely indicate even the slightest changes in weight. They are firmly bolted between the container feet and the foundation. The very low overall height ensures stability and tilt resistance. Transverse forces caused by agitators are compensated. Their compact, sanitary design with polished surfaces and high water resistance (NEMA / IP) class that they can be cleaned in accordance with sanitary requirements in food or pharmaceutical applications. In addition to the Load Disc pressure measuring modules, which are mounted between the vessel and the foundation, a tension measuring module is also available. The Tension Cell is inserted between the suspension and the container body in suspended containers.

Applications:

• Blending and stirring vessels
• Bulk tanks and storage hoppers
• For all types of dry products and liquids
• Also for corrosive media
• Swap vessels for mixing and blending
• For interior and exterior installations
• For hygienic and non-hygienic applications

Further benefits:

• Measuring accuracy up to 0.03%
• For loads from 100 kg to 10,000 kg (150 to 22,000 lbs)
• Vaious models for individually optimized configuration
• Long service life due to 4-fold overload protction
• Big variety of mounting systems for any application and ambient condition
• Easy installation with mounting kit and connection box

Load Stand:

The solid bolting makes Load Stand II a structurally load-bearing integral component and connecting element between the container base and the foundation, and ideal for large containers, tanks and skirted silos. Thanks to the extremely long service life of the strain gauge cells and their easy replaceability, there is practically no limit to the service life of a Load Stand II.

Applications:

• Storage containers for all types of bulk materials and liquids
• For all industrial sectors
• For indoor and outdoor use

Further benefits:

• For loads from 11 000 kg to 450 000 kg (25 000 to 1 000 000 lb) per support point
• Measuring accuracy up to 0,2 %
• Long service life due to the fatique life of > 20 million cycles and 200% overload protection
• Seismic rating approved
• High signal output for cable length of up to 600 m
• Control units for 1 to 120 vessels

Controllers:

Controllers complete the sensors to make up a complete system. They monitor and provide stable and accurate weight readings from 1 to 120 vessels of level, weight or a combination of the two. The local display provides a user friendly and easy configuration. The output controls can connect to the ORB system or feed into a larger, company wide configuration.

Data management systems:

They store and access real-time inventory information from a remote location via the Internet. Multiple sites with multiple vessels can be monitored and managed. Reports can be run for inventory tracking and trends.

Inventory management systems:

Inventory values are measured by new or existing weight sensor or level sensor attached to your facility’s silos. AccuBin™ offers the flexibility of providing the best sensor solution for your application or configuring to pre-existing sensors. The system then transmits data such as weight, temperature, consumption rate, and sensor status to the Gateway through a device called Smart Node. The Gateway manages all messages between the Smart Nodes and the cloud by Wi-Fi or cellular data. Users gain remote access to this critical inventory data through their browser or AccuBin™ app on the computer or mobile device.

More information

Here you can download the brochure “Complete Weighing System” as a PDF file.

Go to the Kistler-Morse sensors (Bolt-on / Load Discs / Load Stands)

Go to the Kistler-Morse controllers (Single / Multi-vessel)

Go to the inventory Management System ACCUBIN

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