Chronos BTH has supplied a new bulk weighing system to Fisherton Manor Farm

Working through the Marlborough, Wiltshire based milling consultant BK Grain Handling Engineers, Chronos BTH has supplied a new bulk weighing system to Fisherton Manor Farm near Warminster, Wiltshire. This site has comprehensive grain processing, weighing and laboratory testing facilities; that are TASCC and Soil Association accredited.

This bulk weighing systems records the intake of grains and seeds into the Fisherton Manor Farm grain store and controls the allocation of the grains to the correct storage silo. By utilising different in plant conveying routes, the same bulk throughput weigher out loads treated grain by controlling the allocated batches of weighed grain to waiting lorries.

Fisherton Manor Farm’s bulk weighing installation comprises a CHRONO-WEIGH™ AW301 weigher and the Weights & Measures approved BULK 8000 weighing controller. This proven combination can operate at rates of up to 140 tonnes/hour and features of the BULK 8000 control modules include:

- Optional PC keyboard connectivity

- Storage of up to 250 customer files

- 150 product data files

- Up to 100 silos can be addressed

- The standard version features up to 150 weighing parameter files for pre-setting of accurate designation of weighing goods