Product inspection ensures quality control throughout all stages of the manufacturing process. From metal detection to product labeling, each task helps prevent issues with quality control. If your production line is missing an inspection component, it can create consumer safety hazards and risks to your business. Checkweighing is an essential step in product inspection because it increases efficiency without decreasing quality.

Static checkweighers require hands-on interaction in order to move the product on and off the scale, whereas in-motion checkweighers automatically weigh products as they move along a production line at a high speed. Furthermore, in-motion checkweighers check 100% of the weight of the items inspected.

Checkweighers are used in a wide range of industries, such as food and beverage packaging, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and logistics. Most often, checkweighers are used at the end of a production line, but their uses go beyond simply weighing products.

Possible uses for a checkweigher include both typical and statistical applications:

• Checking for under- and/or overweight products
• Classifying products into weight zones
• Ensuring product compliance with federal regulations and standards
• Monitoring product line efficiency
• Checking for missing package components such as caps, lids, labels or product
• Providing feedback reports for process analysis and adjustment

Rice Lake Weighing Systems offers a variety of checkweighers built with advanced options for metal detection, diverter systems and more. The MotoWeigh® in-motion checkweigher and conveyor system features storage of up to 1,000 products as well as customized options including an audible alarm to alert users to under- or overweight product. Visit www.ricelake.com/checkweighing to learn about all of the checkweigher options Rice Lake has to offer.

This article is part of Rice Lake’s Checkweigher Buyer’s Guide series. Request a copy or download the Checkweigher Buyer’s Guide today.