Just a couple thoughts:

Putting the Fines container on a weight scale and logging data is a possible method. Seeing a change in the rate of waste to operating time is a good way to identify a screen with a hole or one that it clogged.

you could see the change if the data is put into a spreadsheet/graph. An advanced system could include the scale sending data to a logic function of the machine. This is where an alarm is possible.

Last edited by Dave Barkley; 03/07/18 08:00 PM.

Dave Barkley
EI SPT Director, Peening Preceptor & Product Engineer