Illustrated Application Note
Customer Need / Challenge
A customer wants to monitor the motor that operates their poultry feeders. The poultry feeders must give out an equal distribution of feed per poultry house.
Summary
Materials
- T5 Standard Precision Pedestal Mount Shaft Style Rotary Torque Transducer
- 9850 Torque Transducer and Load Cell Indicator
How it Works
- The T5 Standard Precision Pedestal Mount Shaft Style Rotary Torque Transducer is attached with Interface’s Couplings in between the poultry feeder and the motor.
- The T5 can measure the torque to see if any of the feed is stuck, which would stop the motor from dispensing the food. It can also detect if the motor is dispensing too much food with the angle measurement, and also count the number of rotations so the food is dispensed is at the same amount each and every time.
- The customer was able to log and graph the torque results on their computer when connected to Interface’s 9850 Torque Transducer and Load Cell Indicator.
