Combination weighing apparatus

A combination weighing apparatus comprising:

• a distribution table that rotates about a rotation shaft to distribute articles given from an outside in a radial direction;
• a plurality of radial feeders that are arranged radially around the distribution table, receive the articles discharged from the distribution table, and supply the articles to corresponding hoppers, respectively;
• a drive unit that is connected to the rotation shaft and rotates the distribution table;
• an acquisition unit that acquires information regarding a distribution state of the articles in the distribution table and the radial feeders;
• and
• a control unit that controls the drive unit, wherein
• the control unit, based on the information regarding the distribution state of the articles acquired by the acquisition unit, rotates the distribution table until an area of the distribution table containing the articles is proximal a desired radial feeder of the plurality of radial feeders, the desired radial feeder being identified responsive to a number of articles in the desired radial feeder based on the information regarding the distribution state, and
• the control unit controls the drive unit to move the articles from the area of the distribution table into the desired radial feeder.