Method for replacing digital load cells
AssigneeBizerba GmbH & Co. KG
InventorGebhard Pfeiffer
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Abstract
To provide a method with which one or more digital load cells of a load-receiving device can be replaced without the weighing system having to be newly calibrated, it is proposed that, in the event of a replacement, at least one of the previous load cells remains in the weighing system and in that, once the replacement has taken place, a new set of parameters is determined for the load cell used as the replacement via the central control unit on the basis of the data of the replaced load cell, which the control unit receives from the load cell remaining in the system, and is stored in the parameter memories of all the load cells.
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Method for replacing load cells in a calibrated weighing system having a number of digital load cells, the load cells being connected to a control unit via a bus system, the digital load cells providing weight values in the form of counter values and each load cell having a set of load cell parameters relevant to calibration for each load cell of the weighing system, stored in a parameter memory, wherein the event of a replacement, at least one of the previous load cells remains in the weighing system and in that, once the replacement has taken place, a new set of parameters is determined for the load cell used as the replacement via the central control unit on the basis of the data of the replaced load cell, which the control unit receives from the load cell remaining in the system, and is stored in the parameter memories of all the load cells.
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