SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD FOR WEIGHING A PRODUCT, DOSED BY A FILLING MACHINE, IN ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR CAPSULES AND THE LIKE

摘要

A system, and corresponding method, for weighing a product dosed in elements (100), in particular capsules of hard gelatine, by a filling machine (3), comprises a weighing apparatus (2), first movement means (4) for transferring empty elements (100) from the said weighing apparatus (2) to the filling machine (3) and second movement means (5) for transferring filled elements (100' ) with said dosed product from said filling machine (3) to said weighing apparatus (2); the weighing apparatus (2) comprises a weighing unit (20) for weighing each empty element (100) and each filled element (100'), processing means (10) connected to said weighing unit (20) for receiving data relating to weights measured by the latter and calculating for each element (100' ) a difference of weight measured before and after filling so as to determine a respective quantity of actually dosed product.