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MINNESOTA
CONTROL
COMPANY
Shown to the left is the
operation panel for a LARC200 system with two liquid applications
per side. Note: the two Operator Interface Units (OIU), to
allow each side to run independently. This customer
had a special request options for air, steam, and water injection
controls to be added to the control scheme.
Shown to the right is a
LARC100 internal view. Note this unit is setup for two
liquid controls with Hi / Lo level cutoff control.
The LARC system is Minnesota Control Company's unique method for dealing with the difficulties of ratio control applications. In short the abbreviation "LARC" stands for Liquid Application Ratio Control. Originally developed for the animal feed industry, the LARC system can be used for any liquid to solid or liquid to liquid ratio control application. There are three basic models of the LARCs. The LARC100 controls the application ratio of up to four liquid to solid or liquid base mix or solution. The LARC200 serves the same function for two base mix or solutions, plus it can run simultaneous or independent of each other. Similarly, the LARC300 works with three base mixes or solutions. The LARC system can be expanded beyond three base mixes when required by special request for customers unique applications.
The LARC system increases production accuracy in ingredient measurement. This reduces the amount of waste, inaccurate measurement, and in turn, lowers operating costs. The LARC also helps to improve quality control by allowing the operator to concentrate on all other aspects of production.
Incorporated into the LARC system, production management will be pleased to find an inventory usage monitoring system that tracks the total amounts of base ingredients, plus all liquids being rationed into the blending process. These totalizers run both as a total usage and resetable usage.
- Automated operations.
- On screen step by step configuration.
- 16 years of proven performance.