Published on July 3, 2026 | Industrial Weighing Inspection Solutions
Against the tightening global net content regulations for pre-packaged goods and rising labor costs in bulk food production, manual weighing for heavy and large-sized packages has become a major bottleneck restricting production efficiency and compliance management. For products like bagged rice, barreled edible oil and whole carton goods, manual handling and weighing not only deliver low efficiency and large human error, but also bring high labor intensity and employee turnover risks. Recently, Shanghai Fanchi-tech Machinery Co., Ltd. delivered a customized heavy-duty inline checkweigher solution for a well-known bulk rice producer in Thailand, helping the client realize 100% full inspection of 5–25kg packaged products on the automatic packaging line, and achieving remarkable results in compliance assurance and cost reduction.
Client Challenges
The client is a leading rice processing enterprise in Thailand, with an annual output of more than 180,000 tons. Its finished packaging line covers 5kg, 10kg and 25kg woven bag specifications, and runs 18 hours a day. Before cooperating with Fanchi-tech, the factory adopted manual spot-checking for finished product weight, which exposed three core operational pain points:
- Capacity bottleneck from low efficiency: Each worker could only complete weighing and recording of about 50 bags per hour, far below the 100+ bags per hour speed of the automatic packaging line. Workers had to work overtime to keep up with production, restricting overall delivery capacity.
- High compliance and reputation risk: Manual sampling only covered less than 8% of total output. Underweight products often flowed into the market, resulting in distributor returns and regulatory fines, which continuously damaged the brand reputation.
- Rising labor and management pressure: Each production line was equipped with 4 weighing operators. The heavy handling work led to high employee turnover, with continuously climbing training costs and labor expenses.
- Lack of digital traceability: Paper-based weighing records could not support real-time data analysis, and the filling deviation of the packaging machine could not be corrected in time, causing long-term invisible raw material waste.
After on-site investigation of the client’s workshop layout, product specifications and production rhythm, Fanchi-tech deployed the FC-CW450 heavy-duty inline checkweigher at the back end of the client’s automatic packaging line. The equipment adopts an all-304 stainless steel heavy-duty frame structure with a wide belt conveyor design, which can stably carry large and heavy packages such as woven bags, cartons and plastic barrels, and be seamlessly connected with the existing packaging and palletizing line.
Core configurations and scenario-matching advantages:
- High-load precision weighing system: Equipped with industrial-grade high-precision load cells, it delivers stable weighing within the range of 0.5–30kg, with accuracy up to ±2g for 5kg products and ±5g for 25kg products, fully meeting the net content inspection standards of bulk food.
- Wide-belt heavy-duty conveyor: The wide-format food-grade conveyor belt adapts to various large-size packages. The square-tube stainless steel frame has strong structural rigidity for stable operation, and can withstand long-term high-load continuous production.
- Integrated intelligent control system: The vertical control cabinet is equipped with a 7-inch color touch screen, which supports storage of up to 100 product formulas, one-click parameter switching, and real-time display of weighing data, pass rate and rejection statistics. The tri-color warning light on the top gives real-time reminders of equipment status and abnormal conditions.
- Industrial safety and hygienic design: The whole machine is made of 304 stainless steel with a smooth surface and no sanitary dead corners, easy to clean and maintain, and meets the hygienic requirements of food production workshops. The control cabinet is equipped with an emergency stop button, complying with industrial safety production standards.
- Diversified rejection options: It can be matched with push-rod, swing-arm and other rejection methods according to product characteristics, to accurately remove unqualified products without interrupting continuous production.
- Stable adjustable support feet: The height-adjustable anti-slip support feet adapt to different workshop ground conditions, effectively reduce the impact of ground vibration on weighing accuracy, and ensure long-term stable operation of the equipment.
Measurable Operation Results
After 3 months of stable operation, the client’s production line has achieved comprehensive improvements in efficiency, compliance and cost control:
- 100% net content compliance: Full inspection of all finished products is realized, and underweight products are completely eliminated. No net content non-conformity was found in subsequent market sampling and distributor acceptance, avoiding regulatory fines and brand reputation loss.
- 110% increase in production efficiency: The equipment runs stably at a speed of 105 bags per hour, fully synchronized with the packaging line speed, eliminating the weighing bottleneck and greatly lifting the daily output of the production line.
- 65% reduction in labor cost: Each line is reduced from 4 weighing operators to 1 patrol operator, which greatly reduces labor intensity and employee turnover, and saves substantial labor cost and training cost every year.
- 7.5% less raw material waste: Through real-time weighing data feedback, the client optimized the filling parameters of the packaging machine, reduced the average excess filling amount, and saves about 132,000 USD in raw material costs annually.
- Digital quality management: The system automatically generates weighing reports and supports data export, which meets the traceability requirements of ISO9001 and HACCP management systems, and helps the client smoothly pass the audit of international supermarket suppliers.
The FC-CW450 series heavy-duty inline checkweigher is a core product of Fanchi-tech for bulk and large-package scenarios, and is widely used in food, daily chemical, chemical, building materials and other industries.
- Heavy-load design with square-tube stainless steel frame, strong bearing capacity, suitable for long-term high-load production environment
- Adapts to cartons, woven bags, plastic barrels, large bags and other packaging forms, covering 0.5–30kg weighing range
- Modular quick-disassembly structure for conveyor belt and components, convenient for daily cleaning and maintenance, reducing equipment downtime
- Fully customizable conveying width, weighing range, rejection method and communication interface according to actual production needs
Shanghai Fanchi-tech Machinery Co., Ltd. focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of industrial inspection equipment, providing professional weight inspection, metal detection and X-ray inspection solutions for global manufacturing customers. With rich on-site customization experience and mature product lines, the company serves customers in dozens of countries and regions, and is committed to helping clients improve production quality and operational efficiency.
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Post time: Jul-03-2026