Company Overview

Comptrol is a Canadian company that designs and manufactures a complete line of innovative in-process weighers, feeders, controllers, production control and yield management systems, as well as flow control and flour blending systems for the various grain milling and feed production industries.

Comptrol was founded on a philosophy of 'Innovation Made Simple.' This means that we are always working to improve our lines of in-process, flow control and legal for trade bulk load-out scales. As well, our production control and yield management systems are continuously evolving to give the miller more insight and control over his mill.

Please contact us so we can discuss your needs and work together to develop a solution that will surpass your expectations. As Comptrol is committed to developing long term relationships, we welcome millers, feed producers and agents.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Comptrol Technologies

Number of Employees: 35

Total Sales ($CDN): $100,000 - $200,000

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Products

• Balances And Scales Nes, Parts Of
• Blendview Blending Management & Control Instrument

  The BlendView Blending Management & Control Instrument offers a comprehensive and elegant recipe based blending management and control system that coordinates the selection of your blend and mix formulations.

  BlendView allows the operator to:

  • configure the system with blend formulations and flour names
  • set up the system topology including start and stop sequences
  • design and manage different recipes with a built in Recipe

  Manager

  BlendView's live, graphic display shows the operator:

  • number and type of flours and/or enrichments are being combined
  • active/inactive conveyors and feeding devices
  • individual and combined flow rates
  • estimated time to completion (for batch processes)
  • Improve final product consistency
  • Maximize process efficiency and minimize errors
  • Formulate recipes and custom schedule production through

  BlendView, or remotely from PC

  • Combine both volumetric and weight based feeders for maximum

  system flexibility

  For more information, please call our Sales and Marketing Team at 905-238-5957:

  Gary Baksi, P. Eng. (ext. 28) - Director Marty Legein (ext. 25) - North & South American Sales Manager Thomas Christiansen (ext. 33) - Account Manager

• Bulkamatic 47sh Series Legal Scale

  Benefit from the experience that has made Comptrol a leading manufacturer of weighing and yield management systems worldwide. The Bulkamatic 47SH Series is an innovative, NTEP approved legal-fortrade bulk receiving or load-out scale that offers an outstanding combination of accuracy, reliability and value. The system is unique because it is NTEP approved without an upper garner or a lower surge hopper. That means the upper garner and lower surge can be factory supplied, customer fabricated or retrofitted with existing bins to suit specific installation needs or to accommodate difficult or awkward locations.

  Benefits include:

  • Operation in three modes:
  • Legal receiving
  • Legal load-out
  • Non-legal transfer mode
  • Ideal for virtually any gravity flowing powder or granular

  material

  • Eliminates the need for outside legal weighing services
  • The system will pay for itself within several months
  • Complete air and vacuum isolation built in - accuracy & throughput are unaffected by excess air pressure
  • Compact design requires less headroom for easier installation

  in new or retrofit applications

  • Can be directly linked to an Allen Bradley PLC
  • All control and scale data can be part of your existing system
  • Minimal moving parts
  • Greater reliability with lower operating and maintenance costs
• Comptrol's New Yield Management / Programmable Logic Controller (plc) Interface

  Our New, Interface design allows our Scales and Yield Management Technology to be integrated into your PLC system.

  The data exchanged between the two systems is grouped into three categories:

  Updates of Live Data; Commands; Report Data.

  Updates of Live Data:

  Data collected by the scale, and maintained on the Yield Management System is updated on a periodic basis. The Yield Management System will inform the PLC as the new data becomes available. The PLC is then able to access this data.

  Commands:

  The PLC is able to set certain parameters in the Yield Management System by issuing commands. The PLC provides the Yield Management System with data indicating the commands) to be performed along with associated parameters. The Yield Management System will perform the commands (and return success or failure indications) to the PLC. Note that several commands can be executed at the same time (only one of each command type).

  Report Data:

  The Yield Management System maintains a number of reports that are available to the PLC. The PLC can obtain the reports at any time by issuing a request for the appropriate report.

  To the PLC, the Yield Management System appears as an I/O rack available on the Remote I/O network.

  Customized display of Live Data Once connected, via the 'Blue Hose, ' the live feedback and commands typically associated with the screen and keyboard of a Yield Management System, are logically laid out in an interactive format as a 'virtual' or 'simulated' I/O rack. The PLC application designer can choose how to display the information for the operator, and solicit necessary commands with a philosophy consistent with the other aspects of control and data acquisition for the mill.

  Commands can be customized to meet your particular needs.

  Sample Command Set

  • Set desired flowrate for a scale
  • Start/Stop a scale
  • Set accumulation target on a scale
  • Set flowrate alarm limits on a scale
  • Start new wheat run
  • Start new Output run
  • Declare new month
  • See time and date

  Reports can be customized to meet you particular needs; the only limitation being the type of data available to the System.

  Sample Report Set

  Accumulation, extraction and split for all scales for:

  • Previous run
  • Current run
  • Previous three shifts
  • Previous day
  • Previous month
  • Month to date

  For more information on this. or any of our products. call our Sales and Marketing Team at:

  Gary Baksi, P. Eng. (ext. 28) - Director Marty Legein (ext. 25) - North & South American Sales Manager Thomas Christiansen (ext. 33) - Account Manager

• Feedamatic 67 Series Flow Control Scales

  Setting new standards for accurate and reliable loss-in-weight flow control.

  The Feedamatic 67 Series is designed for flow control applications in critical areas of your process such as; the single controlled input to your entire process; incorporating multiple units for continuous blending; or both. It delivers a continuous, reliable and uninterrupted flow of free-flowing granular material. The flow is maintained at exactly the rate set by the operator, regardless of changes in material characteristics. This unerring accuracy is crucial at the start of the milling process in order to maintain precise material flow control throughout the entire mill. That makes the 67 Series ideal for applications such as ahead of the cleaning house or first-break rolls, or for precise continuous blending. For maximum installation flexibility, the scales require up to 44 percent less headroom than competitive units.

  Benefits include:

  • Precise control of feed rate regardless of changing bushel

  weights and/or moisture levels

  • Weight-based accuracy avoids volumetric/density errors
  • Continuous uninterrupted flow eliminates pulses caused by

  dumping

  • Facilitates an entire mill-wide management and control system

  through any combination of a MillView Yield Management Instrument, BlendView Blending Control Instrument, or Allen-Bradley PLC

  • Control and scale data can be integrated within your existing

  system

  • Integrating additive feeder control with flow control scale

  allows addition of water or other ingredients to be automatically fed at a rate proportional to the weighed stream

  • Operator enters additive ratio and the weigher does the rest
  • If power or compressed air fails, top gate moves to the open

  position, allowing the discharge gate to be operated manually

• Momentum 25 Feeder

  Measuring the change in material flow momentum to deliver superior weight-based flow control over impact feeders.

  The Momentum 25 measures the actual material flow, totalizes it, and continuously adjusts the flow rate to maintain operator or host computer selected flow rate setpoint within +0.5 to +1% of full scale.

  Instead of conventional impact measurement using a flat deflection plate, the Momentum 25 determines the flow by measuring the sum of forces necessary to redirect the incoming material flow from near vertical to near horizontal - a change in momentum measurement. This re-direction is accomplished by utilizing a unique curved chute which precisely guides the exiting material to a known and consistent angle. This principal overcomes the imprecise and scattered results achieved with impact plates.

  In the Momentum 25 design, the curved chute and a precise sensor mechanism incorporating an LVDT (Linear Variable Differential Transducer) measures force only in the horizontal direction. Vertical forces, including the weight of the chute and the material in it, are mechanically eliminated. This precise force measurement (momentum change) coupled with a reliable re-direction angle results in more accurate flow control & measurement.

  As well, the weight-based design of the Momentum 25 eliminates the inherent errors of volumetric feeding since weight-based accuracy is unaffected by varying bushel weights or moisture content.

  Benefits include:

  • Weight-based accuracy +0.5 to + 1% of full scale or better
  • Requires minimum headroom for maximum installation flexibility
  • Each unit has its own dedicated Fuzzy-PID-based controller for

  greater reliability

  • For applications with multiple feeders, built-in networking

  allows convenient centralized recipe-based control using

  BlendView or your PLC-based control

  • Suitable for unheated environments
  • Delivers continuous uninterrupted flow
• Sumantic 36 Series Flow Monitoring Scales

  The Sumantic 36 Series features the kind of design innovation that has helped make Comptrol a leading manufacturer of weighing and yield management systems worldwide. It provides an extremely accurate and reliable method for continuous in-process weighing of product accumulation and monitoring of flow rate for maximizing the consistency and yield of a wide range of granular and/or powder products. These sophisticated units are half the size of conventional in-process weighers while still providing the same throughput capacity. As well, no bulky garner hopper is required.

  Benefits include:

  • Unique single-gate design and weight readings of 10

  times-per-second improve accuracy and virtually eliminate measuring errors due to floor vibrations and air pulses

  • Detects, rather than causes chokes if power or compressed air

  fails, lower gate moves to the open position, preventing damaging upstream chokes

  • Innovative and simple design improves reliability; reduces

  initial investment; minimizes maintenance

  • Integrating additive feeder control with weigher allows

  addition of ingredients to be automatically fed at a rate proportional to the weighed stream

  • Operator enters additive ratio and the weigher does the rest
  • Accuracy of better than 0.2% regardless of changes in material

  characteristics

  • Can be directly linked to a MillView Yield Management System,

  an Allen-Bradley PLC, or both

  • All control and scale data can be part of your existing system
• The Millview Yield Management Instrument

  The New MillView Yield Management Instrument is a microprocessor based device based on Comptrol's Extraction/Split Monitor (E/SM). MillView provides live data in detailed graphs and reports to help the miller control, monitor, and improve profitability and consistency in the milling process. Used in conjunction with Comptrol's 8830 series of SMART Scale Controllers, MillView lets you see what is happening in your mill.

  MillView has been designed with the user in mind and in keeping with Comptrol's philosophy of 'Innovation Made Simple.' A large 6' x 4', high resolution, flat screen display, a comprehensive keypad consisting of 38 intuitively labeled keys, and a high speed thermal printer are all built into one panel for easy use. MillView fits into Comptrol's standard Card Cage and Cabinet (CCC) and is also available in Stand Alone Configuration (SAC).

  MillView is a highly enhanced version of our original E/SM and, like the E/SM, allows for:

  • Continuous monitoring of product split percentages between all

  flour streams and/or between all by-product streams

  • Production tracking capabilities identifying wheat mix, product

  grade and bin information

  • Production reporting on a run, shift, daily and monthly basis
  • User programmable high/low flow limits and production target

  alarms for all pre-configured scales

  MillView's enhanced capabilities and functionality set a new standard for mill instrumentation. The key to the increased capabilities and functionality of MillView is its detailed, graphical display. The display is divided into two windows. Each window displays a different set of user selectable information at all times. The upper window always gives you a continuous view to both cleaning house extraction and mill unit extraction. This view can show live trend graphs for the last 2 or 24 hours. With the upper window to your mill and cleaning house providing a graphic, the lower window can be used for a variety of mill monitoring functions, all accessible by pushing single button.

  The functions include:

  Overview:

  Displays a detailed chart summarizing data for each scale. For each scale in the system (e. g., Wheatto-roll, Patent, 1st Clears, Midds, Shorts, and Bran) the chart displays live:

  • flow rate
  • flour or wheat name currently in stream
  • percentage split between the stream and a) all flours or b) all

  by-products

  • weight accumulation since beginning of run
  • status and/or alarm conditions

  While viewing the scale overview, a single key will provide a detailed flow graph for any stream.

  Reports:

  Displays a listing of reports available for printing, including production run, shift, daily and monthly. The user just highlights the report needed, and it prints out in a matter of seconds. The large display clearly identifies the print options available to the user to simplify the report printing process.

  Change Production:

  The user is able to set up the next production run in advance through this view. The change can be as simple as starting a new run on the patent stream (or even setting a production target into a bin), or as comprehensive as switching the mill from hard wheat to soft.

  Alarms:

  Displays a summary screen giving a chronological history of all alarm messages, giving the user the option of printing the list as desired. Alarms now include yield or extraction rate alarms, and rate of change alarms.

  Trending:

  At any time, the user can display (in the lower window) a continuously updated flow rate graph for each scaled stream similar to the extraction graphs on the upper window. This is a useful tool in identifying the cause of a changing extraction rate. Through this same window, the user can then cycle through a series of live graphs showing flow rates of each scale to quickly isolate the source of the change and thereby correct the problem.

  Administration:

  Displays a menu of set-up items that can only be accessed by a special 4-digit user defined password.

  It allows the user to do the following:

  • Set time and date
  • Change which graphs are displayed in the upper window
  • Retroactively cut off production runs
  • Select a different language
  • Customize a set-up table to label flour and streams with custom

  names.

  • Change tuning parameters of each scale

  Additional Features:

  • Interface capability to other brands of electronic scales
  • Complete battery back up for scales, parameters, and production

  data

  Available soon is a PC compatible link to MillView allowing IBM-PC users to access the same information and reports available to the miller, from their offices.

  Please call Comptrol's Sales and Marketing Team for more information on MillView or any of our integrated milling solutions:

  Gary Baksi, P. Eng. (ext. 28) - Director Thomas Christiansen (ext. 33) - Account Manager Marty Legein (ext. 25) - North & South American Sales Managerager

NAICS Categories

• 333990 All Other General-Purpose Machinery Manufacturing

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