In which industries can mobile automated batching systems be applied?

Wuxi Xielì Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.’s mobile automated batching system is specifically designed to address the complex batching challenges associated with friction materials (brake pads), but it is also suitable for use in a variety of other industries and has already 70+ Mobile automated batching systems are in stable operation at manufacturing enterprises across multiple industries worldwide.

The greatest innovation of this system lies in breaking with tradition. “ One warehouse, one scale ” the fixed pattern, adopting “ Mobile Weighing Cart ” Walking on the track, achieving “ One vehicle serves multiple warehouses. ” Moreover, this system boasts significant advantages in precision control and dust-proof design, making it particularly well-suited for applications involving a wide variety of raw materials, substantial variations in formulation ratios, and stringent precision requirements.

1.  Friction Materials Industry

Applicable Products

Brake pads, brake linings, clutch facings, high-speed rail /  Subway brake shoes, industrial friction pads

Typical Scenarios

Various powdered materials, including fibers, resins, fillers, and friction modifiers, are precisely blended according to the formulation.

Advantages

• Multiple formulations and frequent batch changes; mobile carts provide flexible adaptation to multiple hoppers.
• Even trace amounts of material can be weighed with precision, ensuring stable friction performance.
• Fully enclosed, negative-pressure dust collection system to address severe dust pollution in the workshop.
• Traceable and storable formulations that comply with automotive OEM quality system requirements.

2.  Refractory Materials Industry

Applicable Products

Refractory bricks, castables, plastic refractories, spray-applied refractories, and lightweight insulating refractories

Typical Scenarios

A variety of raw materials, including bauxite, corundum, silicon carbide, clay, and admixtures, are proportioned.

Advantages

• A wide variety of raw materials and significant variations in formulation ratios make mobile batching highly adaptable.
• High weighing accuracy ensures stable refractoriness and strength.
• Enables large-batch production of complex formulations, reducing human error.
• Suitable for sites with complex workshop layouts and dispersed material bins.

3.  Powder Metallurgy Industry

Applicable Products

Iron-based /  Copper-based structural components, oil-impregnated bearings, gears, cemented carbides, and magnetic materials

Typical Scenarios

Formulation of metal powders such as iron powder, copper powder, nickel powder, graphite, and lubricants.

Advantages

• Metal powders exhibit significant density variations, ensuring stable and reliable system weighing.
• Avoid uneven manual mixing to enhance product density consistency.
• Closed-loop conveying to prevent metal powder from flying, oxidizing, and being lost.

4.  Carbon &  Graphite Industry

Applicable Products

Graphite electrodes, carbon brushes, carbon products, and graphite sealing materials

Typical Scenarios

Proportions of petroleum coke, needle coke, graphite powder, asphalt, and additives.

Advantages

• Carbon dust is easily airborne and causes significant pollution; the system is fully enclosed for environmental protection.
• The formulation is fixed, but production volumes are high, so automation significantly reduces labor costs.
• Can be integrated with the mixing and forming processes to enhance overall line efficiency.

5.  Ceramics &  Electronic ceramics industry

Applicable Products

Daily-use ceramics, architectural ceramics, electronic ceramics, ceramic dielectric materials

Typical Scenarios

Formulation of powdered materials such as porcelain clay, feldspar, quartz, fluxes, and colorants.

Advantages

• Flexible multi-formulation, small-batch production
• Precise weighing of colorants and trace additives ensures minimal color variation.
• Mobile carts enable cross-area batching and are suitable for retrofitting existing plants.

6.  New Chemical Materials &  Battery materials

Applicable Products

Rubber and plastic fillers, pigments and dyes, positive electrode /  Negative electrode materials, ceramic separator materials

Typical Scenarios

Precise proportioning of various chemical powders, nanomaterials, flame retardants, and additives.

Advantages

• Meet high-precision, high-cleanliness batching requirements
• Prevents cross-contamination and is suitable for frequent product changeovers.
• Data can be recorded and uploaded, meeting the traceability requirements of modern manufacturing.

7.  Abrasives and Abrasive Tools &  Building materials industry

Applicable Products

Abrasive wheels, cutting discs, grinding blocks, thermal insulation materials, and new wall materials

Typical Scenarios

Alumina, silicon carbide, resin, binder, and lightweight aggregate batching.

Advantages

• Adapt to high-volume, continuous production
• The mobile design does not occupy fixed space, resulting in high workshop utilization.
• Reduce manual handling and lower labor intensity.