Static Cling Was Slowing Every Tote Fill. Not Anymore.

The Problem

A plastics processor in Southern Indiana was struggling to fill large totes with plastic pellets. Static caused the pellets to clump and stack unevenly inside the container, so totes appeared full or began to overflow well before they reached the correct weight. Operators had to manually shake or shift each tote to settle the material, a slow and physically demanding step that also put strain on the scale hardware. Standard load cells are not built to handle that kind of repeated movement.

The Fix

SSC’s Evansville team designed a custom vibratory scale built specifically for this application. The system fills the tote to a preset weight, pauses the feed, and runs a controlled shaking cycle to help the pellets settle. Once the material levels out, the feeder restarts and continues to the next programmed set point, repeating until the tote reaches its final target weight. Because the scale was engineered to handle vibration, it avoids the damage a standard weigh system would take from the same cycle.

This wasn’t a new account. SSC’s Evansville team has served this location for more than a decade.

The Result

After testing a few units, the customer saw a real improvement in fill consistency, fill speed, and operator ergonomics. Totes filled more evenly, operators no longer had to manually shake containers, and the overflow risk was gone. The results were strong enough that the customer purchased a full fleet of units to support multiple production lines.