It is always important for veterinarians to ascertain the weight of the animals they are treating. When treating humans, doctors generally have standard dosages. So when a patient is told to take two aspirin, that will be the case for a small woman, or a large man. But even with this size difference, the dosage will be within the tolerable limits. But dogs may range in size from very large, to miniature. The comparison may easily be ten to one. So the veterinarian cannot prescribe a standard dosage. Veterinary scales are required to weigh the animals. There are a number of characteristics that such a scale should have. Most importantly, it should be accurate. It should be large enough for even the largest pet to stand on. Also, it should have a low profile, so that it is easy to step [+]

It is always important to carefully weigh animals for a number of purposes. If medication must be given, the size of the dosage must be determined by the weight of the animal. If an animal is ill, it is important to know if it is loosing or gaining weight. Babies must be carefully monitored to insure that they are growing at the expected rate. For those farms and organizations raising alpacas, the weight is particularly important. New born crias should be closely watched. All medications need to be carefully matched to the size of the alpaca. So alpaca scales are a key piece of equipment for anyone with these animals. Alpaca scales should be large enough so that an animal can comfortably stand on it. Generally, that would be a platform size that is about two feet wide and four feet long. It [+]

Scales are used throughout industry for accurate weighing. They are used for shipping and receiving, parts counting, formulation, mixing, batching, and monitoring. Almost every industrial organization requires scales in their operation. Scales are available in many different levels of accuracy. The least accurate scales use mechanical springs. Or they may use a counterweight. Electronic scales most often use strain gage load cells. This technology has been available for more than 50 years. While accuracy has seen some improvement, strain gages are limited by a number of error factors, including sensitivity to temperature and the limitation of the spring element of the load cell. Different materials have been used for the load cell, including aluminum, steel and stainless steel. High precision scales must use a different technology. One popular choice is often called “Force Motor” or “Force Restoration”. The accuracy of this type [+]

A very wide variety of industrial applications require weighing. This may be the case for machines that dispense or mix chemicals into drums. Or feed liquids or powders from tanks and vats. They may mix a number of different ingredients together based on a recipe. Some machines are used to sort items by weight. Valves and sensors may need to be controlled to achieve accurate flow rate. Or the use of liquefied gases may need to be monitored. All of these devices would require custom scale applications. These systems require the ability to read in a number of sensors. The user needs to have the ability to use this input to control their process based on weight, time and a variety of other parameters. They may need to store this information, or send it to local or remote databases. Ideally, the [+]