Wireless crane systems are designed to help the weighing process from start to finish. The systems are not only designed and built to withstand any conditions, but they are also designed with their user in mind, opting for easy to read screens and wirelessly transmittable data.

In an age where constant email checking is becoming a necessity, Wi-Fi is all the rage. Besides being important in the home and the office, it is found in airports, at train stations, and on moving buses. Now, it is also found in industrial scales.

Recycling programs have become widespread in many industries for several different reasons. Economically, it is extremely viable for companies to sell any unused materials, including steel, iron, glass, plastic, rubber, wood, paper, and precious metals, to recycling companies. Environmentally, any products that are reused rather than placed in landfills help protect valuable land and nature. Legally, it is becoming more and more common for states and municipalities to pass legislation required industrial entities to create these recycling programs. When recycled products are brought to recycling plants, these plants must first sort out the different products, and then must weigh them in order to determine how much to pay the donator. Digital platform scales are ideal for weighing this recycled material. These digital scales usually have a [+]

Industrial scales are often subject to very harsh conditions. A cylinder scale may have to support a 250 pound tilted liquid gas cylinder as it is being loaded on and off. A platform scale may be subject to high shock loads as large pallets are placed on it by a forklift. Parts counting scales may also have to support these shock loads if a large batch of parts are placed on it at one time.

Wherever special chemicals, liquids, gases or cryogenic materials are used within an industrial process, there are large cylinders and dewars that are required to hold these materials. Many manufacturing facilities can house quantities of these types of containers. Others may only have one or two, but they may be critical to their operations.

The most important goal in commercial aviation is the safety of passengers and crew. Tremendous efforts are made to assure that aircraft are built safely. Critical functions are provided with redundancy, to avoid disaster when there is some mechanical failure. Engines are designed to work well beyond their rated specifications, both in terms of power and environment. Navigation devices provide a variety of fail safe functions, allowing pilots to obtain necessary flight information.

All types of liquids, powders, pellets, slurries and other materials are handled in a wide variety of different types of cans, buckets, pails, drums, tanks and other types of containers. Traditionally, these have been filled by hand. Liquids are often dispensed by a manually operated pump or gravity fed valve. Other types of materials may also be gravity fed, or filled by use of a conveyor or other type of device. In all of these cases, the accuracy of filling is dependent on the operator. Of course, it is also labor intensive, as the operator is needed at all times to monitor the filling process. Industrial scales are perfect for monitoring the filling process. A bench scale is used to keep track of the weight during the filling process for smaller [+]

An industrial scale is a wonderful instrument for determining the weight of an item. Bench scales accurately weigh small items. Depending on the capacity of the digital scale, the readability of the weight can be as small as 0.0001 lb. Platform scales weigh larger packages and drums up to 1000 lb, whereas floor scales and pallet scales can accepts loads up to 20,000 lb. The accuracy of the electronic scale is dependent on the type of technology used. High quality industrial strain gage scales have an accuracy range of approximately 1/10 of 1%. If greater accuracy is required, alternate ultra precision scales, such as Arlyn Scales Surface Acoustic Wave technology can provide ten or even twenty times better accuracy. But even an industrial scale with the best accuracy obtainable will not [+]

No one ever said that it was easy to be an Industrial Scale. This type of electronic scale must be very accurate, or for certain demanding applications they must be ultra precise. They must be easy to use, so that even untrained users can obtain weights without errors. Digital industrial scales must be able to send their data to other industrial systems, such as printers and computers. This is often accomplished using RS-232 communication lines, or more conveniently, USB or Ethernet computer connections. The industrial scale must be constructed, well, industrial strength, so that it will not be damaged from normal industrial applications. This is valid for all types of industrial scales, ranging from the largest floor scales to smaller platform scales, cylinder scales, drum scales, and bench scales and counting scales. [+]

The primary purpose of an industrial scale is to obtain weight data. For many applications, that data is used locally. For example, a shipping clerk may weight a package on a platform scale and write the weight directly into a shipping manifest. On the production line, a parts counting scale may be directly used to count out the correct number of parts to put into a package or box. On the factory floor, a worker may use a drum scale to fill his drums with the correct amount of liquid. In a doctor's office, a wheelchair scale is used to determine the weight of a patient. But often, the data must be used at some other location or at some other time. The weight of a package to be shipped may need [+]