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Water Treatment Facilities Utilize Industrial Scales
Municipalities provide large quantities of potable water for their residents and industries. Many of them also provide treatment for sewage and other waste water. The facilities for providing these services include a significant amount of equipment, including pumps, valves, aerators, tanks, screens, filters, and a variety of other types. Chemical treatment also plays a very [...]
Custom Designed Industrial Blenders
Many types of products are manufactured by blending together a number of different ingredients. Each ingredient may be in a different type of condition, such as powders, pellets, liquids, or others. Other than liquids, it is very difficult to meter out the correct amount of each ingredient by volume, because its volume may be affected [...]
Pig Sorters Increase Farm Efficiency
Historically, the methods used for raising animals on a farm were not too organized. Animals could be let out to pasture at the beginning of a season, and then collected a number of months later. Pigs could simply roam at will, often taking care of any garbage problem at the same time. Modern farms have [...]
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Animal Scales help Veterinarians
It is not an easy task for a veterinarian to determine the proper dosage of medication for an animal. Whereas there may be a rule of thumb for a doctor to prescribe medication for humans, there is a much wider variance of size and weight for animals. For this reason, many pet clinics obtain animal [...]
Recycling Efforts Aided by Industrial Scales
As natural resources become more limited and more expensive, it has become more important than ever to implement recycling plans. Many municipalities have either begun such programs, or enhanced already existing efforts. Industrial operations have discovered that they can recover funds from materials that have previously been placed into the waste stream. As an added [...]
Scale Data Collection
It is often just as important to keep a record of a weight measurement as it is to do the measurement in the first place. Industrial scales are used to obtain precise weight data. A bench scale may measure the amount of material being automatically filled into a container. This operation may continue for many [...]
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Weighing at Low Temperatures
High precision industrial scales can be quite particular. They shouldn’t be handled roughly, or the load sensor could get damaged. They should be kept on a level surface, or else the readings will be inaccurate. They should not be on a stable surface without vibration or movement, or else the readings could fluctuate. And they [...]
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Stainless Steel provides Rugged Load Cells
Industrial scales are one of the critical items used throughout manufacturing facilities. Mixing and formulating chemicals are often performed by weight on platform scales. Drums, canisters and cylinders may be filled by weight, or have their contents dispensed by weight using drum scales. Bench scales are used to weigh packages. They may also be used [...]
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Internet Connected Industrial Scales
The Internet has been tapped for many industrial purposes. Most recently, Arlyn Scales now provides an optional Ethernet port on their line of Industrial Scales. These range from crane scales with especially high capacity, to large floor scales, platform scales, bench scales and parts counting scales. For applications requiring extremely high accuracy, they are also [...]
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