We understand that safety, increased regulations, the drive for cost savings and streamlined productivity are four important factors facing the chemical industry. Some of our biggest and best customers operate in the chemical industry and choose Nicol Scales & Measurement because of our $6M of liability insurance, our very low EMR rating and because we are prequalified and verified for Quality, Safety, and Sustainability with more than nine compliance verification companies including IsNet, Browz, SMI, and PSC.  NSM provides FM approved weighing equipment for all classes, divisions and groups of explosive environments.

NSM also supplies stainless steel scales and load cells with IP69K and NEMA 4X ratings and hydraulic load cells and scales to stand up to the most hostile and corrosive environments on earth.  Our force measurement and material testing equipment can be used to test the plastics, rubbers and resins that are commonly part of a petrochemical company’s product offering.

Our Service team is factory trained to work on FM approved equipment and has all necessary safety training and credentials, including TWIC cards. NSM’s exclusive EasyCal program allows us to create a custom calibration solution for your company’s specific needs.  Contact us to learn more.

Advanced Indicators

Alloy Steel Load Cells

Analytical Balances

Caster Mounted Load Cells for Portable Tanks

Concrete Deck Truck Scales

Data Collection Software

Digital Force Gauges

Digital Load Cells

Drum Scales

EX/Intrinsically Safe Bench Scales

EX/Intrinsically Safe Instruments

Extensometers

Extreme Environment & Wash Down Scales

Floor Scale & Indicator Packages

Force Measurement Load Cells and Sensors

Force Testing Accessories

Hardware

High Accuracy Bench Scales

High Accuracy Floor Scales

High Accuracy Load Cells

Hydraulic Floor Scales

Hydraulic Force Gauges

Hydraulic Load Cells for Wet Environments

Hydraulic Truck Scales

Material Testing Accessories Software

Mechanical Floor Scales

Mechanical Force Gauges

Mechanical Test Stands

Micro Balances

Mild Steel Floor Scales

Minebea Intec Industrial High Resolution

Motorized Test Stands

Pogo Machine Design

Portable Floor Scales

Power and Communication

Precision Balances

Programmable Test Stands

Single Column Testing Systems up to 5kN

Splinter Shields

Stainless Steel Floor Scales

Stainless Steel Load Cells

Steel Deck Truck Scales

Test Stand Accessories

Testing Grips and Fixtures

Thermal Chambers

Top Loading Balances

Twin Column Bench Mounted Testing Systems up to 100kN

Twin Column Floor Mounted Testing Systems up to 300kN

Wash Down Indicators

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Essential Industries ServicesMarch 24, 2020NSM is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited organization that provides critical products and support services to numerous Essential Industries. Our team is ...

Safety, Compliance and Cost Saving in the Chemical IndustrySeptember 8, 2026Safety, compliance, and cost saving are three challenges facing the chemical industry today. Nicol Scales & Measurement (NSM) is built to ...

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Check the (Load Cell) Pockets to Compare Truck ScalesNovember 2, 2016You are not looking for loose change when you check the load cell pockets to compare truck scales.  Instead, you’re ...

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Dupont Chemical Needs Floor Scale with Durable Finish and MobilityNovember 2, 2016Multiple custom floor scales can be ordered in any quantity. From a single request to larger quantities, we can ensure each ...

EZ20 Test Machine Used by Exeter Advanced Technologies Measure the Behavior of Paint CoatingNovember 2, 2016Materials characterization specialists at Exeter Advanced Technologies used the EZ20 test machine to measure the behavior of paint coating. Introduction The worst-case ...

Facility Requires Safe Drum Scale for Industrial UseNovember 2, 2016The Customer – Ashland Chemical company The Challenge – Facility required safe drum scales for industrial use. The Solution – B-TEK Scales ...

Hazardous Area Drum and Tote Scale NeededFebruary 6, 2024A Petrochemical Company needed a Hazardous Area Drum and Tote Scale for weigh ups for a Reactor, in a Classified ...

Leading Medical Manufacturer has an R&D Location Needing Third Party CalibrationNovember 21, 2011A leading medical manufacturer has an R&D location that is made up of numerous labs containing a variety of balances, ...

Making a Drum Scale Mobile with Attached Ramp for Easier Loading and UnloadingFebruary 23, 2016The Clients – Warehouses, manufacturing facilities and all customers with portability needs The Challenge – To make a drum scale mobile with ...

Measuring Torque in the Texas Oil FieldFebruary 24, 2016Texas oil field companies use the Intercomp TL8500 Tension Link Dynamometers to measure the torquing force. As this equipment is serviced ...

Packaging TestingDecember 15, 2016By combining the TA1 texture analyzer with our grips and fixtures for packaging testing you can perform tests such as ...

Time Flies at Tilcon, Thanks to the Automated Ticketing SystemsNovember 2, 2016Tilcon owns and operates dozens of quarries, asphalt and recycling plants, water terminals, and highway construction divisions, in New York ...

Tracking Chlorine at a Water Treatment PlantDecember 14, 2020A Dallas area water treatment plant asked NSM to replace their worn out scale that is used to track the ...

10 Criteria to Choose a Static Industrial ScaleOctober 21, 2019This paper deals with the criteria that should be considered when selecting a scale for static industrial weighing. This white ...

An Innovative Solution White PaperJune 26, 2017The cost for hand-harvesting operations has steadily increased over the years without regard to the delivered-in price that growers receive. Growers ...

Beginning a Beautiful Relationship with 9104 Omnicells White PaperJune 26, 2017Fairbanks has a solid and successful track record in tank weighing assemblies, and the word is spreading. Many industrial processes need and ...

Best Practices White PaperApril 17, 2017Maintenance practices don’t immediately show profit or savings but good practices prevent short and long-term expenses. Here is the good ...

Coal Tar Undercoating White PaperJune 26, 2017In 2001, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) released a study that calculated the cost of corrosion to the United States ...

Enhancing Scale Performance for Multi-Component BatchingNovember 1, 2016Batching systems, whether manual or automated, are everywhere. Compounding liquid solutions or blending powdered components into a final mixture is ...

Fairbanks Trident: A Proven, Strategically Special Scale White PaperJune 26, 2017It is not uncommon to find our competitors focusing the sales dialog on the virtues of a steel deck truck scale. ...

Foodborne Illnesses White PaperJune 26, 2017• 3,000 deaths • 1 in every 6 Americans get sick (that’s 48 million people) • 128,000 hospitalizations These yearly estimates are provided ...

Force Measurement ExplainedNovember 1, 2016Force measurement is used in many differing types of applications and may be accomplished with devices utilizing differing technologies. Typical ...

Hygienic Design White PaperApril 24, 2018In the food production industry, product contamination by microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi presents a potential and omnipotent risk. It is ...

IP69K White PaperApril 17, 2017What is IP69K? Is this a concern for me? If so, how can I be protected?

Is Force Measurement Evolving into Materials Testing?November 1, 2016In the past force measurement generally meant obtaining a peak load measurement on a product, part or material to verify ...

QuickSilver Bench Scale meets all demands of Gulf Coast supermarket chainJune 26, 2017Along America’s Gulf Coast, from Gulf Shores, Ala., to Layfayette, La., you will find locations for regional supermarket chain, Rouses Food Market. From ...

Scale Maintenance White PaperApril 17, 2017Do not be fooled by service companies selling scale maintenance agreements that lack focus on calibration. Calibration is the most ...

Selecting a Testing, Calibration or Measurement SupplierNovember 1, 2016When selecting a supplier to fulfill your testing, calibration or measurement needs, you need to be sure that they can ...

Single Column Force Testers Offer Practical and Affordable Force Testing SolutionsNovember 1, 2016Single column force testers today represent the largest single market segment of the force testing marketplace for a number of ...

Tank Weighing Woes: Why Load Cells have a Bad Reputation and What Needs to be Done to Fix itNovember 1, 2016Many manufacturing facilities currently have load cells installed in tank systems that are no longer operational. Most of the times ...

TensileCore Engineered Concrete White PaperJune 26, 2017In just about any application, a concrete deck truck scale is a better long-term solution than a steel deck scale. When ...

The Benefits of Buying LocalNovember 1, 2016Businesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, ...

USP Chapter 41: “Balances”November 1, 2016This chapter states the requirements for balances used for materials that must be accurately weighed (see General Notices, 8.20). Unless ...

The Solution to Weighing Mobile Tanks and Reactors – a Caster Load Cell SystemNovember 17, 2014How do you weigh product accurately in a portable tank, vessel or reactor? With a specially designed  caster load cell! Read ...