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In the United States, the food and beverage manufacturing industry is approximately a $760 billion per year industry and growing.  However, it’s also extremely competitive and heavily regulated, so food and beverage processors face a number of challenges and tight margins. Nicol Scales & Measurement understands these challenges, and we are here to help.  Our food and beverage processing customers will tell you that NSM offers a variety of scales and weighing equipment at different price points that meet or exceed hygienic and high pressure wash down standards for adherence to HAACP, FDA, USDA, SQF and other industry standards.

NSM also offers systems and software to ensure that traceability and safety protocols are being met, scrap is minimized and an ROI is achieved. Our Service and EasyCal Calibration programs are designed to maximize your weighing and measurement equipment’s uptime and efficiency while saving you money.

Contact us today to design and implement a custom solution for your production, lab, maintenance or calibration needs.

Product Types
Auwd Pic 1 Analytical Balances
V5 Formula Control Scale System Batching and Recipe Software
2200 Bench Zoom Bench Scales
Sartorious Wm 300x240 1 Check Weighing & Inspection
Chatillon DFE II Series Digital Force Gauges Digital Force Gauges
Dry Block Heater 2 Block Dry Block Heaters Dry Block Heaters
Fairbanks NexWeigh Bench Scales Extreme Environment & Wash Down Scales
Food Scale Food Service Scales
Bakery Testing 599x214 Food Testing Grips and Fixtures
High Precision Mobile Weighing High Precision Mobile Weighing
709/710 Hydraulic Floor Scales
LIFEMOUNT Model 60-120 Hydraulic Load Cells for Wet Environment
Sartorius Contego 1 Hygienic Load Cells (Process Control)
Indicators E1474058616261 Indicators / Controllers (Process Control)
Rapid Bar Code Labeling System Labeling and Barcoding Software
Chatillon LG Series Mechanical Force Gauge Mechanical Force Gauges
Chatillon MT500 Manual Force Tester (500 lbf / 2.5 kN) Mechanical Test Stands
Wl 10402 E Wb Rgb F6ee485bda 1 Moisture Balances
Chatillon TCM Series Motorized Test Stands Motorized Test Stands
FZ-iWP Precision Balances
Single Column Testers Cs 210x360 Programmable Test Stands
QC Weigh Quality Control Software
Lloyd Instruments/Ametek LS1 Single Column Bench Mounted Single Column Testing Systems up to 5kN
Sartorius Intec Pr6241 1 1 Stainless Steel Load Cells
Uw 01 1 Top Loading Balances
T 3 Wash Down Indicators
Ohaus Starter 2100 pH Bench Water Analysis Meters & Electrodes
Pr6211 Weighing Assemblies for Tank and Hopper Weighing (Process Control)
Videos
Livestock Scales Sales Video Livestock Scales Sales Video (youtube)
Weighing Solutions for the Agriculture Industry Video Weighing Solutions for the Agriculture Industry Video (youtube)
Features
Ohaus logo sized April 14, 2020 Ohaus Dry Block Heaters Features Display: LED display (digital models) and dual-adjustment knobs with dial markings (analog models) Operation: Detachable 3-wire cord and plug (included), analog models require ...
News
Nicol March 24, 2020 Essential Industries Services NSM is an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited organization that provides critical products and support services to numerous Essential Industries. Our team is ...
Reducing Food Waste September 17, 2019 Reducing Food Waste Per the US Department of Agriculture, more than one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste every year ...
Combics Complete Scales September 25, 2018 The Importance of Hygienic Design In the food production industry, product contamination by microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi presents a potential and omnipotent risk. It is ...
Weighing Snack Packages March 3, 2020 The Importance of Scaling and Weighing Snack Packages Baking Business details the importance of accurately scaling and weighing snack packages in a 2019 article. “Accurately scaling and weighing ...
weighing dairy cows February 11, 2020 Weighing Dairy Cows Farmers Weekly assessed the value of automatically weighing dairy cows when they are milked. These weighing platforms are added in ...
Literature
Ohaus logo sized July 28, 2020 Food Workflow Brochure 2020_Food_Workflow_Brochure
Manuals
Ohaus logo sized April 14, 2020 Ohaus Dry Block Heaters Manual Ohaus Dry Block Heaters Manual
Application Stories
Food Grips Fixtures Dairy 210x360 December 15, 2016 Dairy Testing Consistency, gel strength, spreadability, tensile strength, extensibility, viscosity, creep, relaxation, cutting resistance, firmness and hardness of cheese, yoghurt, butter, sauces ...
Logo Dannon Ourbr S Bigger February 26, 2016 Dynamic Average Weight Control at Dannon Danone, also known as Dannon according to its U.S. subsidiary’s name, rethought its entire production process as it expected to ...
Appstory1 February 23, 2016 Farm Desires to Expand Seed Business The farm will use this scale to expand seed business. A new B-TEK Centurion Hybrid steel deck analog truck scale was ...
Efaflex 1630742 960 720 February 23, 2016 Making a Drum Scale Mobile with Attached Ramp for Easier Loading and Unloading The Clients – Warehouses, manufacturing facilities and all customers with portability needs The Challenge – To make a drum scale mobile with ...
Food Grips Fixtures Meat Poultry Fish 210x360 December 15, 2016 Meat, Poultry and Fish Testing Toughness of cooked meat, firmness, cutting strength and rapid slice shear force are just a few of the test types ...
Food Grips Fixtures Packaging 210x360 December 15, 2016 Packaging Testing By combining the TA1 texture analyzer with our grips and fixtures for packaging testing you can perform tests such as ...
Food Grips Fixtures Pasta Rice Noodles 210x360 December 15, 2016 Pasta, Rice and Noodles Testing The TA1 texture analyzer and NEXYGENPlus food texture applications software can assess product quality on a wide range of food ...
Food Grips Fixtures Pet Food 210x360 December 15, 2016 Pet Food Testing Texture analyzers are routinely used for determining the hardness and consistency of various pet food products.
Medley Mushrooms August 23, 2017 PTI-Compliant Labeling System Installed at Buona Foods Like other produce companies (growers, re-packers, and distributors), Buona Foods needed to address the requirements associated with the Produce Traceability ...
Bake 1706181 960 720 April 5, 2016 Raising the Dough at Giannella Modern Baking Company John Imparato, the proud and colorful owner of Giannella Modern Baking Company in Paterson, New Jersey, has one of those ...
Einkorn 586749 960 720 November 2, 2016 Rattling the Acres of Outagamie County with Rice Lake’s Mobile Marketing Unit It can be quiet in Wisconsin’s farm country, with July’s mid-day sun forcing every living creature to shade and shelter, ...
Appetite 1239065 960 720 November 2, 2016 Red is Delicious with Rice Lake A world-renowned fruit company uses Rice Lake scales throughout their production facilities to deliver superior products and business development. There is ...
Conagra Foods Logo 2009 Svg November 2, 2016 Replacing Previous Scale in a Gravel Pit Location The Customer – ConAgra Foods, Morrell, Ohio location The Challenge -Replacing a previous scale in a gravel pit location. The Solution – ...
Shrimp 727214 960 720 April 6, 2016 Rice Lake Helps Break World Record for Shrimp Cocktail, Fruit Salad and Chocolate Sculptures Guinness World Record: The Shrimp Capital MAZATLÁN, MEXICO—Mazatlan prides itself on seafood, to say the least. The “Pearl of the Pacific,” ...
Cows 1029077 960 720 November 2, 2016 Scottish Agricultural College Uses the TA1 to Measure the Eating Quality of Meat To measure the eating quality of meat, the Scottish Agricultural College uses the TA1 texture analyzer from Lloyd Instruments. Uniformity and enhancement ...
Shrimp 727214 640 December 5, 2011 Seafood Company in Houston Area Needs Reliable Scales and Programming Seafood Company in Houston area had a bagging system with two Weightronix indicators that had custom programs in them. Scales ...
Street 238458 960 720 November 2, 2016 Time Flies at Tilcon, Thanks to the Automated Ticketing Systems Tilcon owns and operates dozens of quarries, asphalt and recycling plants, water terminals, and highway construction divisions, in New York ...
Brewing Tanks September 6, 2018 Tracking and Dispensing Grain into Brewing Tanks A new microbrewery in the rapidly expanding Texas craft beer scene wanted a way to accurately track the amount of ...
Tracking Chlorine at a Water Treatment Plant December 14, 2020 Tracking Chlorine at a Water Treatment Plant A Dallas area water treatment plant asked NSM to replace their worn out scale that is used to track the ...
Wheat 175960 960 720 November 2, 2016 Turning Grain Dust into Gold with Grain Dump Scales Grain fields in eastern Illinois and Wisconsin stretch as far as the horizon in all directions. Towering clusters of bins ...
White Papers
Minebea Intec logo sized October 21, 2019 10 Criteria to Choose a Static Industrial Scale This paper deals with the criteria that should be considered when selecting a scale for static industrial weighing. This white ...
Minebea Intec Logo Rz 4c 1 1 E1474997743711 November 1, 2016 Enhancing Scale Performance for Multi-Component Batching Batching systems, whether manual or automated, are everywhere. Compounding liquid solutions or blending powdered components into a final mixture is ...
Fairbanks logo sized June 26, 2017 LabelBank Not Just for the Food Industry White Paper Tracking boxes, crates, and bags of product is important to most businesses. Nowhere is it more important than in the currency business. ...
Lloydlogo November 1, 2016 Measuring the Eating Quality of Meat Uniformity and enhancement of meat eating quality is seen as an important factor in the sustainability of the Scottish (and ...
Fairbanks logo sized June 26, 2017 QuickSilver Bench Scale meets all demands of Gulf Coast supermarket chain Along America’s Gulf Coast, from Gulf Shores, Ala., to Layfayette, La., you will find locations for regional supermarket chain, Rouses Food Market. From ...
Nicol Scales 2011 Final E1323713416349 November 1, 2016 Selecting a Testing, Calibration or Measurement Supplier When selecting a supplier to fulfill your testing, calibration or measurement needs, you need to be sure that they can ...
Chatillon Precision Weighing Logo November 1, 2016 Single Column Force Testers Offer Practical and Affordable Force Testing Solutions Single column force testers today represent the largest single market segment of the force testing marketplace for a number of ...
Logo Rice Lake Condec Components November 1, 2016 The Benefits of Buying Local Businesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, ...
Press Releases
Ohaus logo sized April 16, 2020 Ohaus Supports the Fight Versus COVID-19 As a trusted supplier of Laboratory Equipment and Weighing Apparatus, Ohaus supports scientists, researchers and laboratories around the world. The ...
Castor November 17, 2014 The Solution to Weighing Mobile Tanks and Reactors – a Caster Load Cell System How do you weigh product accurately in a portable tank, vessel or reactor? With a specially designed  caster load cell! Read ...
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