Manufacturing

The people at Ottawa Mould Craft, Ltd., Ontario, Canada, have a contract to mold and assemble filtration products—some with military …

‘Young’s Modulus’ or modulus of elasticity is a measurement of the rate of change of strain as a function of …

When testing wood or timber, flexure, tension and compression are typically the main parameters in focus. By determining the strength …

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ASTM A931

This test method covers the tension testing of wire ropes and strand at room temperature, specifically to determine the …

The Challenge – Turn-key truck scale solution for the energy industry with multiple locations in central PA using digital technology …

This chapter states the requirements for balances used for materials that must be accurately weighed (see General Notices, 8.20). Unless …

Grain fields in eastern Illinois and Wisconsin stretch as far as the horizon in all directions. Towering clusters of bins …

Reliable rail transportation brings in asphalt materials to the Valley Asphalt Company’s scale location near Cincinnati, Ohio. This truck scale …

Toughness is the measurement of a material’s resistance to break, fracture or rupture. It is usually measured in units of …

Tilcon owns and operates dozens of quarries, asphalt and recycling plants, water terminals, and highway construction divisions, in New York …

How do you weigh product accurately in a portable tank, vessel or reactor? With a specially designed  caster load cell!
Read …

Open-end service is the most typical type of service that is provided in the industrial weighing service industry. It is …

Businesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, …

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ASTM D1388

This test method covers the measurement of stiffness properties of fabrics. Bending length is measured and flexural rigidity is …

Textile testing is key in gauging product quality, ensuring regulatory compliance and assessing the performance of textile materials. Only by …

In just about any application, a concrete deck truck scale is a better long-term solution than a steel deck scale. When …

One of the most common testing methods, tensile testing, is used to determine the behavior of a sample while an …

Tear strength is the tensile force required to rupture a pre-slit woven fabric sample under controlled conditions. Edge tearing strength …

Tear resistance testing can be found in plastic film, paper and textile industries. Tear resistance is the measurement of a …

Many manufacturing facilities currently have load cells installed in tank systems that are no longer operational. Most of the times …

This test method is used to determine a sample’s creep properties when subjected to a prolonged tensile or compressive load …

B-TEK Clydesdale Floor Scales can be fabricated in many sizes and capacities for different scale needs. Above ground or pit …

Springs are used for a wide range of products in heavy duty industries such as automotive, aerospace, railroad and military …

The scale is designed with the assumption that the load will be parallel to the direction of gravity and perpendicular …

Single column force testers today represent the largest single market segment of the force testing marketplace for a number of …

Shear testing is performed to determine the shear strength of a material. It measures the maximum shear stress that may …

When selecting a supplier to fulfill your testing, calibration or measurement needs, you need to be sure that they can …

Seafood Company in Houston area had a bagging system with two Weightronix indicators that had custom programs in them. Scales …

To measure the eating quality of meat, the Scottish Agricultural College uses the TA1 texture analyzer from Lloyd Instruments. Uniformity and enhancement …

B-TEK Scales fabricates scales for many uses. One of the more interesting and enjoyable uses for scales are installations in …

NSM just finished our largest rental of the year where we rent 68 dual counting scales to a local vehicle …

Do not be fooled by service companies selling scale maintenance agreements that lack focus on calibration. Calibration is the most …

Rupture testing, synonymous with puncture strength testing, is used to determine the puncture or rupture characteristics of a material. This …

Testing of rubber materials commonly requires test machines capable of measuring a very high strain in addition to testing at …

A TIRE COMES INTO THIS WORLD FOR JUST ONE PURPOSE. IT CARRIES US FROM POINT “A” TO POINT “B” AND …

The Customer – ConAgra Foods, Morrell, Ohio location
The Challenge -Replacing a previous scale in a gravel pit location.
The Solution – …

It can be quiet in Wisconsin’s farm country, with July’s mid-day sun forcing every living creature to shade and shelter, …

Along America’s Gulf Coast, from Gulf Shores, Ala., to Layfayette, La., you will find locations for regional supermarket chain, Rouses Food Market. From …

Puncture strength testing
Puncture strength tests are used to determine the puncture or rupture characteristics of a material. This is generally …

Peel strength is generally used to measure the bond strength of a material, typically an adhesive.
Peel strength is the average …

An area Sales manager (ASM) had developed a relationship with a local pipe company and uncovered an opportunity to help them …

Our materials testing and force measurement instruments are used worldwide in product development and manufacturing to test and validate wet …

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ASTM D4987

This test method covers the procedure for testing the tensile breaking strength of the perforations in one-part continuous forms …

Testing packaging requires an extremely versatile materials testing system due to the varying requirements applicable to the different materials.
Some of …

By combining the TA1 texture analyzer with our grips and fixtures for packaging testing you can perform tests such as …

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ASTM D4577

This test method is designed to determine the resistance of a shipping container to a vertically applied constant load …

Joe Mayberry, scale salesman extraordinaire for American Weighing Systems, Atlanta, Georgia, is rightly proud of this new OTR SURVIVOR truck scale …

When state regulations changed to prohibit split-weighing on Legal for Trade truck scales, and with a growing volume of scale …

The Mine Safety and Health Administration or MSHA (nicknamed “emshaw”) is the government organization that oversees safety at mines, quarries, and …

Modulus of elasticity (or Young’s Modulus) is a measurement of the rate of change of strain as a function of …

The key to accurate metals testing to international standards is the ability to measure the stress and strain to a …

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ASTM B598

This practice covers the determination of the yield strength (0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.05% offset), at room temperature. It is …

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ASTM F2267

This test method specifies the materials and methods for the axial compressive subsidence testing of non-biologic intervertebral body fusion …

Texas oil field companies use the Intercomp TL8500 Tension Link Dynamometers to measure the torquing force. As this equipment is serviced …

Uniformity and enhancement of meat eating quality is seen as an important factor in the sustainability of the Scottish (and …

iDimension Series version 4.9.1.162 firmware (NTEP pending) is now available for download. This version enhances dimensioning performance with irregular shaped …

B-TEK Scales manufactures many different types of floor scales for animals. From livestock to zoo animals, small or large, a …

A large packaging manufacturer has a number of plants across the United States.  They have a variety of different force …

The Clients – Warehouses, manufacturing facilities and all customers with portability needs
The Challenge – To make a drum scale mobile with …

During a measurement, weight acts on the load cell’s body and causes elastic deformation.  The body has some spring constant. This …

A load cell is a device that is used to measure weight or force. W hen a force is applied …

One of the leading manufacturers of overhead optical fibre cables uses the LR30KPlus test machine to perform tensile testing.

Non-destructive testing
Accurate …

Tracking boxes, crates, and bags of product is important to most businesses. Nowhere is it more important than in the currency business. …

Customer – Kongsberg Automotive provides world class products to the global vehicle industry.
Application- Customer wanted a solution to track Inventory …

In the past force measurement generally meant obtaining a peak load measurement on a product, part or material to verify …

What is IP69K? Is this a concern for me? If so, how can I be
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The Customer – Garber Materials, Lexington, Ohio location
The Challenge – Replacing a previous scale in a gravel pit location.
The Solution …

In the food production industry, product contamination by microorganisms such as bacteria or fungi presents a potential and omnipotent risk. It is …

B-TEK Scales manufactures many different types of floor scales for animals from livestock to zoo animals. This livestock scale’s surface is …

Coefficient of Friction (COF) is the maximum value of the frictional force divided by the normal force.
Coefficient of Friction (COF) …

Force measurement is used in many differing types of applications and may be accomplished with devices utilizing differing technologies. Typical …

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BS 5116:1974

Method of test for determination of breaking tenacity of flat bundles of cotton fibers.

BS 5131-1.9:1985

Methods of test for footwear …

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• 1 in every 6 Americans get sick (that’s 48 million people)
• 128,000 hospitalizations
These yearly estimates are provided …

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ASTM D3574

These test methods apply to slab, bonded, and molded flexible cellular products known as urethane foams.

ASTM D5672

This test method …

Flexural testing is used to determine the flex or bending properties of a material. Sometimes referred to as a transverse …

A fish farm was manually tracking how much feed was put into each individual pond and then recording that information …

Even before a seed is planted, farmers invest a great deal of time and effort to ensure it develops into …

The farm will use this scale to expand seed business. A new B-TEK Centurion Hybrid steel deck analog truck scale was …

It is not uncommon to find our competitors focusing the sales dialog on the virtues of a steel deck truck scale. …

Materials characterization specialists at Exeter Advanced Technologies used the EZ20 test machine to measure the behavior of paint coating.
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The worst-case …

The increase in a sample’s gauge length measured after a rupture or break divided by the sample’s original gauge length …

Mechanical testing of electronic components and their joints is particularly important in new product design and development as well as …

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ASTM F1597

This test method covers the measurement of actuation force or contact force, or both, of a membrane switch utilizing …

Danone, also known as Dannon according to its U.S. subsidiary’s name, rethought its entire production process as it expected to …

Dimensional weight, often referred to as dim weight, reflects the package’s density—the amount of space the package utilizes in relation …

A UK manufacturer of denture cement / denture adhesive uses the Lloyd LR Plus test machine to test new formulations …

Whitecrest Mushrooms Ltd. Farm in rural Putnam, Ontario, has one of the most high-tech mushroom plants in the world — with …

The Challenge -Installing a new truck scale and wireless RF unmanned system to monitor material like salt, slag and crushed …

The Challenge – Weigh bundles of product in various lengths from 6’ to 20’. The customer wanted a scale both …

A customer in the cosmetics industry needs scales for a yearly inventory.  They only need the scales once a year, …

Make-up, lotion, perfume, shampoo, soap, gel and wax are all types of cosmetic products that have to comply with some …

Connecting an iDimension 100 Series to UPS Worldship requires your unit to have software version 4.7.2.1007 or later to be …

The Clients – Concrete Stone Facility
The Challenge -Turn-key truck scale solution for concrete and stone facility
The Solution – From foundation work to …

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ASTM D3410

This test method determines the in-plane compressive properties of polymer matrix composite materials reinforced by high-modulus fibers.

ASTM D3518

This practice …

In 2001, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) released a study that calculated the cost of
corrosion to the United States …

B-TEK Scales fabricated a full size livestock scale, equipped with forklift channels for portability. Each door has a latch closure …

You are not looking for loose change when you check the load cell pockets to compare truck scales.  Instead, you’re …

ASTM C1161

This test method covers the determination of flexural strength of advanced ceramic materials at ambient temperature. Four-point-1/4 point and …

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ASTM A981

This test method describes procedures to establish the relative bond strength of 15.2 mm (0.6 in.) diameter, Grade 270 …

Today, a wide variety of materials are used for construction and building supply – wood, metals and plastics just to name …

Maintenance practices don’t immediately show profit or savings but good practices prevent short and long-term expenses. Here is the good …

Fairbanks has a solid and successful track record in tank weighing assemblies, and the word is spreading. Many industrial processes need and …

Animal weigh data has become as essential tool for curators and animal husbandry personnel at Zoos, Aquariums and Animal Parks …

The cost for hand-harvesting operations has steadily increased over the years without regard to the
delivered-in price that growers receive. Growers …

Hawaii is the land of luaus, leis and lava, but is is also home to the only fully-automated QUIKRETE® manufacturing …

ASTM C1135

This test method covers a laboratory procedure for quantitatively measuring the tensile adhesion properties of structural sealants.

ASTM C1265

This test …

The Reid Park Zoo in Tuscon, Arizona contacted Emery Winslow in need of a specialized scale for their Elephant Exhibit.

The TCM series is well adapted for production environments. This low cost, motorized, ergonomic tester attached with our Chatillon DF Series …

Designed for applications that require intelligent operation, the Pioneer PX comes equipped with a bright backlit display for clear viewing of …

Breakaway Effects, a leading stunt glass manufacturer, used the EZ20 test machine to test the stiffness and flexibility of stunt …

ASTM C158

These test methods cover the determination of the modulus of rupture in bending of glass and glass-ceramics.

ASTM E2098

This test …

Custom scale solutions for one of the most experienced and largest scrap metal processors in North America; with clients from …