Plastics & PolymersPlastics, rubber and foams are important materials in products that we use every day. 

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

How do you weigh product accurately in a portable tank, vessel or reactor? With a specially designed  caster load cell!
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Businesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, …

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

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

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

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

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

Our range of polymer test instruments are used worldwide in the polymer and plastics industry for QA/QC conformity of incoming …

One of the crucial factors when developing a new plastic product is testing. Only by testing the raw materials, components …

Standard

Description

ASTM D1238

This test method covers measurement of the rate of extrusion of molten resins through a die of a specified …

A plastic pipe manufacturer mixes raw ingredients together to make plastic piping.  Their facility runs 24/7 so down time must …

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

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

The furniture manufacturer OneLeg used the LR30K Plus materials testing machine from Lloyd Instruments to perform tensile tests and compression tests …

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 …

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
protected?

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

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These yearly estimates are provided …

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

Batching systems, whether manual or automated, are everywhere. Compounding liquid solutions or blending powdered components into a final mixture is …

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

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 …

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

For scientists in R&D and analytical laboratories needing the most reliable lab weighing results, the Cubis II from Sartorius is …

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

The OHAUS Defender 5000 Series is a feature-rich line of bench scales that is ideal for production, packaging and general …

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 …