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

Analog Vs. Digital Weighing Systems When sizing up a weighing application there are many options to choose from. With modern technology and the advancements in ...

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

Best Practices White Paper Maintenance 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 Paper In 2001, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) released a study that calculated the cost of corrosion to the United States ...

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

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

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 ...

Experience Chooses Fairbanks Tundra Truck Scale The Tundra design is just like a highway bridge – something in which he has a great deal of expertise. Massive main ...

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

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

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

Foreign Body Detection For several years, production in the food, beverage and tobacco industries has become increasingly automated. This is due to larger ...

How to Weigh Portable Tanks Accurately In order for a portable tank system to have high system accuracy, it must have a rigid foundation that does ...

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

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

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

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. ...

Load Cell Application and Test Guidelines A load cell is a device that is used to measure weight or force. W hen a force is applied ...

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

Measuring Irregular and Small Objects iDimension Series version 4.9.1.162 firmware (NTEP pending) is now available for download. This version enhances dimensioning performance with irregular shaped ...

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 ...

Mobile Process Weighing System White Paper Applications exist for weighing systems on transportable vessels where load cells are mounted between the regular casters and the frame ...

PDQ Scale White Paper An area Sales manager (ASM) had developed a relationship with a local pipe company and uncovered an opportunity to help them ...

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 ...

Scale Maintenance White Paper Do 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 Supplier When 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 Solutions Single column force testers today represent the largest single market segment of the force testing marketplace for a number of ...

Slope’s Effect on Accurate Weighing The scale is designed with the assumption that the load will be parallel to the direction of gravity and perpendicular ...

SOLAS Regulations In the case of cargo carried in a container*, except for containers carried on a chassis or a trailer when ...

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

TensileCore Engineered Concrete White Paper In 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 Local Businesses are turning to the Internet for a wide variety of purchases, including scales. Although convenient and sometimes less expensive, ...

The Difference Between Open and Closed End Service White Paper Open-end service is the most typical type of service that is provided in the industrial weighing service industry. It is ...

The Food Safety Modernization Act On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) into law. The FSMA brought a ...

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 ...

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