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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 ...
June 17, 2020
A&D Weighing Smart Super Hybrid Sensor White Paper
Across all industries, the following has always been true about weighing: without an efficient, easy to use and accurate scale, ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
April 17, 2017
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 ...
December 14, 2020
Choosing Load Cells for Tough Applications White Paper
This white paper explains how to choose a load cell that will operate reliably in hostile environments and rugged operating conditions. Load ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
May 3, 2017
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 ...
December 14, 2020
Digital Scale Technology Increases Accuracy and Reduces Downtime and Repair Costs White Paper
Accurate weighing of commercial goods has been the bedrock of trade for thousands of years, and questions about how to ...
November 17, 2016
Dimensioning
Dimensional weight, often referred to as dim weight, reflects the package’s density—the amount of space the package utilizes in relation ...
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 ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
April 6, 2016
Fairbanks Portable Axle Load Scales White Papers
IP69K white paper Truck Owner Best Practices white paper Scale Maintenance White Paper
June 26, 2017
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. ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
November 1, 2016
Force Measurement Explained
Force measurement is used in many differing types of applications and may be accomplished with devices utilizing differing technologies. Typical ...
April 24, 2018
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 ...
April 17, 2017
IP69K White Paper
What is IP69K? Is this a concern for me? If so, how can I be protected?
November 1, 2016
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 ...
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. ...
November 1, 2016
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 ...
May 3, 2017
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 ...
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 ...
November 20, 2018
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 ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
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 ...
April 17, 2017
Scale Maintenance White Paper
Do not be fooled by service companies selling scale maintenance agreements that lack focus on calibration. Calibration is the most ...
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 ...
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 ...
November 1, 2016
SOLAS Regulations
In the case of cargo carried in a container*, except for containers carried on a chassis or a trailer when ...
November 1, 2016
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 ...
June 26, 2017
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 ...
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, ...
April 17, 2017
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 ...
March 16, 2018
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 ...
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 ...
December 14, 2020
Total Cost of Ownership White Paper
NSM manufacturer Minebea Intec has compiled a White Paper discussing the Total Cost of Ownership breaking down what companies should ...
November 1, 2016
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 ...