NSM offers on-site installations on all types of industrial scales and load cells.  We can handle basic jobs like installing a floor scale and big jobs like truck scales, rail scales or even custom weighing systems for an F-35 fighter jet. We stress the importance of safety in all installations and on-site work that we do. You can rest assured that your install will be done correctly, quickly, and, most of all, safely.

We routinely install:

• Truck and axle scales (including moving and re-installation and overhauls)
• Railroad scales
• Load Cells under tanks, hoppers and vessels
• Software systems and process controllers
• Floor scales in pits
• Fork lift scales
• Custom weighing solutions
• Much more!!!

Our goal is to be your single source partner for all of your weighing needs.

Purchasing a force measurement or materials testing system can be difficult. Ensuring that the system you choose will meet your testing needs is only part of the challenge. Understanding how to use the software that controls the testing system, setting up your test recipes for the best results, ensuring that you have the correct testing fixtures and accessories for your samples and having your load cell and testing system calibrated on-site for the best accuracy are all additional things to consider.

To make this process easier for you, NSM offers the following on all force measurement and materials testing installs:

• On-site installation of testing systems from bench mounted single column units to large 300kN floor standing units
• On-site ISO/IEC 17025:2017 calibration for testing systems and load cells to achieve better accuracy and to meet ASTM E4 standards
• Thorough training on materials testing and data analysis software and use of all testing system accessories (extensometers, temperature chambers, etc.) for supervisors and operators with no limit on the number of people trained
• Assistance with test recipe creation to ensure that the testing standard is being followed and that desired data and test results are achieved
• Custom test programs written in software to perform unique combinations of machine movements or data acquisition
• Assistance with data transfer or networking of system software to customer’s server or 3^rd party quality control/SPC software
• IQ/OQ services to help customers achieve compliance to requirements like FDA 21 CFR Part 11
• Custom inputs of third party equipment or third party software to testing system and testing software to capture more data during testing
• Recommendations on ways to improve testing procedures or processes to achieve customer’s desired testing results
• Ongoing preventative maintenance and calibration of testing system to ensure years of reliable testing

Download our EasyCal Installation Services sheet to see how we simplify your installation process

In some industries, new equipment must go through a validation process when first installed. This is commonplace in the pharmaceutical industry and for medical device manufacturers regulated by the FDA. Generally called IQ/OQ/PQ (installation qualification, operational qualification and performance qualification), this process is meant to ensure that the equipment purchased will perform as promised and helps to confirm that certain levels of quality are adhered to during the manufacturing process.

From balances and load cells to tensile testers and materials testing systems used in R&D or production, Nicol Scales & Measurement can help with the IQ/OQ process and assist you with your validation needs.

Often the most valuable asset you can possess is knowledge. That’s why Nicol Scales & Measurement offers a variety of training services to our customers. We often tailor this to each customer’s specific needs so that we make sure that you get the training that you need.

Offerings include the following:

• Software training for Lloyd Instrument’s Nexygen Plus materials testing software and Shimadzu’s Trapezium X testing software
• Refresher training on using different types of systems including custom process weighing systems, force measurement and materials testing systems, custom software programs, etc.
• Scale Basics 101 – an introduction to scale and load cell basics and how to troubleshoot and  then to repair the most common service issues we see