Integrating Weighing Equipment to Processes: Analog vs Digital Outputs

Weighing is an integral part of many industrial processes. Scales are often used to facilitate quality control, automate tasks, and minimize waste. Sometimes they’re even used to monitor large inventories of small parts. Weight data is often collected and transferred to an external device for storage and analysis to ensure that a system is running … Continued

Counting Scales With Network Compatibility

Digital counting scales are the perfect solution when counting by hand becomes impractical. These devices convert the weight of multiple parts into the number of individual items in the batch, which makes the inventory process a lot faster and easier. Yet choosing one of these scales isn’t as straightforward as it may seem. You need … Continued

Custom Weighing Scales Manufacturer in the USA

Buying a scale is generally a simple process. You determine the maximum capacity, accuracy and platform size you need, find a supplier and make a purchase. But if you need a non-standard platform size, better resolution, corrosion resistant properties or a specific output to transfer data or a completely custom weighing solution, most suppliers won’t … Continued

How to Maintain an Industrial Scale

In the past, maintaining industrial scales was expensive and time consuming.  Keeping up with the necessary maintenance requirements of industrial scales varies greatly by manufacturer. At Arlyn Scales, we’ve worked extremely hard to design and build scales that require as little maintenance as possible to ensure that you’re not commonly dealing with downtime due to … Continued

Laundry Weighing Scales for Hospitals

When you think about hospitals, you often think of sickness, emergency rooms, doctors and other things, but rarely do you think about laundry.  The reality is that hospitals go through as much, if not more laundry than your average corner Laundromat. The Wyoming Medical Center reported that their laundry facility cleaned roughly 3,000-5,000 pounds of … Continued

Digital Scales You Can Connect to the Internet

Collecting weight data is an integral part of the weighing process. By monitoring and analyzing data, businesses can control quality, automate tasks, minimize waste and improve efficiency. Connecting a scale to the internet facilitates how employees can access and utilize data. Ethernet Ethernet is the most widely used local area network (LAN) technology. A wired … Continued

Industrial Scales with Computer Ports

Weighing is an integral part of many industrial processes. It facilitates quality control, automates a variety of tasks and minimizes waste. It can even be used to manage large inventories of small pieces and parts. To ensure that everything is running efficiently, weight data is often collected and transferred to an external device for storage … Continued

Floor and Pallet Scales for Warehousing Solutions

The warehouse environment can be pretty extreme. From inconsistent temperatures, moisture and corrosive materials, finding a weighing scale that’s durable and accurate can be a particular challenge. Arlyn Scales manufactures floor and pallet scales specifically for these types of industrial conditions. We use only best of class components including stainless steel load cells, advanced digital … Continued

Weighing in the Waste and Recycling Industry: A Guide

Weight data is an integral part of every waste management and recycling facilities’ operations because it keeps them compliant with local, state and federal legislation and maintains operational efficiency. Weight data allows these facilities to track amounts of garbage collected, monitor inputs and outputs during materials recovery and to extract energy and dispose of waste. … Continued

Accurate and Simple Ways to Measure Rainfall

Table of Contents Types Of Rain Gauges The Most Accurate Way To Measure Use Cases Across Industries Challenges In Measuring Rainfall Why Choose Arlyn Scales Frequently Asked Questions Ready To Upgrade Your Scale? Whether you’re growing crops, managing water supplies, building infrastructure, or simply tracking local weather, knowing how much rain has fallen can be … Continued

High Capacity Hanging Crane Scales

If you need to determine the shipping weight of a large refrigeration case, weigh large zoo animals or weigh totes as they are removed from a shipping container, a regular platform scale will likely be of little use. Lifting, force measurement and hang weighing applications all require a special type of scale. Typically suspended from … Continued