Harbor Freight Scales: Loading Ship Cargo with Ease

Docks are naturally wet environments, which mean you need a scale that can stand up to moisture. You also need reliable accuracy to ensure that there is no variance between the stated and actual shipping weights of each container to ensure that the maximum capacity of the cargo ship isn’t breached and that the load … Continued

The History of Scales

Table of Contents Ancient Measurements The Triple-Beam Balance Analog Scales Analog Scales in Today’s World Digital Scales Ultra Precision Scales Ready for the Next Evolution in Weighing? If you were to travel back in time and show an ancient street merchant a digital weighing scale, he would have no idea what to do with it. … Continued

Custom Scales Glossary of Terms

Accuracy How close the displayed value is to the actual value. Different scales have different specified accuracy. Industrial scales are usually based on strain gage load cells. They can typically have accuracy levels of 1/10 of 1 percent. Higher precision scales, such as Surface Acoustic Wave scales, may have ten times better accuracy levels of … Continued

Optimize Your Business’s Performance With Customized High-Resolution Scales

The right high-resolution weighing solution may be a standard balance, a balance connected to UpScale or an industrial Ultra Precision system. Customizing a high-resolution weighing system does not always mean building a new platform or load sensor. The right solution may be a standard balance selected for the required readability, a High Resolution Balance connected … Continued

Asphalt & Aggregate Scales

In theory, there exists a particular gradation that, for a given maximum aggregate size, will produce a maximum density gradation and minimize the void space between particles. This means the gradation of the particles is arranged in such a way that successively smaller sized particles will be packed within the spaces between larger particles. When … Continued

How Load Cells Affect Weighing Accuracy

In business, cutting costs is one of the most obvious ways to increase revenue and be successful, regardless of industry.  As the business world has become more competitive over the last few decades, businesses have been under intense pressure to cut costs and run as lean as possible. One way that businesses have been able … Continued

Industrial Scales for 2016 and the Future of the Industry

With more and more manufacturing operations being moved overseas, it becomes increasingly difficult and expensive for businesses to find quality scales that will improve production times, lower cost and improve their competitive advantage. While some of the more expensive brands are of reasonable quality, they are generally limited to their standard lines of equipment. Businesses … Continued