Heavy Duty Floor Scales for Forge Shops

Whether you make decorative or utilitarian pieces, metal work is an art as well as a craft. From chairs, bed frames, home accents and architectural elements to tools like hammers and wrenches and component parts for airplanes, automobiles, tractors, ships, oil drilling equipment, engines, missiles and other capital equipment, forging is a multibillion dollar industry. … Continued

Distilling Scotch Whiskey: Why Precision Matters

There’s no bad Whiskey. There are only some Whiskeys that aren’t as good as others. – Raymond Chandler, novelist and screenwriter How Whiskey is Made: Pre-Distillation Ultimately, every whiskey has its own consistency and character, and Scotch whiskey is no different. Commonly shortened to Scotch,Ó it is traditionally made using malted barley and peat fires … Continued

Weighing Equipment Engineers and Manufacturers: How Arlyn Scales Does It

As a leader of design and innovation in the scale industry for the past 35 years, we have a special way of doing things here at Arlyn Scales. Unlike most suppliers of weighing equipment, weÕre a factory direct company that engineers and manufactures all of our products, their subassemblies, and accompanying computer software and microprocessor … Continued

Explosion Proof Scales with Set-point Options for Munitions Manufacturing

There are many kinds of munitions manufacturers, ranging from large companies and governments to smaller customer manufacturers. While some manufacture ammunition/bullets, others handle explosives. Munitions manufacture, however, by its very nature always creates a fire or explosion hazard that poses a threat to the safety of people and property. The Greatest Hazards Two of the … Continued

Reliable High Precision Scales for Measuring Minerals

Whether you manufacture fireworks, women’s make up, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, ink, semiconductors, computers, soaps, fertilizer or a host of other products, chances are you use a variety of minerals in their composition. However, some minerals such as gold, platinum, rhodium, coltan and lithium, among others, are extremely expensive. Measuring the amount of each mineral you want … Continued

Platform Scales for Amusement Parks

While someone’s ability to get on an amusement park ride is generally based on height, there are quite a few instances where this will depend upon their weight. If you have zip lines, slingshots, horseback riding, bungee jumping, or rock climbing walls, you need a reliable scale that can quickly weigh guests and get them … Continued

Ethernet Scales for Industrial Warehouses

Ethernet is the most widely used local area network (LAN) technology. It allows you to connect and pass information through various computer systems within your warehouse and to share devices (like printers and fax machines) between them. This allows you to eliminate bulky file cabinets and mountains of paper work in favor of a few … Continued

Low Profile Portable Platform Scales

Learn more from Arlyn Scales about platform scales. We’re here to answer your questions and guide you through the selection process.

Counting Scales for the Manufacturing Industry

Whether you manufacture car parts, children’s toys, prescription medication or anything in between, a reliable counting scale will be crucial to maintaining your inventory of small parts and pieces. Counting each piece by hand is obviously time consuming, but it’s also prone to human error. And while a counting scale will allow you to convert … Continued