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Blog focusing on scales, balances and calibration weights. This blog is designed to introduce you to some of the best weigh equipment offered today. Many of the top brands in the weighing industry are featured. Many items are available for purchase
Scales R Us Blog -- A blog about weigh scales

Brand Name Quality

We've all done it. You're looking to save a few bucks at the store so you buy a few store brand or "no name" items. Sometimes they work out well and other times they don't work out very well. As more consumers become price sensitive than ever before, it becomes even more important to make sure that good quality products are chosen, both by scale distributors and end users. Too often customers look only at price which is very dangerous in a world where cheap imported goods can flood a marketplace with average to below average performance. This is certainly no different in the scale industry. Undoubtedly, there are some very good imported goods in the scale industry. However, there are quite a few foreign made items that have little or no quality or durability. Many also have little or no readily available parts or technical support. There are even some dealers who push brand name products and then do the old bait and switch to get end users to buy a low cost foreign made product, just to make the sale. Ultimately, the end user must be educated by reputable scale dealers that certain products need to be avoided, no matter how attractive their price may be. It is also the job of the end user to do their respective research and determine who the top U.S. manufacturers are, who their reputable local dealers are, and what features and benefits are needed for their particular budgets. As we all know, there is some truth to the old adage, you get what you pay for.
Posted by Admin at 1/19/2012 10:12 AM

Merry Christmas

We hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season and an outstanding New Year.
Posted by Admin at 12/22/2011 11:44 AM

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a very nice Thanksgiving holiday
Posted by Admin at 11/23/2011 4:49 PM

Truck Scales Built Tough

Load cell pockets which are welded or bolted to outer I-beams make it possible for too much bending and flexing, creating damage to the weighbridge. Bumper bolts ease and break. Check rods bind. Rice Lake’s SURVIVOR® series truck scales are designed with the load cell pocket incorporated into the steel framework of the scale. The pocket is built within the outer I-beam, providing a more resilient, long-lasting load cell pocket.

Load cell pockets are made out of heavy-duty steel plates incorporated into the style of the scale. Large wide-flange I-beams surround the pocket adding it in to the weighbridge structure. This offers incredible durability and integrity to a very critical section of the weighbridge. The SURVIVOR® series scales feature the G-Force™ self-checking mounting system, doing away with the demand for check rods or bumper bolts. G-Force removes excessive movement by utilizing 100 % of the loading action against itself. This self-centering action or pendulum suspension does away with binding and protects load cells from detrimental side load shocks common to trucks starting and stopping on the scale.
Posted by Admin at 10/17/2011 2:42 PM

Accurate Counts And Save Money

Here is a great tip. If you only need scales during annual inventory or a high use period, a scale rental plan may be the correct solution for your company. In addition to saving money, you also save maintenance and storage costs. The scale experts at Central Carolina Scale can help you choose the right scale choices for your individual rental requirements. The results will help you achieve an accurate and efficient parts count physical inventory or simply the correct weights if you are just looking to weigh an item.Central Carolina Scale offers a complete line of scales that are available for your rental needs. Counting scales are most often rented for quarterly or annual inventory. The days of counting out your parts by hand are long gone. Parts inventory counting and weighing have never been faster or simpler than they are today. With counting scales, jobs that once took hours can now be finished in minutes. With advanced technology you can count a large number of parts ranging from extremely light weight components like resistors to large castings. What's more, renting parts counting scales is economical, especially if you only need to use the scales a couple of times a year.
Posted by Admin at 9/26/2011 2:08 PM

Digital Scale Improves Bottom Line At Frozen Yogurt Shop

A great way to cool off from the intense summer heat is to stop by the nearby frozen yogurt shop for a cup of ice cold frozen yogurt. No matter whether your frozen yogurt selection is vanilla or chocolate, or some type of a mixture of flavors or toppings, frozen yogurt is a superb method to cool off and relax for a few minutes on a hot August day. Nevertheless, for frozen yogurt shop operators you can easily find some discrepancies in terms of charging clients for the frozen yogurt. Do you charge clients a flat rate based on the size frozen yogurt they order? If so, how do you establish what a “small” yogurt contains? Just how much yogurt is in a “large” cup? You might be giving away product utilizing this practice. Or, you could charge for your frozen yogurt by the ounce making use of a frozen yogurt scale that displays oz's. The fair way and most profitable way is always to weigh the frozen yogurt cup and charge clients by the ounce for their frozen yogurt obtain. The consumer then pays you a specific dollar quantity per ounce.

This is in fact fairly simple to accomplish. Very first, do your research and establish what cost per ounce you wish to charge your consumers so that you can make money. Subsequent, you will wish to obtain at the least two legal for trade computing scales that display weight in ounces for each frozen yogurt shop you operate given that the weight of the items is imperative to your operation. If 1 scale was to fail for some reason, you'd have an additional scale in house and ready to go. And using the two scales in one location, it is possible to now charge buyers for their frozen yogurt and get paid dollars per ounce. You merely fill up the cup with frozen yogurt, place it on the scale and acquire your cost per ounce. Now if a consumer or an employee adds a lot more or much less yogurt to a “medium” cup, the consumer is paying for what they received and the frozen yogurt shop owner is receiving payment for what was dispensed.
Posted by Admin at 8/10/2011 3:05 PM

Shipping Scales Can Save You Time and Money

Whether you operate a small business, retail packaging store or a commercial shipping company, the scale experts at Central Carolina Scale have a wide variety of shipping scales for you. Many are UPS Worldship™ compatible scales. Also, typically if you are a counter service charging patrons by weight, the scale needs to be NTEP approved, legal for trade.

The website displays an extensive selection of bench scales designed to excel in shipping and receiving applications. For applications that require a built-in display, select from a line of bench scales bases with digital indicators. Whether a small business or commercial company, Central Carolina Scale has a very impressive line of shipping and postal scales with capacities ranging from 5 lbs to 5000 lbs. Are you still "guessing weights"?  Stop guessing the weight of your packages. You could save a lot of money by knowing the correct weights when you ship a package. Are you hand entering the weights from your existing scale? You need an accurate Mettler Toledo PS60 shipping scale that can easily be connected directly to your personal computer either by RS232 serial or USB. The PS60 shipping scales were designed specifically for parcel shipping with UPS and Fed Ex. Several are capable of connecting to your PC and most are NTEP approved legal for trade. Great for the receiving or shipping dock.

Posted by Admin at 7/25/2011 2:26 PM

Scale for Weighing Horse And Large Animals

The PS3000 scale for weighing horses is accurate and reliable: ideal for accurately weighing horses and other larger animals, helps to remove the guesswork where treatments or administration of feed needs to be closely monitored.

Accurate and reliable: ideal for accurately weighing horses and other larger animals, helps to remove the guesswork where treatments or administration of feed needs to be closely monitored. Capacity of 3,000 lb / 1,500 kg makes it ideal for a wide range of horses. Full size platform for ease of use. The scale is large enough to avoid making animals skittish while weighing. Supplied with plywood mounting holes to allow customers a quick and simple way to fit their own plywood top to help reduce noise and risk of animals slipping. Can also be used in other general weighing applications to aid loading and unloading.

Hold function for single user weighing. Easy to use hold feature enables the scale to capture the weight and retain it while you tend to the animal. Battery operation for remote locations. This supplies full function with no AC power attached. AC adapter is included for charging or full time operations.

Detachable indicator makes battery charging easy. This allows the indicator to be removed and taken to an AC power outlet for charging. No need to move the entire scale to the power source.

Durable design for rigorous applications. This scale will insure years of use in even challenging environments.
Posted by Admin at 6/8/2011 3:07 PM

Scale Platforms Use Load Cell Cable

Most platform scales, floor scales and truck scales have multiple load cells inside the actual weighing platform. Those load cells have cables.  As you can see below, there are several different types of load cell cable.  The heavy duty load cell cable usually connects to the junction box inside the scale platform.  A cable is then run from the Junction Box to the Digital Weight Indicator.  As you can see, there are a lot of parts inside the scale that require load cell cable.  Below are some different types of loadcell cable that is available.

EL146 Standard Load Cell Cable, 4 Wire
* 20 AWG tinned copper wire stranded for flexibility
* Braided shielding is encased in red PVC
* All conductors are industry-standard color coded
* Diameter – EL146: 0.25″ (6.4 mm); EL147: 0.29″ (7.4 mm)
* Use the 4-wire cable for repairing or extending existing cable
* Temperature rating -30º C to 80º C (-22º F to 176º F)

EL147 Standard Load Cell Cable, 6 Wire
* 20 AWG tinned copper wire stranded for flexibility
* Braided shielding is encased in red PVC
* All conductors are industry-standard color coded
* Diameter – EL146: 0.25″ (6.4 mm); EL147: 0.29″ (7.4 mm)
* The 6-wire cable is best suited for longer runs where remote sense lines can be used
* Temperature rating -30º C to 80º C (-22º F to 176º F)

EL146HE Hostile Environment Load Cell Cable, 4 Wire
* Designed for use in hostile environments
* Polyurethane jacketing provides superior chemical and abrasion resistance
* RFI and EMI protected with foil overbraid shield
* Unmatched durability, yet extremely flexible
* All conductors are industry-standard color coded
* Diameter – EL146HE: 0.28″ (7.1 mm); EL147HE: 0.32″ (8.1 mm)
* Use 4-wire cable for repairing or extending existing cable
* Temperature rating -30º C to 80º C (-22º F to 176º F)

EL147HE Hostile Environment Load Cell Cable, 6 Wire
* Designed for use in hostile environments
* Polyurethane jacketing provides superior chemical and abrasion resistance
* RFI and EMI protected with foil overbraid shield
* Unmatched durability, yet extremely flexible
* All conductors are industry-standard color coded
* Diameter – EL146HE: 0.28″ (7.1 mm); EL147HE: 0.32″ (8.1 mm)
* 6-wire cable is best suited for longer runs where remote sense lines can be used
* Temperature rating -30º C to 80º C (-22º F to 176º F)

EL147RP Rodent Protection Cable
* Tinned copper over braid provides superior rodent and abrasion deterrent
* Enhanced EMI/RFI protection
* 6-conductor industry-standard color code
* Ideal for truck and railroad track scales
* Diameter: 0.33″ (8.38 mm)
* Temperature rating -30c to 80c

SURVIVOR® Cable Armor
* Flexible all metal protective armor
* Ideal for protecting load cell cable from mechanical abrasion or rodents
* Available in stainless steel and galvanized steel
* 0.5″ (12.7 mm) internal diameter, 2.0″ (50.8 mm) minimum bend radius
* Optional end fitting with 1/2″ male pipe thread

Posted by Admin at 5/5/2011 7:54 AM

Retail Scales for the Market

The Ohaus RA series NTEP certified price computing scale is designed from the ground up as a portable retail scale with a small footprint and battery power. The scale combines a bright, backlit LCD display on front and back of the housing with a 7.9 X 11.4 inch stainless steel pan. The RA15US can be powered by 6 “D” cell batteries for up to 60 hours continuous use, or using the included AC powerpack. To conserve power the RA has a battery-saving low-power sleep feature. NTEP 3,000d certified, the RA6US offers 2 models in either 15 or 30 lb capacities. Great for use in farmer’s markets, delis, bakeries and other retail locations where space is a premium.

For use with larger packages or for use in delis, grocery and convenience stores, the 30 lb. capacity OHAUS RE15US price computing scale features a large 9.5 x 13.5 inch weighing pan made from thick stainless steel to stand-up to years of use. The RE series is available in standard size or 16.7 inch tall column display, the RE series quickly displays weights on its large backlit LED display. All RE models can be powered by 6 “D” cell batteries for up to 60 hours continuous use with a easily visible battery status indicator, or using the included AC powerpack.  The RE is available in two 30 lb models – one with the column – as well as a 60 lb model without column. The Prepack Pricing mode is a key feature for stores who price-out larger runs of items, especially for smaller stores and delis.

Posted by Admin at 4/11/2011 7:39 AM
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