Hydrostatic Scales Are Crushing It According to Ted Powell, southern Indiana aggregate manager for Rogers: “We had lots of mechanical scales before, and we would need to replace the single load cell at least three times per year from lightning strikes... I figure we are saving $4,000 per year, per scale in maintenance costs [...]
Automatic Aircraft Weight and Balance Verification System “Although refined methods have long been used to calculate the weight and balance of an aircraft, it wasn’t until 1999 that a first of its kind Automatic Aircraft Weight and Verification Balance System (AAWBVS) was developed by Emery Winslow Scale Co. Working in harmony with the International [...]
Bearing the Weight of a Washdown Dave Inman, V.P. of, remembers when scales were a bigger problem. "We have very stringent quality and sanitation standards, and our third shift is intense high pressure washdown of all equipment. And everyone knows that electronics and water don't mix well." It was not unusual for these heavy [...]
Going Hydrostatic “Morgan Foods, located in southern Indiana, is one of the nation’s largest privately owned food –processing companies in the United States. To stay competitive in the field of food processing, Morgan has kept abreast of the most modern production equipment available and continues to upgrade its machinery annually. “We are totally dependent [...]
An Efficient Way to Weigh Customer satisfaction is a top priority for Florida Rock Industries, one of the larger crushed stone producers in the country. It requires fast, efficient, dependable equipment that will load trucks to the exact weight ordered for short haulers, and top legal road weights for long haulers. “Everybody goes out [...]
Food Engineering “As most food and especially meat processors know, harsh washdown conditions ravage electronic components. It is not uncommon for an electronic floor scale or hopper scale to require frequent load cell replacements during the course of a year. The Emery Winslow model 709 pit scales at Boars Head, installed flush with the [...]
Whale of a Scale Emery Winslow engineers, working closely with Robin Friday, manager of animal training at Sea World, designed a special 9 by 15-foot platform, with a structural capacity of 40,000 pounds. The scale has allowed SeaWorld to attain a whole new level of animal husbandry. The old way of weighing by putting [...]
Ecstatic for Hydrostatic “With our Hydrostatic scales, we’ve significantly reduced the amount of routine maintenance needed” says David Myles of The Andersons Inc. The Andersons heard about a new approach to truck scale electronic in the mid-1980’s. Several Andersons employees went to see an Emery Winslow hydrostatic scale that had been installed at [...]
