Crane operations are an integral part of various industries, facilitating the lifting and movement of heavy loads with precision and efficiency. In these operations, accurate load measurement is crucial for ensuring safety, compliance, and operational effectiveness. One essential tool that plays a key role in this aspect is the crane scale. In this guide, we [...]
Driving on Ontario's extensive highways is crucial for transporting goods, with weigh stations serving as vital checkpoints for road safety. For truck drivers and carriers in Ontario, understanding weigh station regulations goes beyond compliance; it's a key element in ensuring the safety and efficiency of the transportation system. Join us in this blog as we [...]
As seen in our Consequences of Operating an Overweight Truck blog, semi-trucks are governed by numerous local, provincial/state, and federal laws. With various legislation in place covering factors including how long an operator can drive without stopping, the size and weight of trucks, the weight distribution of trucks, the weight on each axle and each [...]
Due to the nature of scales and the environments they operate in, scales require re-calibration on a regular basis, in most cases a minimum of once a year. In some instances where there is a high-cost commodity being weighed, a case can be made for re-calibration on a monthly basis. Active Scale offers affordable calibration [...]
Weighbridges (also known as weigh scales) are essential pieces of equipment in the industrial and trucking sectors. They are used to accurately measure the weight of vehicles and their loads. Weighbridges are commonly found at manufacturing plants, ports, logistics centers, and other places where goods are weighed for transportation or sale. In this article, we [...]
Scale calibration is the process of adjusting and verifying the accuracy of weighing equipment, including scales and balances, to ensure that they are providing precise and reliable readings. It is crucial for various industries, including healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals, where even the slightest error in measurement can result in significant consequences. Here [...]
Active Scale has a proud history of innovation in the weighing industry, particularly in the heavy vehicle scale segment. Through acquired companies, we were amongst the first vehicle scale manufacturers to produce fabricated pipe lever mechanical truck scales, electronic pit truck scales, pitless side rail and flat deck truck scales, and true modular truck scales. [...]
Specializing in the design and manufacturing of custom truck scales to fit existing foundations, we are Canada’s largest manufacturer of electronic vehicle scales and weigh systems that weigh off-highway trucks and rail cars, with high gross capacities and high concentrated load capacities.
Load cells are at the heart of a how a weighing system works. Unfortunately, all too frequently, load cells fail. Figuring out what went wrong is just as important as knowing or learning how to fix it. Here a few common causes of malfunctions in load cells.
How does load cell work? A load cell, also called a transducer, converts a mechanical force into an electrical signal or digital value that users can review and record. In its simplest form, the load cell bends when weight is applied. In a compression-mounted load cell, where the load cell is beneath the weighing vessel, like a truck scale, [...]
