Industrial weighing scales are vital for businesses across many sectors. Whether you're weighing vehicles, industrial materials, or railcars, the accuracy and durability of your scales directly impact your operations. With numerous options available, it’s crucial to select the best weighing scales for your specific business needs. In this guide, we’ll dive into some of the [...]
Industrial floor scales are essential tools for various industries that need to measure the weight of heavy loads accurately and reliably. Selecting the appropriate floor scale for your specific needs is crucial to ensure efficiency, safety, and compliance with regulations. In this guide, we will explore the key factors to consider when choosing an industrial [...]
Since weighing is such an integral part of the process when working in warehouses and factories, it’s imperative that operators carefully consider their scale selection options to ensure the most efficient operations. Make sure you ask yourself these questions if you’re in the market for a warehouse scale.
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 [...]
At Active Scale, we understand your weigh scale is the heart of your business and that having an accurate and dependable weighing system is essential to the success of your operation. We work hard to ensure the scales we produce are accurate in a variety of industrial environments. However, there are still four popular factors you should be aware of that greatly affect the accuracy of your weighing system.
For any business that deals in weigh scales, truck scales or counting scales for their day-to-day functioning. Whether it's a vehicle scale, industrial floor scale, counting scale, or even a crane scale, it's an integral part of your business and it’s important to know certain technical terms being used in the industry. Our goal at Active [...]
While scales and balances are both used as weighing devices, their intended purposes slightly vary. A scale is used to measure weight (weight = the force of gravity on an object on the scale) whereas a balance is used to measure mass. (mass = the amount of matter in an object). Scales VS Balances [...]
If you’re in the market for a weigh scale you might be overwhelmed with choices, from sizes to different weighing mechanisms there can be a lot to consider. As the largest Canadian manufacturer of Electronic Truck Scales and Rail Car Scales, we're here to share some helpful information about of the most popular types of weighing [...]
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, [...]
The manufacturing and transportation fields are the ones that spread across many different industries and functions. Several different types of industrial weighing scales are built to meet the needs of your business use. Our industrial weigh scale guide will go over the most common FAQs to help you make a better decision when it comes [...]
