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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 [...]

When was the last time you calibrated your truck scale? At Active Scale, we're always looking for ways to help our customers get the most out of their weigh scale stations and equipment. You invest [...]

BRRR, it’s that time to really buckle in for the famous Canadian winter. Blustery, wintery weather conditions can affect everything in your day-to-day business from your icy morning commute to how your truck weigh scale [...]

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 [...]

Truck scales go through a lot – no matter what industry they’re used in. From construction to agriculture, truck scales are often in relentless environments and exposed to really harsh elements. You must be confident [...]

Each manufacturer incorporates specific elements into their truck scale designs to offer different application advantages. Understanding the fundamentals of truck scale designs can help you decide which one is best suited for your operation and business needs.

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 [...]

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.

At Active Scale, we provide vehicle scales of legendary quality and value. We have vehicle scales still in service longer than many of our competitors have even been building vehicle scales! That’s why you can [...]

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 [...]

Your first big decision when purchasing a truck scale is deciding what type of scale is best for your business and industry, but the hard part isn’t over just yet. You now have to consider [...]

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.