APPLICATION STUDY: Custom Filling Solution
Filling is a surprisingly tricky part of many production environments. Ensuring everything is packed as efficiently as possible while not over packing or under packing product can be costly if not accounted for when setting up processes. Powders are especially tricky to deal with due to air pocket creation in the container and potential […]
APPLICATION STUDY: Batching Customization
For customers looking to increase batching effectiveness, batching customization is an incredible opportunity to increase efficiency without the addition of complex automated control mechanisms. Our Industrial Applications team recently installed a solution to fit a plastic pellet manufacture’s unique process in a safe and intuitive way. WHO: Plastic Pellet Manufacturing WHAT: Semi-Automatic Batching PROCESS DESCRIPTION: […]
APPLICATION STUDY: Custom Check Weigher Size
Product verification is an integral part of quality processes. Verifying correct parts, regulatory weight, and proper packaging is vital to ensuring that your customers receive the product they have paid for. In-motion check weighing is a common solution to check product quality. However, your processes may not fit standard solutions available on the market today. […]
APPLICATION STUDY: Unattended Weighing
Sometimes scale operators are necessary for truck weighing applications to ensure that processes are being followed. Automation can help keep processes moving swiftly and working at off hours while still ensuring the correct process steps are being followed. In a recent project, our Carlton Industrial Automation team helped a waste management municipality make their third-party […]
Why ISO 17025 Accreditation Matters
Scale calibration organizations, including us, will often flaunt their ISO 17025 accreditation, but what exactly is ISO 17025? Why does it matter if a company is accredited? Does it cost any more to work with an ISO 17025 organization? And more importantly, how does partnering with an accredited organization save money? What is ISO […]
Why Use Dedicated Batch Controllers
Automation is the future of manufacturing, especially with batch processes. The question is, what is the best way to start incorporating automation processes? Most engineers are incredibly comfortable with PLC system control, but that leaves floor level scale operators, maintenance personnel, and scale technicians in a difficult situation when it comes to maintenance and operation. It […]
How Often Should Scales Be Calibrated?
The Quick and Easy Answer….. …it all depends on your process tolerances and ISO procedures. Some applications may need scale calibration at the beginning of every shift in order to maintain compliance, while other applications may only need a scale checked once every 90 days. What About Process Tolerance? So the real question is […]
The Cost of Scale Inaccuracy
How Much Does Inaccuracy Hurt your Bottom Line? Imagine this. Your customer receives your product. Opens a box or accepts the shipment and they find out they’ve been shorted a part, box, or amount of product. How does that impact your business? Is your customer going to be coming back to your solution? Probably […]
Analog or Digital Load Cells?
Often customers will ask, should I use analog or digital load cells? Both have pros and cons, but the main difference between the two is how their signals are processed. Signal strength, signal content, and data sample rate are the main elements that vary between the two load cell options….. Signal Strength: Both load cells use strain gauge signals that begin […]
Why Measure Scale Return on Investment?
We get it. Scale systems can be a serious investment. Often times it is incredibly tempting to go with a scale that has a lower upfront cost and save some the money now. But how much money is that mindset saving you in the long run? What happens when you have to buy a new bench […]