Special Weighing Problems solved by Custom Load Cells

At Arlyn Scales, our experience in the industrial scale industry means we’re often approached by our customers to offer unique and custom scales for a variety of needs. These custom scales require features that we’ve worked extremely hard over the past several decades to perfect. One feature of our scales that we’re extremely proud of … Continued

Precision Scale Models: How to Choose the Right Specification

For many decades, scale owners had two main choices when it came to purchasing an industrial scale: strain gauge scales or force motor scales. If a customer needed precision measurements, they were left with only one option: force motor scales. While force motor scales have their use, they do come with a variety of drawbacks. … Continued

Pharmaceutical Precision Scales: Weighing Solutions For The Biopharmaceutical Industry

In modern society, many of the great leaps forward in healthcare, and overall quality of life, can be attributed to the biopharmaceutical industry. Many formerly debilitating or fatal diseases have been brought under control thanks to vaccines and therapies developed in biopharmaceutical labs. Because these products are developed from organic materials, absolute precision in measuring … Continued

Portable Industrial Scales

Portable industrial scales are ubiquitous in almost every manufacturing organization. A range of different types of weighing equipment is used in various applications. You may see industrial pallet scales in agriculture, or in the transport industry for delivering packages. Even doctors may use them in hospitals or nursing homes, complete with ramps to assist wheelchair-using … Continued

Precision Lab Scales & Analytical Balances for Accurate Readings

When your industry requires a high level of accuracy in your measurements, you don’t want to worry that you might not have purchased the right scale for the job. A scale that is too inaccurate will cause you problems in measurement, but you don’t want to spend too much on a scale that may be … Continued

Intrinsically Safe Load Cells

Industrial environments come in every imaginable configuration. All of them must be kept safe from fire and explosion, but most do not need any special steps taken to achieve this goal. But others, by the nature of what they manufacture and how they do so, have special regulations to keep them safe. Dangerous situations can … Continued

AxChange Weight Monitoring and Tracking for Industrial Scales

AxChange Overview AxChange Weight Monitoring and Tracking allows you to monitor weights on multiple industrial weighing scales at your location. Being a cloud application, AxChange can be accessed on any device including your PC, iOS and Android devices. With real time weight tracking, customized alerts and hierarchical access control, AxChange can solve many issues brought … Continued

Types of Laboratory Scales

A laboratory balance is a type of scale to precisely measure objects in a laboratory setting, or elsewhere. The items being weighed will determine the type of laboratory balance being used. Purchasing the right type of laboratory scales comes down to a simple matter of knowing what you need for your factory or lab. You … Continued

What Is Intrinsic Safety?

Manufacturing facilities come in different sizes with different equipment and wiring. They use different processes and different materials to manufacture various end products. With hazardous environments, you need to factor in intrinsic safety. Most manufacturing work environments are quite benign. The materials being used are not hazardous, or poisonous, or caustic or corrosive. They are … Continued