In order to ensure that you receive the best returns on your investment in industrial weighing machines, you need to ensure that these machines remain in great condition throughout their lifespans. One of the best ways to do this is to invest in a solid preventative maintenance program. It is a key element to maximising the life cycle, accuracy and on-going performance of your industrial weighing machines. You have to approach it from the viewpoint that a good maintenance programme eventually pays for itself, and you must make sure you adhere to the programme.
Accurate scales remain an essential tool for any company whose revenues are based on the weight of goods exiting or entering a facility. Without scale accuracy, a company can lose hundreds of thousands of rands every year. On the other side of the coin, preventative maintenance costs are measured in mere thousands, thereby easily justifying the costs of keeping your industrial weighing machines performing optimally.
There are many different types of industrial weighing machines designed for specific applications. Even though these scales are designed for the retail, food, transportation and petrochemical industries, the machines are offered in a variety of designs. They feature different types of weight transducers, such as tension load cells and compression load cells, to name a few differences.
What Type of Industrial Weighing Machines are Available?
There are many aspects distinguishing the different types of weighing machines available on the market today. Some of the most common classifications include:
- Bench scales: These scales are used on counters or benches. They can be classified as either detachable or an all-in-one weighing scales. They are predominantly used in parcel weighing, portion control or parts control.
- Mechanical scales: Some of the most common types of mechanical scales include spring scales and platform scales, and they are used mostly in general industrial applications.
- Analogue and digital scales: These scales are used mainly to display information to the end user. When used to display continuous data, the machine is classified as an analogue machine.
These some of the many types of industrial weighing machines available on the market today. Whichever unit you decide to invest in depends on your company’s specific needs.
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We are an expert supplier of retail and industrial weigh and label machines to our customers throughout South Africa and the rest of the continent. Since our inception in the 1980s, we have grown to become a top supplier of industrial weighing machines to many different industries. Harnessing the power and insight of our decades’ experience, we continue to set the standard for excellence in the industry by pushing the boundaries of new developments and innovation.
We are involved in every stage of setting up a new retail supermarket or food factory, from installation and implementation of the equipment to the complete set-up of a new business. We also offer continual functional and technical support to ensure that your company is able to derive the full benefit from its new industrial weighing machines. These are only some of the reasons why we continue to remain at the top of our industry, and why so many South African businesses turn to us for all their industrial weighing solutions.
Even though we are headquartered in Johannesburg, we provide sales and servicing of electronic scales and automated weighing machines, as well as wrapping and labelling systems to both national and international customers. As the sole distributor of Teraoka/DIGI Weighing Systems and Anritsu Inspection Systems in Southern Africa, we make our expertise available to the benefit of our clients.
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Thanks to our large buying power, there is no need to pay more for your industrial weighing machines than necessary. Buy competitively priced industrial weighing machines that will go the distance. As experts in the industrial weighing sector, we have the knowledge, resources and products you need to take your business to its next level of growth.
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