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How to Calibrate Your Mettler Toledo Scales

Jun 12, 2018 3:46:01 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Industrial Weighing Scales, Weight Calibration Service

Operate Accurately with Regular Scale Calibration

The Mettler Toledo name is very familiar in most industries when it comes to accuracy in scale products. These scales are known for their wide range of industrial and niche scale options—though even their legendary accuracy can’t last forever without help from maintenance and scale repair services. 

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How to Calibrate an Ohaus Scale

May 18, 2018 2:16:48 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Weight Calibration Service, Ohaus Scale Calibration

Tips to Help You Keep Your Scales Calibrated

When you rely on an Ohaus brand scale in your workspace or lab, you count on it to deliver accurate readings and numbers. Your health, or the health of your customers, might very well depend on the results you use from your scale’s readout. However, unlike more traditional scales, scale calibration for Ohaus models isn’t an easy feat; their level of precision requires an equal level of expertise to ensure calibration results are trustworthy and do not damage the inner mechanisms—an expensive mistake to make. 

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Laboratory Hotplates and Stirrers: What You Need to Know

Apr 2, 2018 4:14:29 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Hotplates and Stirrers, Laboratory Equipment

Top 5 Questions to Ask before Purchasing Hotplates and Stirrers

Whether you're researching or experimenting in your lab, you need to be able to count on your equipment for several important reasons. Beyond achieving results that are both accurate and able to be readily replicated, the right equipment can play a crucial role in protecting your lab staff, building, and even your company as a whole. Hotplates and stirrers are an integral part of laboratory solutions and testing, so it's important to make an informed choice for your needs. Here are 5 questions you should consider asking yourself when hunting for the best lab hotplates and stirrers:

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Top Reasons Why Lab Technicians Rely on Moisture Analyzers for Accuracy

Feb 6, 2018 3:38:38 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Laboratory Scales, Moisture Analyzers

The Advantages of Using Moisture Analyzers and Debunking Myths about their Usage

Quality control procedures across a broad spectrum of manufacturing, packaging, and similar operations frequently—if not always—require laboratories to include checks on the amount of moisture contained in a product. Moisture content plays an important role in products, such as pharmaceuticals, plastics, wood chips, fabrics, paint, body lotion, seeds, tobacco, potting soil, dried fruits and vegetables, catsup, and detergents.

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What Is Affecting the Accuracy of Your Laboratory Scale?

Dec 11, 2017 4:29:20 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Laboratory Scales

4 Invisible Factors Damaging Your Laboratory Scale Readouts

Scales are much like printers, or computers – tools that businesses put a lot of faith into, but ones that also hold a lot of power over day-to-day operations. Even a small error or malfunction can bring important accuracy –dependent workflows to a screeching halt, and the cause isn't always immediately apparent.

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Your Laboratory Scale: Why Scale Repairs are Better than Replacement

Jul 18, 2017 1:57:55 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Weight Calibration Service

3 Benefits to Repairing Your Laboratory Scale over Replacing It

The scale you use at your workplace is responsible for a lot – accurate data that is used to measure results, calculate components, and make adjustments in a variety of applications. When your scale's calibration fluctuates or shifts unexpectedly, one of the options you might consider is to replace it, as you would with any other electrical device.

Before you start pricing a new scale and making a huge dent in your operational budget, look into repairing your existing scale instead.

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Key Components of a Good Scale Calibration Service

Jun 1, 2017 2:59:53 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Weight Calibration Service

How Competent is Your Scale Calibration Service Provider?

Keeping your scale serviced and calibrated isn't just a smart idea for staying in line with regulations; a misread on your industrial scales can turn into a slow financial leak for your business. Whether you're over-delivering and losing out on materials or under-delivering and risking fines, fees, and broken contracts, neglecting your scale simply isn't a good business practice.

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Appropriation of Weighing Scales to Measurement Task

May 9, 2017 3:52:35 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Industrial Weighing Scales, Weight Calibration Service

Weigh it Safe: Using the 10x Rule

Getting the right equipment for the job means buying weighing equipment that you can depend on. Without the "safe zone" – an order of magnitude that dictates your weighing scales' accuracy should be dependable to a tenth of amounts that you commonly weigh – you could be putting your company in a vulnerable, and potentially liable, situation.

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The Role of Uncertainty in the Industrial Weighing System

Apr 18, 2017 11:06:04 AM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Industrial Weighing System

Calibration Cannot Be Accurate without an Established Level of Uncertainty

Uncertainty is a core concept in the industrial weighing systems because it governs equipment accuracy. Upon the completing of calibration, you receive a certificate. This tells you first, that the weighing equipment is fit for purpose, and second, the uncertainty in the calibration. But, why is it so important to focus on the level of uncertainty of the reading? 

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How Important Is it to Regularly Calibrate Your Industrial Weighing Scale?

Mar 14, 2017 12:55:46 PM / by Ray Secour posted in Scale calibration, Industrial Weighing Scales

Hidden Costs and Risks Associated with an Inaccurate Measuring Scale Can Be Much Higher than the Cost of Calibration

A weighing scale is only as good as its calibration. So, when was the last time you got your weighing scale inspected? If you use scales, or any measuring device for that matter, the importance of appropriate calibration cannot be stressed enough. Calibration is comparing a known standard or measurement to the measurement as shown by your scale or other device.

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