Starting July 1, 2016 the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Treaty will require all ISO containers to have a verifiable gross mass entered into the ship’s manifest prior to loading. This international treaty amendment comes in the wake of several at-sea disasters resulting from overweight and improperly balanced containers; impacting the loading of all… Read More: Weighing Solutions for New SOLAS Requirements »
Intercomp Scales continues its history of continuous innovation and product improvement with the latest update to their HH400â„¢ Handheld Indicator. INTERCOMP HH400 now available Previously known as the TL-RFXâ„¢ Indicator, it was the go-to choice for Intercomp’s TLâ„¢ Series Tension Link Scales. Now with added features such as output to RFXâ„¢ enabled wireless printers, memory… Read More: Intercomp HH400 Handheld Indicator Now Available »
Cardinal Scale Manufacturing has a wide variety of Made in America load cell kits which allow you transform almost any vessel or platform into an integrated weighing system. A few simple things need to be considered when choosing the right system. We’ll also discuss the proper installation and setup methods to use. Whether utilizing beam,… Read More: Load Cell Kit For Weighing Tanks and Vessels »
One of the questions we are asked quite often is “can I print labels with my basic price computing scale”? The answer used to be no. Â Then, the answer was no, or well, yes…. but it will be very expensive and difficult. Then, we started getting a few different entry level retail scales that would… Read More: Detecto D Series Price Computing Scales Now Have Serial Port… »
We get asked all the time about fishing tournament scales that are used at competitions and weigh in’s. That’s probably because we’ve sold these types of scales for many years. So in this article we’re going to list off a few of our top choices for best fishing tournament scales for 2016 and provide you… Read More: Best Fishing Tournament Scales for 2016 »
Avery Weigh-Tronix has improved the successful NCI 7800 series of post, mail and shipping scales, to bring them into line with the modern requirements of postal operations. The main change is the addition of improved connectivity options. The 7800 series will retain all of the key features that have contributed to the success of the… Read More: New & Improved NCI 7800 Series Shipping Scales from Avery… »
Roughdeck floor scales manufactured by Rice Lake Weighing Systems in Wisconsin are simply the strongest and most accurate floor scales available. These Made in USA heavy-duty scales are built tough from start to finish and lives up to its name with a superior structural design which has proven so durable that each Roughdeck carries a… Read More: Rice Lake Roughdeck Floor Scales Are Built in America &… »
Since we offer so many great fishing scales for clubs and tournaments we thought it might be interesting to our readers to share a story. You may have already heard about it but there was a record catch that was made recently on the North Carolina coast. Neil Manning of Ashburn, Virginia, reeled in a… Read More: Virginia Man Reels in Fish Weight Record Catch »
Have you seen the latest pricing and billing strategies utilized by large shipping carriers like FedEx®, UPS® and DHL®? In order to more accurately reflect billable weight, these large freight carriers are now determining shipment pricing based on either dimensioning or actual weight — whichever is greater. If you’re shipping quite a few boxes each… Read More: Are You Ready for the Latest Changes in Billable Weight… »
The standard truck in/out functionality of the Rice Lake 720i is very effective. But with a little bit of programming, the 720i can do a lot more including customer or material reports. The standard truck in/out modes are used to handle multiple truck ID numbers and weights. Truck IDs can be up to 16 alphanumeric… Read More: Rice Lake 720i Weight Indicator – Reports, Customers, Transactions »