Our selection of fertilizer scale weighing equipment is designed to be flexible so that we can assist you with choosing the perfect design for your particular situation. Our load cell hopper mounts are available in a wide variety of designs, materials, and capacities. When we are developing a quote for you, we will ask you a series of questions. For example, we'll ask how many legs does the fertilizer hopper have? Another question you will hear from us is, something to the effect of, how much does a hopper weigh when it's empty? We need this information in order to decide what capacity of hopper load cells we need to choose. In addition to the tank weight, we also will need to find out the bulk fertilizer loads. In other words, what will be roughly the amount of tank load that will be added to the empty vessel? Once we find that information out, we can start to put together a quote for your new fertilizer scale.
Whether you need assistance choosing a tank load cell to place under your mixing tank, or perhaps you need installation and tank calibration service, you can trust the experience and knowledge of the sales and service team of Central Carolina Scale. We are your trusted tank weighing system supplier and we offer a wide variety of load cell brands to provide you with an outstanding finished product. We have both tension and compression modules available.
Companies that blend fertilizer and are in the market to replace their fertilizer hopper scales trust our experience and equipment offerings that we have available. Fertilizer tends to rust painted steel. However if you choose one of our stainless steel scale frames you can benefit for many years. We normally recommend electronic scales due to accuracy and repeatability. The reason we don't like mechanical scales for this application is the upkeep. Who wants to sandblast and paint a scale? Who wants to grease or replace mechanical scale parts? Therefore, if your existing fertilizer scale is mechanical, we recommend you upgrade to a stainless steel digital scale with load cells.
Plus, a stainless steel hopper scale for a fertilizer blending system should last for many years of service. Sure it may need a scale check every now and then but basically the system should last for a long time of weighing use.
It's also important to note that we also offer scale calibration services for your hopper weighing system as well. Many of our customers choose to have us check and calibrate their hopper scales on a regular basis to make sure they are weighing accurately year round. Be sure to contact us for a calibration quote today by calling (919) 776-7737 or completing our request a quote form.
For retrofitting blender fertilizer scales we can typically offer fully electronic stainless steel scale frames with all components like load cells and summing board installed and pre-wired with a home run cable. If you don't want to deal with scale indicators, we also have mechanical scales. And, in some cases electro-mechanical options may be available for weigh hopper or blender applications.
