Why are load cells often installed in sets of 3 or 4?

It’s a question we get asked regularly. 3 load cells are often ideal for wide, round silos, tanks, and hoppers. Like a three-legged stool, they naturally find their balance, making installation and load sharing simpler. 4 load cells are typically used for large or narrow round silos, platform scales, rectangular…

The Weighing System That Watches Itself

Another successful installation completed, featuring two tank weighing systems connected via our AW190 Intelligent Junction Box and Status 290P indicators, with seamless EtherNet/IP industrial protocol integration into the customer’s PLC. The AW190 doesn’t just collect weight data. It continuously monitors the health of every individual load cell, detecting faults before…

How much would you weigh on the moon?

Inside every load cell is a piece of specially engineered metal – known as the “spring element” – fitted with tiny sensors called strain gauges. When a load is applied, the metal flexes by a microscopic amount, far too small to see, but more than enough to make a difference….

Built to Perform When the Heat Is On

As temperatures have soared this week, the impact of extreme heat has been felt in homes and offices across the country. But for some workplaces, operating in high-temperatures is a daily challenge. For industrial weighing processes, these challenges are both mechanical and electrical and work to undermine the performance of…

Engineered for Extremes: Bespoke Weighing Solutions for Demanding Industrial Environments

Applied Weighing International offer tailored solutions for the most challenging applications. Operations involving high temperatures, aggressive chemicals, and hazardous areas often benefit from a bespoke approach to ensure safety and reliability. Working closely with customers, Applied Weighing are able to develop custom-designed loading assemblies tailored specifically to the customer’s equipment…

Testing the mettle of the AW MegaMount range

When weighing takes place in demanding industrial environments, reliability and durability are critical. Applied Weighing recently installed a heavy-duty weighing system, designed to operate in a particularly challenging application, using 4 x 200te capacity loading assemblies to weigh scrap metal into a mobile carrier and onward into the melting process….

Lift, Clean, Comply – Hygienic Weighing Redefined

Introducing the Massdeck™ Extreme – Gas Lift Platform Scale, engineered for demanding process, pharmaceutical, and food production environments where hygiene is critical. Designed with cleanability and compliance at its core, MassDeck™ delivers efficient, reliable weighing without compromise on safety or durability. A smart gas-lift mechanism provides rapid, effortless access beneath…

Stopping shocks to the system

These bulk bag discharging stations are now benefiting from the integral anti-vibration mounts of the Applied Weighing “Compact” range of loading assemblies. Designed to receive bulk bags directly from the operator’s forklift truck, the discharge stations are susceptible to impact from the forklift during this loading process, presenting constant challenges…