For one of the largest suppliers of chemical and pharmaceutical products in Mexico, safe and cost effective transportation of products, along with accurate record keeping, is vital. Rail weighing for business critical weight data The company, which uses six rail terminals to transport more than 250 chemical products all over Mexico, needed to weigh each […]

The National Exhibition Centre, based in Birmingham UK, runs in excess of 200 events and produces 3000 tonnes of waste annually. As a market leader, The NEC is committed to reducing its environmental impact and carbon footprint and has nearly doubled the amount of waste that it sends to be recycled – instead of to […]

Scappoose Sand & Gravel – named for the city of Scappoose, Oregon, USA, where it is located, which is an old Indian name that means “gravelly plain” – supplies upwards of 650,000-700,000 tons of material annually to its customers. The finished products, which are utilized for applications such as manufacturing of concrete and asphalt for […]

A 50-tonne, Avery Weigh-Tronix weighbridge/truck scale is helping Malaby Biogas generate 500kW per hour of green electricity to feed the National Grid and supply renewable energy to nine business units on its UK-based anaerobic digestion facility. The 15m, 50 tonne Bridgemont pit mounted truck scale is being used on site to measure more than 20,000 tonnes of […]

Pukall Lumber Company, located in Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, is a family-owned and operated wood products manufacturer. The business is two-pronged; the sawmill was founded in 1937 and later a retail building supply was added to sell lumber and other building materials to area builders. Pukall handles red and white pine logs primarily, sawing them into […]

Republic Services, Inc., is a waste management company with more than 200 transfer stations, nearly 200 landfills and 75 recycling centers located in 2,800 communities. Its Missoula, Montana landfill alone serves 250-300 trucks per day. Recently, the company had to find a replacement for its unreliable truck scale/weighbridge, one that could meet the landfill’s high-volume, […]

Due to increased production demand, a silicone manufacturer needed to speed up its filling operation significantly. Avery Weigh-Tronix specified an automatic drum filling system which has doubled throughput at the plant by streamlining the operation. The system was installed within a critical 2-week installation period and comprises a indicator with conveyor control system and a […]

Houghton plc, a producer of fluid technology products is achieving yields of around 99.9% thanks to vessel weighing equipment from Avery Weigh-Tronix. The company chose a load cell system to measure the contents of 24 blending vessels and a new recipe weighing system to semi-automate the blending of products. Increased accuracy vs flow meters Previously, […]