Scales and Weighing Equipment
Scales have much wider applications than merely performing weighing tasks, they can also link to a computer network to provide management with information on ordering stock, planning production and organising sales.
BakerSA examines the types of scales used in the Baking & Milling industry and finds out who supplies them.
Bench scales are weighing devices for use on a counter or table. They are used for portion control, package weighing and product counting.
Portion scales are used for the preparation and mixing of ingredients. They are also used for portion control and portion packaging, for example, pre-packed goods and canned goods filling.
Platform and floor scales weigh larger items that are low to the ground. Indicators – digital electronic display units – can be used with platform scales.
Checkweighers are automatic or manual end-of-line machines for checking the weight of packaged commodities.
Pallet truck scales convert a pallet truck into an accurate weighing scale.
Retail scales are used in bakeries and ingredients suppliers for processing and selling flour and ingredients by weight. Weight results are displayed in a digital format. Retail scales are used in four areas: receiving, production, specialty (platform and portion) and sales.
Any weighing device used to receive, pack for sale, or sell to consumers is required to be approved by the National Regulator of Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) and verified in terms of the Legal Metrology Act (Act 9 of 2014). Such verification is valid for two years, and the NRCS conduct regular spot checks on businesses to ensure their compliance.
At the core of electronic weighing machines is a sensor called a load cell – a highly accurate transducer that converts force (weight) into a measurable electrical output which is displayed on an indicator. Load cells can be placed on or under almost any type of container or vessel to turn it into an accurate scale.
Companies supplying, installing and servicing weighing equipment – which comprise checkweighers, scale printing equipment and weight indicators – include: Avocet Scales & Labels, Bizerba, Border Scales, Clover Scales, Emfuleni Scales, Premier Scale Services, Richter Scale, Scalerite, Scale Tronic Services and Teraoka to name but a few.
BIZERBA
Bizerba the market-leading supplier of solutions for weighing technology, slicers and price labelling devices, established its subsidiary in South Africa in 2014.
Bizerba offers customers within the industry, retail, and logistics sectors a globally unique solutions portfolio of hardware and software based around the central value “weight”.
This portfolio includes products and solutions relating to slicing, processing, weighing, cashing, checking, commissioning and labeling.
Bizerba serves the market with its own representatives in the areas of sales and marketing, and also relies on collaborations with local partners. This guarantees comprehensive customer support. Along with PC scales and slicers for traders, the themes of check weighing, inspection and price labelling are the main focus in the area of food production and packaging.
CLOVER SCALES
Clover Scales having two SANAS accreditations for different types of calibration certificates, both for trade purposes and for clients working to ISO standards, puts Clover Scales amongst the elite of the scale companies operating in Southern Africa. We are in a position to supply weighing equipment from laboratory balances to weighbridges. SANAS certificates can also be issued for either verification or calibration. These can be done either externally or in house for your convenience.
We are in a position to supply weighing equipment from laboratory balances to weighbridges. SANAS certificates can also be issued for either verification or calibration. These can be done either externally or in house for your convenience.
Scales include – Bench Scales, Butchery Scales, Counting Scales, Crane Scales, Hanging Scales, Industrial Floor Platform Scales, Load Cells, Table Top Scales and Poultry Scales to name but a few.
EMFULENI SCALES
In the last 23 years we have grown to a well-known scale and scale services company not only in the Vaal Triangle, but across South Africa. We delivery and service scales as far as Limpopo, Kwazulu-Natal, Northern, Eastern and Western Cape.
Our scales ranges from Pocket, Kitchen, Laboratory, Bench, Fishing, Hunting, Livestock, Weighing and Counting, Medical, Money, Price Computing, Printing, Platforms, Industrial Platforms and Mechanical scales to Weighbridges and Conveyor Belt Scales.
We do also provide custom built scales for when the weighing requirements are outside the bounds of the normal range scales.
We do not only sell scales but also provide repairs and calibrations. These services are not limited to certain scales or makes and models.
