Beware of Improper Practices Employed by Some Scale Service Providers
A Brisbane-based sand and gravel wholesaler recently engaged Diverseco as its new weighing equipment service supplier after receiving a poor standard of service from its current supplier. After using the scale service provider for about a year, and paying good money for what they assumed was value-for-money servicing of their weighbridge and pallet scale, the little service they received over that time proved to be of poor quality. Our service team found the state of the weighbridge load cells a… Read More
Regular Weighbridge Servicing is Essential
Weighbridges are heavy industrial weighing devices engineered and designed to accept fully loaded vehicles, sometimes up to 80 tonne in capacity. Their construction of steel and concrete is hard-wearing and strong. However, their robust design doesn’t negate the necessity of regular servicing and calibration. What can happen to a weighbridge that isn’t serviced regularly was made manifest when Diverseco’s weighbridge service team recently serviced a weighbridge located at a sand and gravel… Read More
Horses Require Accurate Weighing for Peak Physical Condition
AccuWeigh Queensland recently serviced one of its horse weighers at a training stable located in Eagle Farm, a horse racing precinct suburb in Brisbane. The horse weigher is used to ensure that all horses in training are at an optimal weight and are in peak physical condition. To ensure that their horse weigher provided reliable weighing results, this customer asked AccuWeigh to service the horse weigher and ensure its calibration was precise. AccuWeigh performed the service and calibration prom… Read More
PNG Bin Converted to a Weighing System
The team from AccuWeigh’s Brisbane branch recently travelled to Papua New Guinea to convert a bin in to a weighing system. AccuWeigh fabricated and supplied four steel ‘out-riggers’ which were welded to the side of the bin in four, evenly-spaced locations. Under each of these out-riggers, we installed a 30 tonne capacity, stainless steel load cell and constrainer assembly, the kind that are used for weigh silos here in Australia. Read More
Emergency Weighbridge Repairs Effected by AccuWeigh
A quarry near Beaudesert in Queensland recently asked AccuWeigh to make minor repairs to its weighbridge equipment during a routine visit. While on site, AccuWeigh’s service technician noticed severe damage to the weighbridge’s concrete foundation, which showed signs of significant cracking and some movement. Read More
Urgent Weighbridge Repair Performed in Queensland
A Coal Mine near Jondaryan in Southern Queensland recently suffered a serious weighbridge breakdown. In an industry where time is money, any weighbridge downtime represented significant revenue loss. AccuWeigh’s Queensland branch was urgently asked to effect repairs. Read More
Service Agreement Visit to Brisbane Aged Care Facility
AccuWeigh's Queensland branch recently serviced and calibrated a chair scale at an aged care facility in Sandgate, a northern suburb of Brisbane. The calibration included weight testing the chair scale to its full capacity of 150kg. Read More
Weighbridge Upgrade Necessitated by Breakdown
AccuWeigh Queensland recently responded to a weighbridge that had been damaged by lightning at a quarry at Bonville, northern New South Wales. Read More
AccuWeigh’s Lightning Fast Breakdown Service
AccuWeigh's Queensland branch recently responded to a weighbridge breakdown at a quarry at Ravensbourne, north-east of Toowoomba. The weighbridge was struck by lightning during an electrical storm which damaged some loadcells. Read More