B-TEK Fabricates Custom Electro-Mechanical Scale for Specialty Steel Bar Mill Application

Canton, OH, March 12, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Forty - thousand pounds of bars need to be bundled, banded and weighed at a single station. The steel mill was experiencing unacceptable down-time due to load cell failures in existing scale equipment. The harsh industrial environment and throughput requirements frequently surpassed the limits of the traditional load cell type scale. B-TEK drew on its years of experience building unique scales for similar challenging applications. The choice was to use a time-tested electro-mechanical lever system design that will minimize down-time and maintain accuracy.

B-TEK’s scale design encloses the electro-mechanical lever system in a protective frame that also allows for full portability of the unit. The "bucks" mounted on top of the platform are used to gather numerous bars loaded in by an overhead crane. Once the target weight is achieved, the bars are banded and transported to a warehouse. B-TEK Scales has over 95 combined years of scale experience to offer in support of your weighing equipment needs. From fast quoting to thorough engineering, to complete turn key scale site prep, delivery, installation and support, B-TEK is your first choice in scale solutions. For more information on this or other B-TEK projects, please contact us at 1-800-266-8900.

B-TEK worked closely with its distribution partner and a national steel mill, to design and fabricate a solution for weighing specialty alloy steel bars.

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