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STRONG QC & QA

When measuring large volumes,
small deviations add up quickly and
can also affect the quality of your
batches. Additionally, it is standard
practice for regulatory authorities
and quality assurance standards
to require documentation of your
verification activities in pharma,
chemical, cosmetics, nutraceutical, and
food industries. However, calibration
solutions have now been designed to
help ensure accurate, traceable and
reliable weighing. Tank calibration is
the only way to ensure the accuracy of
your tank weighing system.

Tank Scale Calibration

A Faster Way to Consistent Quality

Get to Know the Innovative Calibration Solution 1
Gone are the days of having to rely on time-consuming and expensive
calibration methods with uncertain accuracy and traceability results. The
innovative calibration method offers an economical and fast calibration
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without the need for heavy test weights or expensive purified liquids. It
allows for traceable, simple and fast calibration, higher accuracy, easy
compliance, reduced downtime, and cost and time savings.
Instead of using test weights or material substitution, a downward
force is applied with hydraulic equipment. The loading of the tank scale
during the calibration mimics that of normal operation, taking into account Innovative Calibration 1
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piping influences.
In Term of Production
By eliminating the need for large quantities of purified water and intensive
cleaning procedures, costs are significantly less. Sustainability goals can
easily be met with this smaller ecological footprint.
This latest innovative calibration solution can be performed any time
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and can be executed quickly, since equipment is portable and minimal With the innovative solution , it is possible to reach up to 0.1
preparation is required. The process is much faster than using test weights, percent accuracy by using the force applied to hydraulic cylinders.
which significantly reduces downtime of production. The reference load cells used are traceable to testweight standards
The capacity range of the calibration goes up to 32 tons where using providing compliant accuracy and traceability.
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test weights is especially cumbersome. Regular recalibration is easy to The tedious emptying and cleaning of tanks during substitution
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schedule. For weights over 32 tons, a material substitution calibration is calibration is avoided by using the solution . For production facilities,
still possible. the risk of tank contamination is eliminated and disposal costs of
contaminated water is avoided.
In Term of Quality In sum , with this solution, owners of tanks and silos gain higher
Accurate calibration verifies equipment is operating as intended for inventory control accuracy while reducing calibration-related costs
ensured quality. Recalibration in regular intervals and issued calibration and enhancing operational efficiency and weighing accuracy.
certificates comply with quality system requirements with no extra effort.

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