Looking to work with a NATA accredited supplier? NATA accreditation can offer customers many advantages – chief of all, reliable results, and quality assurance. NATA (which stands for the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia) is the preeminent national accreditation body, endorsed by the Australian government to evaluate organisations against international standards spanning laboratories, inspection […]
In the fast-paced world of industrial manufacturing and processing, precision, efficiency, and reliability are paramount. The bench scale can be a useful tool that plays a vital role across diverse industries. From pharmaceuticals to food production, and from education to manufacturing, selecting the appropriate bench scale is a decision that can impact productivity, product quality, […]
What is a Counting Scale? A counting scale is a specialised weighing instrument that is often used to aid efficient inventory counts. Digital counting scales are widely used across many industries and have become an invaluable tool for many businesses to increase efficiency, accuracy, and productivity, especially around that stocktake time of year. How Does […]
Traffic Light Scales are used to weigh various products and packages, whilst visually verifying over/under/okay products, allowing workers to quickly correct the item on the scale with minimal guesswork. With escalating costs, and downward pressure on product prices, growers are continually on the lookout for simple ways to increase productivity. Fresh produce relies heavily on […]
In some food companies, moisture analysis is an important part of quality control. It can affect the taste, consistency, appearance, and shelf life of food products. There are a variety of ways to measure moisture content, and one of the most efficient methods is using a moisture analyser. These moisture analysers work by measuring the […]
A viscometer (viscosimeter) is an instrument used to measure the viscosity of a fluid. A viscometer is a device that is placed into a liquid to determine its viscosity
Your industrial processes involve counting thousands of product components every day? If so, you’ll know that even small mistakes could lead to waste, excessive costs, and inefficient production processes.
A&D Weighing, is one of the industry leaders in the supply and servicing of electronic weighing scales, laboratory balances, and measurement systems
A&D Australasia showcases premium product inspection like checkweighers, ProteX X-ray systems, metal detectors at the Hort Connections 2021 conference.
Safety in the workplace is paramount, especially in industrial environments that operate in explosive or hazardous atmospheres where the risk of fires and explosions is present at all times.
Waterproof and washdown scales are designed to withstand harsh or wet environments. These scales are built to allow easy washing and cleaning, preventing liquids, powders or dust from sipping into the internal components of the scale.
Earlier this month, A&D Australasia had its first trade show using their brand new A&D demonstration truck.
Looking for a reliable and accurate low profile platform scale that is slightly smaller than our current 1200mm x 1200mm sized models?
ISO 9001 is an international standard that sets the requirements for a quality management system.
In the world of precision weighing, even the slightest of disturbances can affect the performance and reading of micro analytical balances.
When we investigated the needs for micro to analytical level weighing during the planning stages, we found that smaller measurement that need higher accuracy and precision is currently required with the following types of weighing application or difficult sample types:
Accurate weight measurement is extremely important in the health industry
Weighing scales with an IP65 and above level protection are waterproof, and the higher the rating, the more resistant it is against water.
During these uncertain times, A&D’s remote support options will keep your production lines up and running, minimising non-essential travel and providing peace of mind.
It is important to keep your precision balance clean at all times to ensure accurate weighing and user safety. Furthermore, regular cleaning will help extend the life of the weighing equipment as well as reduce the risk of cross-contamination. When should the balance be cleaned? Ideally, laboratories should have guidelines or SOPs to dictate how […]
Axis Manufacture, a specialist producer for clients in the construction, civil and trade industries, had purchased the A&D FG series platform scale about 10 years ago.
Guess what has become even easier to measure? Liquid filling and dosing with the Apollo GX-A/GF-A series built-in Flow Rate Display.
When measuring liquid with the conventional method, time is noted with a stopwatch and the flow rate is calculated by checking changes in the weighing value of the balance throughout the …
AUSPACK Packaging & Processing has grown to become the leading exhibition for packaging and processing technology, not just in Australia but the southern hemisphere.
Melbourne Zoo recently introduced a custom-designed innovative health care device to help keepers and veterinarians monitor the health and welfare of its Little Penguins.
The forklift barriers are a newly engineered product to help protect the load cells under your low profile pallet scales, and can help reduce unnecessary upkeep costs by limiting product or machinery damage.
In late 2018, the Australian Berry Industry was thrown into pandemonium with the deliberate sabotage of hidden needles in strawberry punnets. As soon as reports of needle contamination emerged, A&D Australasia was able to act swiftly and provide assistance and inspection systems to farmers and packing facilities affected by this sabotage.
X-ray systems protect brand image and improve reliability, ease of operation, and serviceability. In turn, these improvements allow for future growth and expansion.
At A&D, we are committed to a consultative approach to help you select the technology and configuration that is selected for your application. This is important to ensure a proper HACCP program, which helps prevent contamination.
Sparks in potentially explosive atmospheres can quickly cause a fiery inferno. If you perform weighing in hazardous environments, safety needs to be top priority and your equipment must have the proper features to prevent explosions.
This scale family is designed to integrate easily into your weighing process, and it offers a broad range of solutions for your checkweighing, parts counting, or quality assurance applications.
Scales used in the food industry often come into direct contact with the product.
We use a variety of electronic components for our A&D scales and A&D balances. Here is a list of the power supply, adaptor and battery behind our products.
Precision and durability are all set to be redefined with A&D Weighing’s new range of multi-functional balances – The Apollo Series.
Sometimes customers want to know what their A&D scale or balance is made of. Here is a table that will help you with those queries.
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources recently contacted A&D Weighing to create a customised portable trolley for a Post Entry Quarantine (PEQ) facility.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games is just around the corner, and Brisbane is all set to welcome the sporting teams and their fans to commence an exciting week in April that’s filled with pomp and fanfare.
A&D celebrated the 40th Anniversary (1977 – 2017) at an event held in the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo on 24th November, 2017.
The popular A&D HVL-CS is a purpose built chair scale, ideal for hospitals, health clinics and aged care facilities. The HVL-CS chair scale is sturdy and durable with a large maximum capacity of 150kg, and up to 20g increments for accurate measurements.
The FZ-iWP Precision Balance (with internal calibration) brings laboratory performance to the rugged areas generally considered too harsh for a precision top pan balance. Fully sealed against the ingress of foreign matter, the FZ-iWP is truly ‘accident proof’.
For accuracy and precision in weighing, A&D Weighing supplies the EK-i Series Precision Balances, a range of high accuracy, portable top pan balances. Accuracies in this line of balances ranges from 0.01g to 1g and capacities from 400g to 12kg.
A&D Weighing is all set to showcase its top of the line products at the upcoming foodpro 2017, Australia’s foremost platform for food industry professionals.
Attention small business owners. Don’t forget, there’s still time left for your business to benefit from a $20,000 tax write-off. Start shopping from our range of checkweighers, metal detectors and laboratory balances, or contact us for more information.
You may not know it yet, but your scales could be tipping your business’ fortunes out of favour. Businesses caught with faulty scales can face severe fines and even prosecution.
A&D Weighing can provide regular calibrations and repairs to all A&D products. We can also service and repair a number of non A&D branded scales and balances from the smallest laboratory scales through to large pallet scales.
One of Adelaide’s most popular bakery – Dulwich Bakery, recently created the world’s largest custard vanilla slice. Have a quick read about their #officiallyawesome efforts here.
A&D Weighing the specialists in Australian weighing scales and inspection systems, have recently installed 115 solar panels at their head office in Thebarton, South Australia.
People respond to signals with far less thought process than looking at numbers. Green means “GO”, Red means “STOP”. With escalating costs, and downward pressure on product prices, it’s vital to seek simple ways to increase productivity.
Introducing the new A&D HT-CL Punnet Scale.
A&D Weighing will be at the 2016 FOODTECH PACKTECH, in Auckland from 11th – 13th October.
The new SA Series provides a broad range of uses for home, office, factories and even on-the-go weighing requirements. This portable scale comes in three capacities: 30kg, 60kg and 150kg, and can provide four weighing ranges (readabilities) depending on your required precision.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has amended the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) to require, as a condition for loading a packed container onto a ship for export, that the container has a verified weight. This requirement has become legally effective from July 1, 2016.
Conventional viscometers can often have limitations when the sample viscosity of the material being measured falls to below 100 Mpa.s. To address this dilemma, A&D has drawn on its proven sensor technology for high resolution analytical balances, and developed a breakthrough alternative to conventional methods with the A&D Rheometer RV-10000A tuning fork vibration rheometer.
A&D Japan has released an Industry first for the Food Inspection sector and it’s Global Introduction will be at the Food Technology Queensland Expo.
Read here about our Industry First Metal Detector, capable of checking for metal and OXY ABSORBERS at the same time.
A&D have an extensive range of measurement and testing products, and a skilled local team for automation, system design & integration projects. Our Japanese engineered range includes In-line Checkweighers, Metal Detectors, Industrial Scales, Precision Balances, Warehouse Scales, Viscosity & Moisture Analysers, Data Capture Software, Dynamic Weighing Systems and locally customized solutions. View our wide range of weighing, measurement and inspections products.
The sales of in-line checkweighers and metal detectors are going from strength to strength. A&D Australasia, who made their 100th installation last year, were the lone player outside Japan until recently but now the situation is changing quickly. Written by Masa Eto, A&D Company Japan
This new scale has revolutionized the Australian weighing equipment industry. The IECEx scale provides precise measurements even in hazardous and potentially explosive environments.
Staying fit and keeping well is a challenge in our busy lives. A&D Medical has developed a line of products that help you connect your everyday lives to what is healthy. See the Channel 7 News Report here.
Improved packing shed process increases strawberry farm profits. The payback period for investing in these scales was one week! Read the full article now!
With escalating costs, and downward pressure on product prices, growers are continually on the lookout for simple ways to increase productivity. Fresh produce relies heavily on manual packing processes, often utilising casual labour to pack into punnets/boxes/bags ready for supermarket consumers. SJ-WP Read on…
Ideal for weighing out powders with accuracy, the HT-120 brings optimum weighing performance to the price conscious purchasers. The HT-120 has a capacity of 120g and 0.01 resolution and comes packaged in a perspex carry case for easy storage.
The MPA Series is operated with a high precision stepping motor and also frees users from expensive external calibration services with simple calibration functions (for both volume and weight) which can be performed in-house. With these features users can be assured of consistent, reliable results and realize uniform pipette operation for both novice and expert alike.
The global launch of an innovative checkweigher, designed by A&D Company, will occur on stand 200 at AUSPACK PLUS 2013 on May 07-10 in Sydney. See you there!
The popular SW Series is a basework, indicator and complete scale range with a protection level of IP-69K. Ideally suited for the harshest environment where even good quality waterproof devices are found wanting.
A&D has developed a new weighing environment logger, the AD-1687. This logger can simultaneously and chronologically record weighing values and the following environmental factors: temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and vibration.
A Bench Scale is a compact scale that can fit on top of a regular table or a work bench to carry out its operations. It derives the name Bench Scale from this very definition
The recent floods in Queensland have provided incredible challenges, to all affected, by providing conditions of incredible adversity. Businesses are returning to find much of the equipment they use, totally inoperable due to it’s submersion under metres of water.
A&D Australasia’s Service Technicians can be located almost anywhere. See Sean Poysden, from A&D’s Adelaide Service Centre, as he appears on the Network Ten educational program SCOPE.
The FZ-i is the latest Precision Top Loading Balance release by A&D Australasia. Following in the footsteps of it’s recently released stablemate the FX-i, this new balance offers top of the line functionality at a very affordable price.
A&D Australia are pleased to announce the release of the highly anticipated EJ Compact Balance Series. The EJ Compact Balance provides a host of features in a compact package outperforming competitors from a much higher price bracket.