PlantPower® software from Avery Weigh-Tronix is ensuring that the ingredients put into salad mixes are completely traceable and that their tolerance weight levels are accurate for leading retailers in the UK. The system has been installed for one of Europe’s leading growers, packers and distributors of watercress, rocket, baby leaf salads and speciality vegetables.  […]

Due to increased production demand, a silicone manufacturer needed to speed up its filling operation significantly. Avery Weigh-Tronix specified an automatic drum filling system which has doubled throughput at the plant by streamlining the operation. The system was installed within a critical 2-week installation period and comprises a indicator with conveyor control system and a […]

Houghton plc, a producer of fluid technology products is achieving yields of around 99.9% thanks to vessel weighing equipment from Avery Weigh-Tronix. The company chose a load cell system to measure the contents of 24 blending vessels and a new recipe weighing system to semi-automate the blending of products. Increased accuracy vs flow meters Previously, […]

Driver-operated weighbridges/truck scales have increased efficiency at Singleton Birch, the UK’s largest independent lime producer. The Melton Ross site has its manufacturing and extraction facilities on either side of a road. The only truck scale available was at the processing site and required a full time operator to weigh out bulk and bagged lime as […]

The fast fit installation of an in-motion rail weighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix meant that Ferrybridge power station suffered no delays to its coal deliveries. Requiring no civil work, the company installed the Weighline system during the station’s planned three-week closedown period so there was no loss of power generation. A total of four Weighline systems were […]

An in motion train weighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix is preventing the overloading of freight trains with iron ore at Immingham docks, UK, without slowing down the filling process. Since installing the system, Network Rail has reported that of the up to 400 Tata Steel freight trains that leave per month, less than 0.01 percent […]

Palletline, the UK’s leading palletised distribution specialist, provides cost-effective, reliable pallet distribution to thousands of businesses and customer addresses every day. Using a network of hauliers and strategically placed hubs around the UK, the company delivers the highest levels of service with industry leading innovation. With safe operation at the forefront of their strategy, the […]