Ulster Carpets are world-renowned for their bespoke, high-quality carpets. Visit any luxury hotel across the world and you would struggle not to see one of Ulster Carpet’s creations gracing the floor. But no matter where in the world you see an Ulster carpet, they’ve all been manufactured at the company’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in […]

The DHL service centre based at Dublin Airport is seriously impressive. This gargantuan hub can process up to 40,000 consignments a day during busy periods! On a normal day it receives anywhere between 14,000 to 28,000 consignments, which are processed and sent onto various destinations around Ireland and the rest of the world. In a […]

Alpha Resource Management’s Mullaghglass Landfill in Lisburn receives household waste from homes across Northern Ireland, with up to 200 vehicles per day dropping off waste 6 days per week. It’s imperative Alpha Resource Management know exactly how much waste is deposited into their landfill site to allow them to charge the correct amount for waste […]

A weighing system from Avery Weigh-Tronix has helped improve production efficiency and quality for Glen Moray’s Scotch whisky distillery. It measures batches of malted barley to an accuracy of 99 percent and provides traceable data to monitor production and to meet the requirements of Customs and Excise. In common with all scotch whiskys only three […]

At its liquid products transfer site in Portland, Oregon, Peninsula Terminal Company’s Transload Services Division receives tanker railcars transporting chemicals for the paper and fuel industries. The company’s customers rely upon Peninsula Terminal to help them transfer chemical loads from railcars to the customers’ tanker trucks and track the amount of chemicals offloaded. To provide […]

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, […]