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Trade shows in 2010

Scale-Tron will be exhibiting both Scale-Tron and Ocmer products at the following shows:

The Precast Show, Feb 18-20, 2010, Phoenix AZ, booth 212; More information at http://www.theprecastshow.org   

We look forward to meeting new faces as well as old friends.  See you there.


January 2009 - new member of our team

Chris Shawcroft joined us in early January as Service Manager.  He brings more than 20 years experience within the British ready-mix industry starting as a Service Technician through to Divisional Manager looking after accounts from multi-national companies to small independent concerns. His aim is to improve the level of service offered to both existing and new customers by increasing and enhancing existing support structures. 

Watch for his new ideas in support plans and equipment inspection visits that tune-up your plant, identify issues and improve efficiency.  These can save major dollars by tightening-up on expensive materials such as cement as well as preventing unscheduled downtime.  Chris will also be giving training seminars to dealers and major customers on Silo Weighing and Moisture Measurement systems.

 


July 2008 - Scale-Tron Latin America

Scale-Tron now offers direct contact in Latin America and the Caribbean, where Mr. Larry Eskesen, and Mr. Omar Di Sciascio can respond to your inquiries.

Scale-Tron les ofrece un contacto directo con nuestras oficinas para America Latina y el Caribe, en donde el Sr. Larry Eskesen y el Sr. Omar Di Sciascio pueden atender a  sus preguntas  y requirimientos.

Mr. Eskesen has many years of experience in the international construction sector. In his early career he was Sales manager for a large heavy Equipment Dealer, and most recently as the International Sales Director of a Ready Mix Batch control manufacturer.

El Sr. Eskesen tiene muchos años de experiencia en el sector de la construcción. El ha ocupado el puesto de gerente de ventas de un distribuidor de equipos para construcción y recientemente  fué director  de ventas Internacionales de un  fabricante de controles para plantas de concreto.

El Sr. Eskesen   Phone: +1 954 828 9316  Fax: +1 954 522 2170
 

Mr. Omar Di Sciascio has many years experience in the scale industry and has vast experience in Latin America and the Caribbean. Most recently he was in charge of sales for a prominent U.S. Batch Control manufacturer. All of this experience is at hand for you to request information and pricing on equipment that you might need.

El Sr.  Omar Di Sciascio tiene muchos años de experiencia en la industria del pesaje industrial y tiene mucha experiencia en ventas a Latino America y el Caribe. Recientemente  fue director de ventas para Latino América y el Caribe de una fábrica de controles paras plantas de concreto. Toda esta experiencia la tienen a la mano para que Uds. puedan pedir información y cotizaciones de equipos que necesiten.

El Sr.  Omar Di Sciascio   Phone: +1 404 514 7000
 


June 2007 - Successful plant rebuild at Hanson New Orleans

Hanson's New Orleans pipe plantHanson's New Orleans pipe plant needed a refit and Plant Outfitters Inc. were chosen to do the job.  This was a tough assignment because the plant could only be down for a couple of weeks and the complete mixing system, with three distribution conveyors to separate casting machines, had to be replaced.  Plant Outfitters' crew of Navajo steel riggers came through on time, replacing all scale hoppers, mixers, discharge chutes, conveyors, cement screws, water system, dust collectors and controls. Two Sicoma twin shaft mixers were chosen  with their associated high pressure washout systems, along with Scale-Tron's Batchtron III controller, remote demand stations and associated motor controls.  Shown at right is Scale-Tron's Marian Enachescu training the production team on use of the BatchTron III controller.

 


New distributor announcement

Jamieson's CEO, Michael Jamieson

Jamieson Equipment Company is joining the SCALE-TRON family of worldwide distributors in the role of Master Distributor for the Southeastern United States.  Jamieson's CEO, Michael Jamieson is pictured at right.  Click on the Jamieson logo at left for more information.

 

 

Badger's CEO, Jack Moroney

Badger Systems, Inc. has also entered into a Master Distributorship agreement, covering the Midwest United States.  Badger's CEO, Jack Moroney is pictured at left.  Click on the Badger logo at left for more information.

 


RoHS compliance

We are working toward compliance with the new European directive to reduce toxic elements from our products.  See our RoHS statement and explanation of what this means:      


SiloWeigh.Net goes liveDecember 2006 - SiloWeigh.Net goes live

Scale-Tron's Internet based silo reporting system is now hooked up to a major cement supplier and cement is being ordered fully automatically, based on the remaining contents in the silo, starting at one of our customers in Canada.  Our dealer and Alliance partner, John McCoy, installed this system in 2005;  the hookup between the Siloweigh.net database and the cement supplier's database and order/dispatching system was completed in August 2006 and is now being used on a daily basis for automatically reordering cement.  The next customer will come on line in mid January.  Further customers will be brought on line during 2007.

SiloWeigh.Net is equally applicable to both concrete and cement companies.  Cement companies can save major costs by scheduling their deliveries, while concrete companies that have their own cement trucks can make best use of their resources by planning pickups in a more timely fashion.  SiloWeigh.Net installs on your silo legs to measure weight - not level - and give you a readout on any computer on your local network, while data for the whole company can be viewed and accessed on the SiloWeigh.Net web site.  It's totally secure and reasonably priced.  best of all, it's reliable and accurate.

More information

 


RadarTron 2250DMarch 2006 - Digital moisture sensor

Our popular moisture sensor, RadarTron, has been upgraded with the introduction of model 2250D.  The new model has both analog and digital RS232 output of moisture values.  Processing is entirely digital, with presettable parameters and calibration via the RS232 connection.  A PC, laptop or PDA can be used, providing it has Hyperterminal software (normally part of Windows XP and later).  More information


SiloWeigh success in KoreaOctober 2003 - SiloWeigh success in Korea

A leading manufacturer of ready-mix plants in Korea, Taeshin Company, is using SiloWeigh silo weighing system in all their new plants.  Taeshin's vice president, Sam Park, says "We were looking for a system of checking inventory that gives better accuracy than the bolt-on sensors we were using before".  He says that every concrete company in Korea understands that a display of silo contents is necessary.  This contrasts with North America, where most companies are either blissfully unaware that they could run out of cement or use level sensors, which are inaccurate and often unreliable.

SiloWeigh uses weldable strain gauges applied directly to the silo legs, effectively turning the legs into simple load cells.  The system is accurate and low in cost.  It can also be interfaced to our RediLink ready-mix company management software to flag the office when re-ordering is necessary and update inventory figures.

The picture shows a plant commissioned in September 2003 near Korea's west coast.  Note the high quality of work and also the rotary vane feeders preventing blockage or flooding of the screw conveyors - another touch that is rare in North America.  From left to right, the silo sizes are 500, 200 and 300 ton.  Sam Park can be seen in the white shirt.

 


July 2003 - MixTron microwave sensor gets new new faceplate

MixTron microwave sensorThe MixTron microwave moisture system for concrete mixers has used the industry standard ceramic, Alumina, successfully for many years.  As the ceramic industry advances, however, better materials become available and we have taken advantage of a newer, super hard material to make the faceplate last even longer.  The faceplate, positioned in the mixer floor or wall, has to withstand the tremendous abrasion of the concrete as it mixes.  A few plants that use high abrasion aggregates and have high production volumes can wear out an Alumina cap in several months.  The new Silicon Nitride cap is by far the hardest in the industry;  in addition, it is tougher and thicker than both our older cap and any other in the industry, ensuring that it will be the longest lasting.  The high cost of this material is offset by its long life and less frequent replacement.

When replacement is necessary, MixTron's cap is easily removed and replaced on-site by unskilled personnel.

 


May 2000 - BatchTron-III startup at Con Cast Pipe

BatchTron-III startup at Con Cast PipeCon Cast Pipe Inc. of Guelph, Ontario, have used our Genie-II batching controller for the last 10 years. One of the largest pipe plants in North America, production at three Hawkeye machines is fed from two Mixer Systems mixers. Although the Genie-II system was still producing well, it had been modified several times and it was recognized that investment in new control equipment would reap fast rewards. Although it was a tight battle, our proposal for a BatchTron-III system won the day. The system, now installed and running, sports two large touch screens plus two moisture controllers for the dry cast mixers. Batch recording, reports and statistics are handled by BatchLink software running on a nearby PC computer, which will shortly be networked to allow management access to all records.

The original air-conveyed cement charging system has been replaced with screws; these changes have increased the overall production rate by about 20% and eliminated waiting periods for the casting crews, who now finish their days earlier. Operation of the control system is made easier by the graphic touch screen and the many alarm messages help maintenance personnel to find problems quickly. Jamie Hill, Con Cast's production manager, is glad that he made the switch - from Scale-Tron to Scale-Tron.

A similar BatchTron-III controller will be delivered to Lafarge Construction Products, Edmonton Alberta in June. If you are considering a new plant or are converting an older plant, we have many ideas that can help. Call Robin Shepherdson for first class assistance.

 

Last updated:  January 27, 2010


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