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Torbal Scales accepts Google Checkout
We are proud to announce that Torbal Scales now accepts Google Checkout. Any precision or industrial scale can be purchased quickly and safely with your Google Checkout account.As an introductory offer now through April 14th, whenever using Google Checkout, you will receive an additional $20.00 off your purchase.
Legal for Trade
There are a wide range of uses for scales and balances, everything from weighing small animals to weighing airplanes. Businesses and organizations who wish to obtain scales need to know that the products they’re interested in will meet their standards without breaking or malfunctioning. But what are these standards? Who sets them? And how can purchasers be certain that the scales they’re considering conform to them?
Wireless Communications for Balances and scales
For many of the past hundred years, methods of weighing remained essentially unchanged. A pharmacist in 1980 would, in many ways, being doing the exact same thing as a pharmacist in 1910. However, the past several years have brought changes to the manner in which analytical balances are used. The onset of the computer revolution in the 1980s has increased the range of abilities of balances.
Balances in the Classroom
When teaching young people about science, the use of an educational balance can be a great asset. There are a variety of experiments that can be performed to illustrate concepts of weight, mass and density to students.
Scales and Transportation
Over the past hundred years, America has seen an almost revolutionary transformation. The quality of the lives of American citizens has expanded dramatically in every area, from health care to entertainment. What has enabled us to reap these rewards?
Torbal's Phone Servers have been restored
Pleased be advised that our telephones are back up and running. Customers may be able to reach us through our main and toll free telephone numbers 1-866-473-6900, and 973-473-6900.
Severe Weather Effects Torbal Telephone Servers
Due to severe weather in the Northeast which affected Central and Northern New Jersey, Fulcrum, Inc. is experiencing technical difficulties with telephone servers. Therefore, customers may not be able to reach us through our main and toll free telephone numbers 1-866-473-6900, 973-473-6900.
Lab Weighing 101
Precision weighing in the laboratory requires a good basic understanding of the fundamental principles of weighing. The following is a discussion of the basic requirements.
A Short History of Metrology
Scales and balances are used in every area of modern life, from truck scales to pharmacy balances, and it’s important to understand their history. The weight of an object can’t be properly expressed by itself. A comparison must be made. Scales and balances express the resistance needed to maintain the object in equilibrium when other weight is applied.
Choosing a Scale
If you do not have much previous experience in metrology, choosing a scale or balance to do your job can be daunting. The major parameters to consider are: what capacity (how much weight) do you require; what accuracy do you need (not just resolution); are you selling the things you weigh by their weight; and what can you afford to spend?
A World without Weighing
Imagine a world where we could not determine the weights of objects. Hard to do, isn’t it? It’s difficult because weighing is as intrinsic to our lives as we currently live them.
The Precision Balance of the Future
What can we say, with some degree of certainty, about the precision scales and analytical balances of tomorrow? They will have to meet or exceed the specifications of today’s balances. They will probably have a smaller footprint and be faster. They will still require a draft shield when weighing with 0.1 mg resolution.