Koehler Scale, Inc

11/18/2024

Here are pictures of the fabrication of some portable bench and drum scales we made for our customer. We made a custom tray to hold the battery and make it much easier to swap. The interface cable is ran through the columns to keep it clean and protected. Wheels were added to the drum scales so they can be wheeled around by hand. Very simple, very effective.

Here are pictures of the fabrication of some portable bench and drum scales we made for our customer. We made a custom tray to hold the battery and make it much easier to swap. The interface...

11/18/2024

A customer needed very old non-functioning scale controller replaced. The scale was responsible for dispensing a predetermined amount of flour into a hopper, selecting 1 of 2 silos to draw the flour from, and to dump the contents of the hopper into the mixer below once the hopper is full. The first controller worked as planned and 2 more were purchased to replace other old controllers. Helping our customers automate their processes is quickly becoming our specialty. From designing to sourcing parts, fabricating, wiring, testing, installing and calibrating we got you covered.

A customer needed very old non-functioning scale controller replaced. The scale was responsible for dispensing a predetermined amount of flour into a hopper, selecting 1 of 2 silos to draw the...

04/19/2024

The Koehler Scale fabrication shop has been busy building some works of art. Heavy duty stands and columns can increase the reliability of any scale by keeping all the scale components mounted and protected. The cable that runs from the scale base to the indicator is one of the most common failures we come across. Routing the cable through the column to limit its exposure to harsh environments and keeps it well protected.

The Koehler Scale fabrication shop has been busy building some works of art. Heavy duty stands and columns can increase the reliability of any scale by keeping all the scale components mounted and...

08/03/2023

A customer was interested in using additional features of their industry standard Setra Super count scales. After some struggles they contacted Koehler Scale for assistance. These scales are used for inventory purposes, precisely counting pieces of similar mass. When switching to count a different part, the scale needs to be setup properly for that part. The customer only has a finite amount of parts and the average piece weight of all the parts they are counting are all known. To speed up the process the customer would like to scan a barcode with average piece weight encoded and go straight to counting. This will potentially save several minutes every changeover and prevent setup errors. This setup has a printer and a linear imager sharing 1 bi-directional rs232 port utilizing a cable we custom made to adapt the RJ45 port on the Setra to the common DB9 that most serial devices utilize. After some research we learned this can be accomplished by only using the serial transmit (Tx) from the linear imager and serial receive on printer going to the same port on the Setra. This will prevent serial data from being sent to the scanner and it will prevent the linear imager from sending serial data to the printer and everything will exist harmoniously.

A customer was interested in using additional features of their industry standard Setra Super count scales. After some struggles they contacted Koehler Scale for assistance. These scales are used...

06/14/2023

https://www.koehlerscale.com/scale-blog/race-car-scales

For all your Race Car weighing needs, give us a call.

06/09/2023

https://www.koehlerscale.com/scale-blog/custom-intrinsically-safe-battery-and-charger-testers

Some problems require custom solutions. One of our customers has a fleet of intrinsically safe instrumentation all of which use rechargeable batteries. Intrinsically safe batteries come equipped...

03/16/2023

KSI Just wrapped up another custom project. From clearly identifying a customer's needs to creating a turnkey solution contact us today to solve all your business' weighing problems!

This scale is made to piece count fasteners as they are being packaged. Once the desired quantity is packed by the operator a button is pressed triggering a digital input on the scale. There is a custom program written for this particular scale so it can calculate the pieces packed per hour. With this setup operator run rates can be recorded and data can be analyzed for further process improvement.

03/03/2023

A very productive day was had installing 8 Sartorius load cells on two tanks. Always a treat to work in a brand new building on brand new equipment.

03/01/2023

https://www.koehlerscale.com/scale-blog/mechanical-dial-scale-overhaul

A long time customer contracted us to overhaul the first scale the company ever had. They planned to place it on display in their lobby. It had been out of commission for quite some time and in...

11/30/2022

The dream team wrapped up another custom project. This standard platform was modified in the shop to be a portable drum filling scale. We fabricated a column to mount the digital weight indicator, forklift channels allowing the scale to be safely lifted with a forklift and a pallet turn table so the pallet can be rotated on the scale. As always we try to build simplicity and durability into all our projects. This scale will be accurately filling drums for many years to come.

11/03/2022

Dr. Zegar reported into sugery today for a speedy repair of this UPS scale. The customer broke the USB power jack off the main board rendering the scale inoperable. The scale was dropped off repaired and tested within the hour and the scale is now back to weighing parcels.

10/26/2022

Installation of the overhauled totalizer went super smooth and we didn't even break a sweat!! We were working in a refrigerator... Each foot of this massive blender sits on top of a hydraulic load cell, literally suspended by hydrostatic fluid pressure. Each of these hydraulic load cells is plumbed into the totalizer where the forces are mechanically summated and transferred to the force transducer. This transfer of force from the piston in the load cell to the piston in the totalizer cell functions the same way the brakes do on your car. The force transducer is just a standard strain gauge load cell and it is wired into to a digital weight indicator for simple weight readings. The customer goes one step further with automation and they utilize the analog output of the weight indicator to send weight information to their Allen-Bradley PLC system that does all the controls for this blender. Several ingredients can be automatically be add by weight with this setup removing any possibility of operation error.