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METTLER TOLEDO, Equipment and products operating in hazardous areas are required to meet stringent criteria. They must be 'protected' to avoid the possibility of them becoming a source of ignition. Weighing systems are often an integral part of a process within the hazardous area and therefore must have suitable protection.

BCM – the leading specialist in decorative cosmetics – relies on an XS2 dynamic checkweigher to ensure quality, increase efficiency and save money. Over the last 40 years BCM Kosmetik has gained itself an excellent reputation as a contract manufacturer for the cosmetics industry using dynamic Checkweighers XS2 from Garvens to ensure the quality of its cosmetic products.

The plastic cups that we get at drinks machines are essentially mass produced products. Nevertheless, when they are being manufactured they have to meet up to twelve strict quality criteria.

Dimensional weight pricing ensures that large, bulky items are invoiced according to the space they take up rather than actual weight. In order to maximise revenue, a carrier should compare actual weight with dimensional weight and use the greater of the two as billable weight. In on, customer declared measurements should be checked to ensure that invoices reflect the actual size of each shipment. Revenue Recovery is a term used to describe the protection of revenue through automatic dimensioning. Read on to discover more about how to maximize your revenue through dimensional weight pricing and automatic measuring.

Runaway chemical reactions can be costly for manufacturers. They can result in materials loss and endanger lives and equipment. Mettler Toledo is helping manufacturers gain greater control over reaction processes with the RC1e® Process Safety Workstation. Paired with Mettler Toledo’s iC Safety™ software module, this powerful analytic tool helps gauge thermal risk and hazard potential so process safety measures can be instituted before accidents occur.

Precise weights and piece counts can mean less excess stock, fewer returns, lower costs-and happier customers.

Mettler Toledo Garvens has been awarded the European FoodTec Award 2009 "silver medal" for the X-ray CombiWeigher "XS3 AdvanCheK".

At the R&R ice cream manufacturing site in Germany approximately 250 000 pallets of ice cream are produced annually comprising of over 2000 different variations.

Modern laboratories are already automated but a recent new development is taking this to a new level.

The Port of Virginia transports more intermodal containers to more cities faster and more efficiently than any other port in the United States. Norfolk International Terminals is the largest of the four general-cargo terminals that handle this large amount of inbound and outbound traffic. Covering approximately 660 acres, Norfolk International Terminals is home to the world's largest container cranes, which are 271 feet high and move as many as forty 50-ton containers per hour. Container storage at the terminal is more than 34,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU).