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Digital indicators

With the advent of electronics, the clock face (dial) indicators have been replaced load cells for scales  (usually LCDs) and the clockwork has been replaced by linear encoders. They help in piece Counting, Check weighing, Batching, Accumulating, Animal Hold, Peak Hold, and many other jobs. Many models of digital indicator can record and transmit the data electronically to a computer, through an interface such as RS-232 or USB. The working process is very simple, with a load cell, once weight is applied to the weight scale, it will produce a simple electric current which is then sent out to the digital weight indicator. From here, it will then translate this current into a readable digital output. If you need a hard copy of certain readouts, you can also directly connect our digital indicators to a serial printer for easy on demand printing. You can also connect the digital indicators to a computer using wireless technology to gather information such as gross weight, counting, tare weight, net weight, ID numbers and a whole slew of other info for which you can then store in a database for easy future reporting. This is the ideal method if your application requires computer software for invoicing, quality control, batch jobs, warehousing and distribution. This is far better than manual recording of long columns of numbers, which not only reduces the risk of the operator introducing errors but also greatly improves the productivity of the process by freeing the human from time-consuming data recording and copying tasks.