Fairbanks Scales releases ACC-3300 quad loadcell launcher

Fairbanks Scales Inc., a scale manufacturing company based in Overland Park, Kansas, has announced the launch of the ACC-3300 quad load cell controller (QLC). The controller is designed to bring convenience, accuracy and serviceability in a compact, space-saving design for industrial-scale applications, the company says.

According to a news release from Fairbanks Scales, the Intalogix QLC is a new analog to the digital loadcell communications device Fairbanks created to enhance the performance of industrial floor scales, tank scales and hopper scales. The QLC replaces the scale’s analog junction box to boost weighing resolution up to 10 times greater than analog. The company says the device also offers monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities. 

Fairbanks says the QLC also makes servicing the scale faster and less costly by allowing the operator to recalibrate it. The QLC and compatible instruments can guarantee maximum equipment accuracy by communicating with each load cell independently, allowing for cell-by-cell calibration. The system also will allow for real-time load cell diagnostics and identification of load cell issues. 

In the case of a load cell failure, the company says the cell-addressed information allows for the immediate identification of the issue, reducing service time and improving scale uptime. If the failed load cell is in a tank weighing assembly, it can be replaced without needing to empty the tank or recalibrate the instrument. The cell can be replaced, and the nominal sensitivity in millivolts per volt  of the new cell can be entered at the instrument. Once that is done, the assembly will be ready to weigh accurately, regardless of the current levels in the tank, Fairbanks says.