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The CBC Series Counting Scales includes a choice of 4 different models to meet almost any parts counting application.  Economically priced allowing you to purchase your own counting scale for practically the same amount your local scale company or equipment rental company would charge for a 2 week rental.  Purchasing your own counting scale eliminates the chances of being told "all of our rentals are out, try us back next week".

Don't let our low price fool you.  Adam Equipment is a global supplier of balances and scales with over 30 years experience.  The CBC Counting Scale is backed with a 2-year manufacturer's warranty for parts and labor under normal use. After sales support takes high priority and Adam Equipment's USA office is located in Danbury, Connecticut if your counting scale ever needs warranty or repair work its a phone call away at 203-790-4774.

Why take a risk purchasing a no name brand or private label counting scale from a materials management supply house?  For most of these companies counting scales are just a stock number and the order taker knows little difference between a counting scale and a pallet jack.  When you purchase from Precision Weighing Balances, trained staff understand the products we sell.  Balances & scales is our only business.

Applicable applications for the CBCa Series include:

• Copy centers or print shops can count standard 8 1/2 x 11 sheet paper or business cards with the CBC8a
• Media fulfillment centers counting CD Roms or media packs choose the CBC12a
  
• Plumbing contracting counting out 1/2" copper fitting for the job maximize their profits with the CBC35a
• Determining the length of cable, hose, chain & rope. One might ask how could a counting scale determine the length? Measure out 25 feet of cable > enter a part count of 25 pieces > and now your counting scale will determine the feet of cable on the scale. The CBC65a works great for counting 14/3 romex cable typically used to wire homes.
• Metal fabricator to count heavy parts weighing 1/4 of a pound or greater.  We really don't recommend the CBC100a since although you can count parts and have up to 100 pounds on the counting scale the weighing pan is only 8.9 × 11.8 inches.  So really unless you are counting parts that are extremely heavy like lead weights for a scuba driver's weight belt then we would say this model is impractical.
  
  

No matter what counting scale you purchase one thing is imperative - the item you are counting must be uniform in weight.  In order for counting scales to count the scale must be able to determine the average piece weight (APW).  It is the responsibility of the operator to tell the scale how many pieces of the same item are on the weighing platform in the beginning for the counting scale to compute the APW.

This is accomplished by hand counting out a sample lot of 10, 25, 50, 100 pieces, placing them on the platform and then pressing the Sample Key (Smpl) on the CBCa Counting Scale.  One of the beauties of the Adam Equipment CBCa Counting Scales is you can set any sample size.  You're not restricted to a factory setting sample size of 5, 10, 25 pieces like comparable models on the market. If you want to use a sample size of 57 pieces, and then you count out 57 pieces, place them on the platform, enter 57 using the 1-9 keypad and then press the Smpl Key.  Your counting scale is now programmed to count away.  Place a hand full of additional parts on the platform and the scale will display the piece count.  It's easy, simple and fast saving your company hours over manual hand counting.

Adam Equipment did not stop here.  The CBCa Series also allows you to manually enter the unit piece weight if you already know the APW. Simply enter the unit weigh using the 1-9 keypad and then press the "lb/kg" key to store the unit weight.  This can be a huge time saving feature over competitor's models.  Well thought out and flexibility are hallmarks of all Adam Equipment products.

An example would be if you were a storekeeper for a plumbing contractor.  Your job is to kit up fittings and other hardware for jobs limiting issuing any extra supplies.  In all likelihood any extras would simply disappear and the plumber on the job site would end up taking these parts home for those midnight jobs after work and on the weekends.  If you know a 1/2" right copper elbow weight 18.1 grams versus a copper 1/2" T fitting weighs 27.4g or a 1/2 copper end cap weighs 7.1g you simply enter the value in and count away.  Time is money and Adam Equipment designed the CBCa Series to pay for itself in labor cost savings in weeks or even days depending upon your usage.

Counting scales look at the weight on the weighing platform and divide the weight by the number of pieces to compute the APW.  It's truly a simple process.  You're just basically training the counting scale that 1 widget that weighs say 25.4g is equal to 1 piece.

Another issue to successful implement with any counting scale is you must have pieces (widgets) that have a consistent weight.  No counting scale will ever work if there is a significant variation in the weight of the widgets.  How much error will be dependent on how much the weight of individual pieces varies?  The larger the initial sample (say 100 pieces versus 10 pieces) the better results the counting scale can provide since it averages out any variations.

Let's take a look at how inconsistent weights can affect the counting scale.  In the example below we weighed out each washer on a lab balance to show the effects that weight variations have on any counting scale.

All CBC Series come standard with an internal rechargeable sealed lead acid battery providing 70 hours of use when fully charged.  Lead acid batteries don't incur "memory loss" which is common among other counting scales that operate with their custom Nicd battery pack which is a $100+ option.

To sum it up Adam Equipment's CBCa Series is our best counting scale for the money.  Additional features include a digital display with backlight.  If you don't want the backlight it's user selectable.  Programmable - Always ON, Always Off, Auto-on (backlight comes on only when a weight is on the platform)

If you have any additional questions or need help with your selection please call 978-521-7095 and one of our product specialists will assist you.  Try to avoid oversizing your scale as you may be sacrificing resolution, which is critical to the accuracy of your counts.  The prices for all the CBCa Series is the same but you'll notice as you increase the weighing capacity, you lose accuracy / sensitivity.  If the scale can't sense the sample weight then it can't count it.