What is a Home Run Cable and How is it Wired?

Publish Date: 1/16/2025

A home run cable connects a scale’s junction box with its weight indicator. This video demonstrates a home run cable’s connection process.

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How Weight Plays a Role in Providing Quality Patient Care

Publish Date: 1/13/2025

Weight is part of overall health and accuracy is key. Dr. Tracey Harris of Cedar Ridge Health Center in Rice Lake, Wisconsin, explained how she thinks about weight when reviewing overall patient wellness and the importance of scale accuracy.

Prospecting For Dimensioners: Expanding Your Customer Base

Publish Date: 1/3/2025

Rice Lake Weighing Systems’ iDimension® Series is the perfect fit for a variety of customers. Consider any
business where freight stowability or handling may be a concern.

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Measuring Under New National Motor Freight Classification Requirements

Publish Date: 1/3/2025

The National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) will update the National Motor Freight Classification
(NMFC) in July 2025. The NMFC is critical for shippers and carriers to calculate shipping costs.

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How Often Should You Calibrate an Animal Scale?

Publish Date: 1/2/2025

There are a number of factors that determine how often you should check the weight accuracy or calibrate an animal scale. Typically, it is based on how and where it is used.

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Things to Consider When Purchasing a Livestock Scale

Publish Date: 1/2/2025

When choosing the right solution for your livestock weighing operation, consider shrink, mobility, scale size, certifications and regulations, and animal welfare.

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Rice Lake Retail Solutions Displayed at NGA 2025

Publish Date: 12/31/2024

Rice Lake Weighing Systems will be traveling to Las Vegas February 24-25, 2025, to display a variety of Rice Lake’s Ishida retail weighing solutions at NGA. At booth 1115, attendees will see Rice Lake automatic wrappers and retail scales in action.

CattleCon 2025 Will Feature Rice Lake Livestock Solutions

Publish Date: 12/31/2024

Rice Lake Weighing Systems will display a variety of weighing solutions at NCBA CattleCon in San Antonio, February 4-6, 2025. Henry B. Gonzalez convention center visitors will learn more about Rice Lake’s livestock scales, instrumentation and software solutions at booth 1900.

Rice Lake to Feature Process Solutions at IPPE 2025

Publish Date: 12/10/2024

Rice Lake, Wis.—Atlanta will host the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) January 28-30, 2025 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Why Use Weigh in Motion Truck Scales with the SURVIVOR OTR-IMS System

Publish Date: 12/5/2024

By allowing trucks to be weighed without stopping on a scale, the OTR-IMS system improves throughput at high-volume facilities and maintains a steady flow of traffic.

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New In-motion Truck Scale System from Rice Lake Weighing Systems

Publish Date: 12/3/2024

Rice Lake Weighing Systems is pleased to announce the SURVIVOR® OTR-IMS in-motion truck scale system. This weigh-in-motion system improves throughput at high-volume facilities by maintaining a steady flow of traffic.

Weigh Vehicles in Motion with the SURVIVOR OTR-IMS System

Publish Date: 11/21/2024

Rice Lake’s SURVIVOR OTR-IMS is a Legal for Trade, single draft in-motion vehicle weighing system. By allowing trucks to be weighed without stopping on the scale, lines of trucks waiting to be weighed are eliminated, volume is increased, emissions are reduced and site safety is increased.

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