Kristin Nugent
McNeil, Gray & Rice Inc.
617-367-0100 ext. 148
/ Ingrid Adel
Fairbanks Scales
816-471-0231 ext.288
FAIRBANKS SCALES ANNOUNCES NEW
FB2550 WEIGHING INSTRUMENT
Faster processing power, updated operating system and more memory
Kansas City, MO – Fairbanks Scales Inc., the oldest scale company in the U.S. and the world’s leader in weighing equipment, announces the new and improved FB2550 instrument (the FB2558), which maintains an industry leading feature set while incorporating faster processing power, an updated operating system, and more memory. Up to five FB2558 instruments can be networked, sharing transactional data and traffic light controls from up to eight scale platforms. Transaction data is shared between each networked instrument.
The new FB2558 features a powerful integrated web utility that gives technicians complete access to all menu options, including calibration, with a user friendly, web accessible interface. All configuration and calibration functions can be performed from a connected laptop or tablet using an Ethernet crossover cable or an existing network. When used with Fairbanks’ unique Remote Configuration Device (RCD), a technician can calibrate the FB2558 right from the scale platform, eliminating the need to travel between the platform and instrument to test and calibrate the scale system.
The FB2558 gives users the ability to automatically email transactional data or trouble codes, improving access to transaction data and providing faster response times if there is ever an issue. Daily transaction data can be automatically exported to a shared user-defined network folder at the end of the day, placing key corporate data at customers’ hands in a timely and reliable manner. Load cell diagnostics data can be viewed, printed, exported, or emailed.
Also standard on the new FB2558 is short or long platform Axlematic software, which enables customers to secure axle weights along with total vehicle weight to ensure compliance with DOT requirements. Powerful IP camera interface capabilities round out the new features.
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About Fairbanks Scales
Founded in 1830, Fairbanks Scales has become the leader in the industrial weighing market by creating and manufacturing an unrivaled range of weighing equipment solutions. From bench, parcel, counting, floor, and truck scales to animal, railroad track, and a full range of specialty scales, Fairbanks Scales has a reputation for being the most agile and attentive industrial weighing partner in the business. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., the company is also uniquely positioned to provide services for non-weighing products based on its nationwide contingent of technicians who can provide preventive maintenance and consistent, reliable service. To request more information or to find the Fairbanks representative or authorized distributor nearest you, please call (800) 451-4107, or visit www.fairbanks.com.
If it has to be right…It has to be Fairbanks!