Fairbanks Scales is always working to bring you new products that will improve your weighing operations and boost your bottom line. After extensive research and development, we are pleased to offer the versatile and reliable 2800 Series instrument.

The features and benefits of this exciting, intrinsically safe product are remarkable. Take a look:

• The fastest and easiest calibration system on today’s market. There’s no need to drain tanks or hoppers or hang test weights when replacing a load cell. Simply install the cell and enter its output specifications into the 2800. Downtime is virtually eliminated!

• Features weight to gallon conversion.

• The 2800 is equipped with dual displays — a seven segment liquid crystal display (LCD) for communicating weight data; and a secondary 16 character alphanumeric LCD for operator prompts and messages.

• Programmable Zero Band Error helps eliminate the possibility of an operator unintentionally masking an error or “zeroing” the error off.

• Up to eight setpoints (relays) can be enabled using the 2800’s Setpoint Accessory Box. Four modes of setpoint operation are standard on the instrument: setpoint mode; check weigh mode; batch mode and auto batch mode.

• Relay control buttons are located on the front of the instrument in a large, bright yellow, easy-to-read design.

• The 2800 is also front panel programmable. Target weights are quick and easy to change as your processes change throughout the day.

• Peak Hold function allows the greatest net weight value to be held in memory until the Clear key is pressed.

• Features a passive Smart high resolution 4 to 20 mA analog output with resolution of up to 65536 (16 bits).

What makes the 2800 Series Instrument so unique among Fairbanks products is the combination of its intrinsically safe design, full Factory Mutual rating and Intalogix Technology capabilities. Intalogix, Fairbanks’ innovative digital technology for load cell communication, offers superior load cell diagnostics, quick and easy mV calibration, error messages and programmable zero shift.

Let’s face it, bad things happen to good people. Because we live in an imperfect world, load cells are finite devices with limited life cycles and they do fail. When load cells fail, they cause major errors which cost your business time (down time), money (lost production) and possibly reputation damage (degraded product quality or incorrect product manufacturing). With the 2800 Series, these issues are virtually eliminated. The 2800 notifies the operator immediately when serious problems occur and helps the technician quickly locate, diagnose and correct the problem.

Designed to meet global standards in metrology and electrical safety, the Model 350 IS and Model 355 IS deliver precision weighing in hazardous environments. Smart features such as quick calibration, sleep modes for extended battery life, a fast update rate, and process control configuration offer value-added flexibility. The Model 350/355 IS operates on AC-DC power and has a stainless steel, corrosion resistant enclosure for years of reliability, and reduced cost of ownership. To complement our intrinsically safe instruments, we offer a complete line of bench platforms, floor scales and tank weighing assemblies approved for use in hazardous areas.

• Display Choices: LCD, LCD Backlit, or LED
• Up to 200 hour continuous use with battery module
• Real time clock with battery backed time and date
• Two (2) Communication Ports
• Stainless Steel IP66/NEMA 4X enclosure design
• Power up to four (4) 350 ohm load cells
• Update Flash firmware enhancements with GSE Reflash utility
• AC Power Module can be located in safe or hazardous area
• START, STOP, TARGET keys for Setpoint Control functions (355 IS)
• Two (2) Instrinsically Safe inputs for remote key functions
• 8 V Excitation Module increases signal input level

To complement our intrinsically safe indicator, a Safe Area Hub is available. An optional Fiber Optic Communication Kit is installed in the intrinsically safe indicator and a standard Model 350/355 Indicator (Safe Area Hub). Via this fiber optic connection, the Safe Area Hub will echo the intrinsically safe indicator’s display weight/ data, control setpoint contacts, analog output levels, and communications to other safe area devices. The Safe Area Hub can be configured to remotely control the intrinsically safe instrument or function only as a remote display.

Fiber optic cable available in plastic core fiber or hard clad silica (HCS).

The explosion-proof indicators of the Combics 3 series from Sartorius are ideally suited for use in hazardous locations where explosive gas and dust mixtures occur . The many possibilities for combining Combics 3 explosion-proof equipment is characteristic of today's flexibility. You can have a complete weighing solution in stainless steel with Combics explosion-protected platforms (standard capacities up to 15,000 lbs). If you need a precision platform with high accuracy along with your high-capacity platform, you can connect an additional digital IS platform to the Combics 3 display and control unit.

An even broader field of weighing applications is opened with the connection of Sartorius Hamburg load cell solutions. The Ex approval rating on Combics indicators is extended to all components. This lets you take advantage of the full performance potential of the Combics' built-in A|D converter. Documents verifying intrinsic safety are included with your explosion-protected Combics 3 indicator, to make your system configuration simpler and more economical. The Combics data interfaces with upgradeable modules ensure future-proof capabilities for documentation, data transmission and networking.

The flexibility of the Combics 3 indicator includes the power supply options as well. Simply choose the basic indicator model you need, and use the power supply that best suits conditions in your premises at any given time. You can use a 110 to 230 V power supply located inside or outside the hazardous EX battery pack is also available for mobile operation.

Thanks to the application programs integrated into the explosion-proof Combics 3 indicator, you can upgrade or configure your indicator's functionality at any time, depending on the tasks at hand. Use Combics 3 as a simple weight indicator for platforms and weigh cells, with all the benefits of convenient operation and configuration and the excellent readability of its backlit graphical display, or as a sophisticated terminal with application programs, such as checkweighing, classification or filling.

And Combics 3 is bus-capable, for trouble-free integration into a higher-order process control system. Combics 3 Ex from Sartorius: the "brains" behind all your weighing operations. It works hard for you, where you need it most.