Adam Equipment 5-year Manufacturer's Warranty

In 2023, Adam Equipment increased warranties on nearly all its scales and balances to up to five years. Why? To demonstrate their trust in the quality and durability of Adam products, and to provide the customer with even better peace of mind. 

The warranty change demosntrates Adam's commitment to giving customers more for their money, and should drive the whole industry to increase its quality standards, manufacturing weighing scales and balances that are built last. Ultimately, this means only more benefit to the customer, and less impact on the environment.

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HBK Custom Sensors Design

By embedding sensors into a product, engineers can monitor and measure the force, pressure, or load on a component. Design engineers use the information resulting from collected sensor signals to build ‘intelligence’ into products: systems monitoring, automatic control, performance optimization, autonomous operation, and other ‘smart’ behaviours.

When standard sensors don’t fit the job, HBK will create custom OEM sensor solutions to deliver the data that is essential for real-time feedback and control. Innovative OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) choose HBK as their partner because we provide a full-service solution for sensors based on strain gauges:

Custom sensor design:

At HBK, the process of designing custom sensors starts with an engineering conference where our experts collaborate with the OEM's engineering team to define objectives, determine the sensor's function, convert suitable components for active measurement, conduct detailed analysis, propose a test concept, provide control drawings, offer prototype costings, and discuss production pricing across different volume levels.

Rapid prototype development:

With two decades of expertise in special sensor systems, HBK leverages its practical insights to develop customer-specific strain gauges, employing rapid prototyping techniques to swiftly produce and deliver functional test samples, while ensuring optimal results through collaborative discussions on mounting, tesvng, and provision of comprehensive test protocols, fixtures, and amplifiers.

Scalable manufacturing of quality components:

Following successful testing, prototype sensors seamlessly transition into series production at HBK, often within six months of the initial Engineer-to-Engineer discussion, utilizing lean manufacturing techniques, automation, and in-house facilities to ensure efficient, high-quality production processes, enabling scalability to meet the growing demand of OEMs for their products.

Sustainability:

HBK's OEM Custom Sensor Approach embodies sustainability by developing personalized sensors for innovative products, achieving scalable high-quality production on three continents, meeting specific needs while minimizing environmental impact, and promoting product and manufacturer sustainability through optimized performance, reduced transportation, efficient resource utilization, and improved operational efficiency.

Trusted partnership:

HBK combines its extensive experience in designing and manufacturing custom sensor assemblies with a commitment to confidentiality, ensuring the protection of sensitive information through the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), enabling OEMs to collaborate confidently while creating innovative products tailored to their specific needs.

70 years of expertise:

The extensive capability of the strain gauge for modification to meet specific customer measurement requirements facilitates its growing use within the industry. With more than 60 years of expertise across hundreds of applications, the team at HBK understands the market and its associated challenges.

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