12 March 2018In the second half of 2018 the Republic of Ireland is due to announce funding foron farmanaerobic digesters.In Northern Ireland, the funding has been in place for a few years and is now coming to a close.Globeweigh has installed dozens of weighbridges in these sites, helping to ensure that the farmer gets what he pays for in terms of material to produce Digestate.Once finance, licencing, securing a buyer and planning permission are sorted, the farmer must ensure he gets what he pays for. This is...Keep Reading
14 November 2017Introducing the new weighbridge installation at the state of the art Glenmore anaerobic digestion (AD) in Ballybofey, Co. Donegal.The new weighbridge, installed by Globeweigh, includes driver operation, automatic barriers, cameras and full reporting via the WinWeigh Software system, the worlds leading weighbridge software.For more information contact Frank McKenna on 07779 038152or 086 8556500...Keep Reading
04 October 2017Glanbia employs over 6,000 people in over 32 countries and their products are distributed in over 130 countries. When building their new state of the art milk processing facility in Belview they researched the entire Irish marketplace for a weighbridge supplier. They required a fully integrated Yard Management System. This incorporated weighing, vehicle recognition, driver recognition, route planning, access control, milk testing, offloading and unmanned weighbridges and, for this, they chose Gl...Keep Reading
20 June 2017STL Logistics based in Mallusk Co Antrim are one of Irelands major transport companies and has been operating for over 35 years. Globeweigh have recently installed a logistics weighbridge with auto notification function.The Globeweigh weighbridge was installed at the Mallusk to satisfy the requirements of a local dairy company, shipping product overseas. As part of the requirements specification the client wanted electronic notification and proof of weighing. The was achieved by installing a DD1...Keep Reading
30 May 2017Globeweigh has recently developed a solution for the confidential waste paper industry. Previously the weight of collected waste paper was estimated or crudely weighed using handheld scales. With traceability ever more important there needed to be a better solution for weighing confidential waste.Globeweigh were asked by Dublin based Confidential Shredders PULP to develop a system for weighing within the bin. Several local companies said it couldnt be done, but Globeweigh produced a solution.Ba...Keep Reading
27 April 2017GlobeWeigh will be holding open days on Monday 12th June 2017 Wednesday 14th June 2017 on product inspection and line efficiency to demonstrate the latest equipment and software for product inspection and line efficiency. The equipment on demonstration will be the Bizerba Luceo, Bizerba BVS vision system, and GlobeWeighs OEE line efficiency software. Contact us to book your place.Bizerba Luceo Vision SystemFull packaging inspection by vision for an easy end-of-line integration includingFull pac...Keep Reading
08 March 2017This is just a couple of extracts from Export and Freights Court Reports highlighting the dangers and driving with overweight vehicles and why a weighbridge is necessary.Vehicle was Dangerously OverweightA County Antrim operator has convicted at Antrim Magistrates Court and fined a total of 500 plus 31 court costs. The conviction arose when DVA Vehicle Examiners topped a 2 axle Mercedes van and directed the vehicle to the DOE weighbridge site at Toomebridge.The vehicle was subsequently found to ...Keep Reading
07 March 2017This is a perfect example of how a Bizerba Checkweighing can be combined with a savema coder in the produce industry. The Savema coders easy to use interface makes it the perfect replacement for a Markem. In this example, Gilfresh uses the coder for bagging which then moves straight to a Bizerba Checkweigher for weight inspection. Only bags that fall outside the allowed tolerance are rejected and all data is stored for analysis at any time.Changing products is an exceedingly easy and fast proces...Keep Reading
03 January 2017Globeweigh has recently installed a steel weighbridge for USELs upgrade mattress recycling plant in Belfast. The weighbridge will allow greater control for both inbound and outbound goods. USEL (Ulster Supported Employment and Learning) currently support and train up to 15,000 people with disabilities or health-related problems across the province. We were invited to the factory opening which was being conducted by Belfast Lord Mayor Alderman Brian Kingston.Were very proud to be a part of this a...Keep Reading
23 March 2016In July2016, the new changes to the SOLAS legislationcome into force and with both Ireland and the UK being states of International Marine Organisationit will affect all ports and terminals on the island.The new SOLAS verification rules state that all containers weights have to be verified before loading onto the vessel and there are two methods that the weights can be verified. Either by weighing the container after it has been packed or weighing all ofthe goods and packaging material before th...Keep Reading
07 March 2016June 2015 has seen the completion of a new manual weigh price labelling project at Pinkertons Pork and Bacon, Armagh.As a current customer, they had contacted us looking to upgrade and replace their current manual labelling and weigh price labelling equipment.Following a short visit and site assessment, we agreed that four Bizerba GLPs would be the ideal solution for the weighing and labelling of a variety of pork products in a tough process environmentThe GLPmaxx can be used as a label printer ...Keep Reading
04 February 2016September 2015 saw the completion of a project with another new customer, installing a labeller in Kerrs Bakery of Ballymena.Being a well established and busy bakery throughout the north of Ireland they required a robust automatic labeller to withstand the rigors of a busy bakery floor, applying top and flash labels to various products ranging from pancakes to tray bakes.After investing in two Bizerba GLM-Ls both lines are now running fast and efficiently. As a stand-alone unit or combined with ...Keep Reading
19 January 2016Globeweigh has recently changed its company health scheme to the new Vitality Health Life which has seen a whole new focus on health focus infect the company. Everyone is running or walking and counting steps and generally taking a little more care of themselves. As part of the policy, we have all had a health check conducted in our Armagh office and on the whole everyone is pretty pleased with the results apart from a few extra pounds still hanging on after Christmas....Keep Reading
23 March 2015Globeweigh has just installed a new surface mounted SBP-MC weighbridge for Garret McCullough at Blue Dolphin Environmental in Co Monaghan. Who specialise in skip hire and recycling. This skip hire weighbridge has been designed to with one ramp to allow for the space restrictions....Keep Reading
23 March 2015National Ploughing Championships.Globeweigh will once again be taking partVisit us at stand 461, Row Y, Block 4 to see how we can be of service to you.You never know you might even get a cup of tea while youre there!Facts1700 Exhibitors291,500 VisitorsOver 300 CompetitorsAlmost 2 million feet of Trade SpaceEconomic Impact of over 35 million...Keep Reading
23 March 2015Globeweigh have recently installed an SPBMCpit mounted weighbridgeat Herbst Trailors, Omagh.The Owner, Noel Good, is now able to monitor the steel deliveries coming and and also the scrap going out.He is delighted with the installation and service from GlobeweighWhilstweighbridge technologycontinues to advance and improve, the general form of weighbridges remains relatively unchanged. They are still long, robust platforms for weighing; big enough for lorries and other large vehicles to comfortab...Keep Reading
26 May 2014Driver Operated WeighbridgeGlobeweigh has recently completed the installation of a new driveroperated weighbridge for the National Roads Authority (NRA) at BalbrigganCo Dublin.The system will help monitor road salt usage in the winter, and the Gardaiand HGV drivers will also avail of it to check-weigh vehicles.A driver terminal will allow authorised operators to weigh, record andprint without the necessity of going into the office via the SELF 800Driver Operated Terminal. Records are stored on a...Keep Reading
14 April 2014Weighbridge at ABP Lurgan Globeweigh have recently installed a new pit weighbridge at ABP Lurgan, the system incorporates the new range of Diade touchscreen terminals (DD1010).The DD1010 sits on the company network allowing the IT department to access weighing data and totals remotely.*The indicator DD1010 is the result of the know-how and design of Coop Bilanciai.It can be equipped with software intended for several applications: vehicle weighing with access control, weighing and automatic rec...Keep Reading
14 April 2014ABP 20m WeighbridgeABP 20m Weighbridge Globeweigh have just manufactured a 20m x 3.3m pit weighbridge with a special paint finish. This picture shows it being loaded at a fabrication plant for delivery to ABP, Castlebellingham, Co Louth. Althougha 20m weighbridge is not common in Ireland our in-house fabrication plant puts us in the unique position of allowing us to design weighbridges to spec....Keep Reading
13 December 2013Silo Weighing for a Multinational Toy CompanyGlobeweigh have recently installed SafeMount load cells into a Multinational Toy Companies site in Cork. The solution is to allow them to weigh plastics for their production process, using SafeMount load cells which are designed for silo weighing....Keep Reading
