Actionpac started out in the hi-precision scale industry (including laboratory & jewelry balances), then evolved into the packaging industry. Our competitors began in the packaging industry and added scales. The origins of Actionpac have made it possible to transfer technology and accuracy far more successfully than typical packaging scale companies. This careful attention to precision and our continuing effort to design the perfect coffee scale were the driving forces in developing controls, programming, and techniques that offer an unusually friendly and accurate scale system for the coffee roaster.
Typical Actionpac scale systems are accurate to 1/100 oz. (0.28 g.), with some applications in the milligram range. Competitive scales we have seen are accurate to 1/100 lb. (4.5 g.). This means Actionpac scales can weigh 4 oz. at 1/4% accuracy, whereas competitive systems begin at 4%; we can guarantee “in the bag” accuracy of <1/2%, whereas a 1/100 lb. scale could not do better than 8% at normal speeds. For sub-gram systems, we have no competition in or near our price range.
WHY IS ACCURACY IMPORTANT?
Refer to the Accuracy Graph example attached. At 15% error for the competitive scale at 2.5 oz. (ground coffee frac pacs), would you really want your name on that package?
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