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MonOct122020
Testing America's Cup Scales
When is a kilogram not a kilogram? Sounds impossible, right? Because it is always the same block of metal or whateve... -
TueFeb252020
Weighing a vintage jet fighter aeroplane
A beautifully restored De Havilland Venom jet fighter recently attended the world-famous Napier Art Deco Show. It's believed to b...
The West Coast Wildlife Centre uses Advasco scales to help care for their kiwis. Yep, here at Advasco we can help you weigh all sorts of birds, from kiwis - our beautiful, unique and endangered bird, to Lockheed Hudsons - WW11 bombers which Kiwis flew in and one of which is resident at Motat.
That's Nibbles (Rowi) at five days old, on the right, and below is Othello (Haast tokoeka) at eight days. Scales are used to track the weight losses and gains of young kiwi chicks, and to weigh food for the chicks.
The West Coast Wildlife Centre is a public private partnership with the Department of Conservation. It is the official home of the incubation and captive rearing program for New Zealand’s most endangered kiwi –the Rowi and Haast tokoeka - part of the battle to save these birds from extinction. Experts in the specialist husbandry required to care for these very special birds, the West Coast Wildlife Centre offers visitors an educational experience, looking at the fight for kiwi survival.
In the wild, only 5% of kiwi that hatch will survive to adulthood due to predation by stoats and other introduced mammalian predators. The OperationNest EggTM program involves removing wild kiwi eggs from their forest sanctuaries, hatching them in captivity and placing the chicks in a predator-free environment until they are big enough to fend for themselves. The kiwis are then returned to the wild, with each chick's survival rating now dramatically increased to 70%! Great work by the West Coast Wildlife Centre.
The Weigh to Excellence
Advasco Scales – specialists in weighing equipment
Want to talk weighing equipment? Talk to us! We will answer your enquiries promptly.
We are specialists in custom design and building of weighing equipment for specific purposes, always working in close collaboration with our clients.
We can adapt existing weighing equipment to fit a specific need or manufacture a purpose-designed item at your request.
We have an innovative and creative programmer who will respond to your software data recording needs, and if it's not a program that we already have, we're happy to discuss your requirements and provide exactly what you need.
We sell both new and second-hand scales, and yes, we do deal in trade-ins.
You can hire scales from us, for any time period you choose, to suit a wide variety of uses.
We service and repair scales and we have registered technicians who will carry out calibration accreditation tests to meet your own quality control requirements,
or any of the various legally required testing regimes such as TS and MAF.
We have a broad range of knowledge and expertise in both mechanical and electronic weighing systems, from simple mechanical scales
to multi-purpose computerised scales to systems including test rigs, and we can advise you on the best options to suit your project and budget.