Technical Publications
Once each year, NISA publishes the information presented at its Technical Conferences for the benefit of those who could not attend and for reference material for all of its members. With the cost of travel and busy schedules, there may be a chance that you may miss one of the conferences.
The data presented at the meetings will be recorded and presented to each member, affording everyone with all the material. For those in attendance at the meetings, the Technical Publication will serve as a recap of the presentations and for all, it will serve as a good reference as the years roll by.
Over the years, there have been additions to the Technical Publication including articles about the conference, field trips, past presentations and technical authors. Each publication will provide enjoyable reading for those who want to stay on top of what’s going on.
These Technical Publications are supported by member sponsors. In addition, NISA arranges two hospitality session during the two-evening Spring conference and again during the Fall conference. The hospitality sessions provide an opportunity for our members to relax, socialize, and network immediately following each of our highly informative technical presentation sessions.
To help fund our technical publication and our hospitality sessions, NISA depends on the generous and continued support of manufacturers, suppliers, and members.
Sponsorship of the technical publication and hospitality sessions is $300.
In appreciation, all sponsors are recognized at the conference hall and at the hospitality suite.
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Technical Publications
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Massachusetts Division of Standards
James Cassidy, Director of Standards
Hydrostatic Load Cell Technology
Rudi Baisch, Emery Winslow
TTCI Updates
Chris Pinney, TTI/AAR
NIST Update
John Barton, NIST
Weight Verification Tool Robert Gray
Group Four Transducers
Handbook 44 and the 0.1% Belt Scale
Peter Sirrico, Thayer Scale
Weights and Measures in Florida
By Mauricio Mejia, Florida Weights and Measures
Asset Management Software
By Jake Jacanin, Qualer
Telematics for Transport Logistics
By Nicola Bolton, NIC Place
Geo Stabilization
By Bryan Wedin, Presto GeoSystems
Silo Weighing Systems
By Robin Shepherdson, Scaletron
The Challenges of Checkweighing
By Soloman Plange, LCE Scales and Labeling
Process Controls and Systems
By Jason Lisachenko, Schenk Process
The Justification for a 0.1% Belt Scale
By Peter SIrrico, Thayer Scale
NCWM Update 2018
By Darrel Flocken, NCWM
Grain Moisture Testing
By Dale Delarber, Precision Scale
Process Measurement &Control: Temperature (Abstract)
By Jack Smith, Technical Writer
In-Motion Conveyor Scales
By Darin Ides, Rice Lake Weighing Systems
(Note: no publication for this year)
(Note: no publication for this year)
Lightning Protection of Load Cell Systems
By George Marshall
Vehicle / Track Interaction System
By Abe Meddah
Technology – Driven Train Inspection
By Abe Meddah
Buying Scales on the Internet
By Don Onwiler
Traceability Assessments
By Carol Hockert
Batching Control Systems for Concrete
By Robert Hu
Torque Sensors
By Chris Delling and Jack Ballistrea
Hazardous Environment Challenges
By John Crossen
Bluetooth Technology in Weighing
By Jon Heinlein
Three Point Materials Testing for Belt Scales: Curse or Cure?
By Peter Sirrico
AREMA Committee 34: Changes & Updates
By Dave Gogolin
Wireless Controller Solutions
By Matt Bell
Selling Technical Products
By Bryan Moore
“Snapstream” Wireless Scale Systems: Wireless Truck Scales, Hydraulic Load Cells
By Fred Cox
AAR TTCI Presentation: Automated Inspection of Turnouts and Open Track
By Rafael Jimenez
Welcome to Georgia
By Steve Bannon
NIST Office of Weights and Measures Update and Handbook 44 Changes
By John Barton
Using Fiber Optic Sensors: Making Impossible Measurements Possible
By Tom Graver
Cellular I/O Controls and Monitoring
By Tim Conway
Pressure Plate Flow Weighing Technology: “Think Outside the Box”
By Clarence Richard
Technology for Service Management
By Robert Sombach
Indiana State Department of Health Division of Weights & Measures Motor Fuel Inspection Program, 2009 – 2010 Annual Report
By Lawrence Stump
Same Design Profile, Different Performance
By Jaime SanPedro
Capacitance Load Cell Systems
By Bill Rosser
Rail Scale Wheel Sensors for In-Motion Scales
By Bud Wagstaff
The Scale Manufacturers Association
By Darrell Flocken
Belt Scale Data Collection for Plant Organization
By Steve Keller
Northeast US Weights and Measures
By Charles Carroll
NIST Office of Weights and Measures Update
By Steven Cook
Increasing Weigh Station Efficiency with Technology and Automation
By Bill Miller and Steve Rowlands
A Weight-Based Inventory System for Vessels and Silos
By Robin Shepherdson
Centripetal Force Measurement – A Railcar Loading Alternative
By Kevin Bixby
AREMA Committee 34 – Scales Update
By David Gogolin
A Good Tension Link Load Cell Design
By Gary Yong Gui
NIST Weights and Measures Update
By John Barton
Surges and Transients in Weighing
By Jan Borge
True Hermetic Sealing for Load Cells
By Avi Lahav
Hydraulic Truck Unloader with Pulsation and Weighing
By Ted Hansen
Association of American Railroads & Transportation Technology Center
By Rafael Jimenez
AREMA Committee 34 Scales – Progress Summary
By Steve Beitzel
Technology Integration for Truck and Construction Equipment: On-Board Scales
By Richard LeFrancois
Utah’s Weights and Measures Program
By Brett Gurney
NIST Weights and Measures 2009 Update
By John Barton
Measurement Canada – A Special Operating Agency
By Alan Johnston
Accelerating the Future of Bitumen Upgrading
By Bob Rimes
Integrating Wireless Technology with Weighing
By Jan Borge
Automatic Passenger Counting System
By Paul Hines
A History and Geography of Concrete Batching Controls
By Robin Shepherdson
On-Board Weighing – Waste and Logging Industries
By Keith Reichow
Welcome to Missouri
By Ron Hayes
Heavy Capacity Belt Conveyor Weighing
By Bill Ripka
Evolution of Truck Scales
By Sam Friesen
NIST Weights and Measures Division Update 2008
By Steven Cook
AREMA Committee 34 Update
By Steve Beitzel
Results from First RailWIM Installation
By Lou Pfohl
Nation’s Interstate System Is Sickly
By Jim Sexton
Unattended Scale House
By Paul Ciszewsk
Gravity CRM Software Package
By Don Cook
Coriolis Mass Flow Meter Technology
By Dennis Malmanger
Conveyor Belt Scales
By Todd Dietrich
The Long and Short of a Custom Rail Scale Project
By John Holleman
NIST Weights & Measures Update 2007
By Rick Harshman
Coal Sampling System
By David Robinsonv
Welcome to Omaha
By Don Onwiler
Digital Signal Conditioners
By Hank McCarrick
Rail Sciences Testing
By John D. Makinson
Falcon Applications in Industrial Settings
By Lucian Fogoros
NIST Weights & Measures Update 2006
By Rick Harshman
Bulk Materials Scale House And Loading Operations
By Scott Killough
Wayside Electronics Equipment – Issues for Survival
By Ronald R. Capan
Load Cell Considerations
By Jay Visco
Paperless Technology for Short Line And Regional Railroads
By Paul Pascutti
Radio Frequency Identification
By Tom Brahm
Lightweight Aggregate Geotechnical Fill Materials
By Jody Wall
NIST Weights & Measures Update 2005
By Rick Harshman
Update on Quartz WIM Systems
By Lou Pfohl
AEI: A Data Collection Tool
By Richard Schoppert
ISO 9000 and ISO/IEC 17025
By Bob Levine
Concrete Slab Track for Freight and High Speed Service
By David N. Bilow
An Uncoupled-In-Motion Railcar Weighing System Upgrade
By John Holleman
Welcome to Missouri
By Steve Gill
NIST Weights & Measures Update 2004
By Steven Cook
Technology Overview of UP’s WILD
By William G. Gemeiner
Demystifying Wireless Technologies
By Mike Fahrion
Drilled Deep Foundations
By Eric Reuther
A Bold New Challenge for 21st Century Weights and Measures
By Aves D. Thompson
GPS Tracking and Impact Measurement System
By David Baker
The Gozinta Load Cell – Is it right for my application?
By Bruce Erickson
CIM – Start to Finish
By O. G. “Bubba” Buckhorn
Welcome to Kentucky “The Bluegrass State”
By William “Mack” Bushart
Applying Solids Impact Flowmeters
By Sheldon Shepherd
Loadout Upgrade at Coal Mountain Operations
By Felix Klebe
Technology, Application and Implementation of Wireless Data Communication Systems
By Monroe Miller
A Tour of the Transportation Technology Center
By Rafael Jimenez
NIST Weights and Measures Division Update 2003
By Steven Cook
Welcome to Nebraska
By Steven A. Malone
Where’s the Beef?
By Don Onwiler
Gone WILD
By William G. GeMeiner
The Design of Geosynthetic Reinforced Foundations
By James F. McHenry
Axle Load Weighing
By Steve Langford
Welcome to Louisiana
By Benjy Rayburn
NIST Weights & Measures & Handbook 44 Update
By Steven Cook
Lightning Protection for Load Cells & Electronic Equipment
By Warwick Beech
High Wheel Loads and Track Safety
By David Jamieson
RF (Radio Frequency) Data Communications Made Easy
By Monroe Miller
Taking Yesterday’s Scale Testing Into a New Frontier
By Dan Earl
Applying Weighfeeders in Blending Operations for Bulk Solids
By Sheldon V. Sheperd
Welcome to Missouri
By Ron Hooker
AREMA Report
By Ron Mueller
Grapple Scale Mobile Weighing Systems
By George Dankelmann
Update on NIST Handbook 44 and NTEP
By Steven Cook
Digital Programmable Weight Indicator
By John Carver
Accuracy In Motion
By Erik Smith
Level and Weight Systems for Bulk Inventory Management
By David Corley
Demonstration of Scale Test Car
By Knut Hansen & Keith Egan
Division of Weights and Measures – Missouri
By Ron Hayes & Steve Gill
Test Trucks and Weight Carts
By John Dewald
Installation, Calibration, Material Test –
A High-Capacity Belt-Conveyor Scale
By Phil Carpentier
Railroad Master Scales in the Year 2000 Presented
By Steve Beitzel
AREMA Report
By Ron Mueller
Quartz Sensor Technology for Weigh-in-Motion
By Louis L. Pfohl
Application and Operating Principles of Conveyor Belt Scales
By Richard D. Linville, Jr.
NScales Database Project
By David Gogolin
OWM Strategic Plan
By Henry Oppermann
In-Line Weighing at Commercial Accuracy
By Jim Smith & Ken Jones
AREMA Report
By Ron Mueller
Unattended Automatic Train Loading System – Loading Coal Down Under
By Bill McHale
Programming Digital Weight Instrumentation
By Enrico Danise
AREMA – Report
By Ron Mueller
Hydrostatic Technology for High Capacity Weighing
By Rudi Baisch
Roseville Classification Scale
By David Baker
Allen-Bradley Communication Networks and Rice Lake Weighing Systems Custom Process Controls
By Enrico Danise
Grounding
By Enrico Danise
Certification Program Review for the Weights & Measures Industry
By Steve Shelton
AREMA – Report
By Ron Mueller
Protecting Equipment from AC Power Problems
By Scott Snyder
Off-Road Vehicle Weighing
By Patrick Mara
Off-Road Vehicle Weighing
By Patrick Mara
High Capacity Belt Scales
By James Hale
When Destination Weights Apply
By Doug Thornton
Strain Gage Load Cell Production
By Stephen Langford
AREMA – NISA REPORT
By Bob Feezor
A Realistic Approach to the Internet and Websites for Non-Retail Businesses
By Karen Scott May
Relative Accuracy of Scales versus Draft Surveys
By Steve Hale
S&T NCWM Update
By Wess Diggs
Weigh Feeders
By Norm Johnson
Scale Quality Idlers
By Mike VanSkike
Public Relations In The Scale Industry
By Anita Pate
Truck Scales
By Marian Powell Tyree
Scale Management Software
By Ronald Pappas
Public Relations In The Scale Industry
By Anita Pate
Wheel Impact Load Detector
Weight Production Option
Known Static verses W.I.L.D. Indications
By Ron Mueller
The Richter Scale
By Gerald Davis
Welcome To Kansas City
By Bob Gunja
Testing a Vehicle Scale According to the NCWM’s EPO 13 and Slightly Beyond
By Constantine V. Cotsoradis
AREA – NISA Report
By Bob Feezor
A.A.R. Update
By Lou Cerny
Belt Scale Testing in Mississippi
Part One By Leon C. VanZant
Belt Scale Testing in Mississippi
Part Two By Sammy Lang
Electronic Commerce Within The Southern Electric System
By James Orrison
Posimetric Feeder – A New Design
By Mel Young
Hopper Scales – Testing and Weight Certification
By Dennis Davis
Accuracy In Sampling
By Bill Thurman
TWSNet – CSX Tracking System on the Internet
By Donna Hohlfelder
Conveyor Belt Training
By Rick Archer
Programmable AEI Tags for Shippers
By Scott G. Snyder
Track Scale Testing Program For The PC Computer
By Steve Beitzel
NISA Field Trip – BNSF Argentine Yard Project
By Roger Engle
Weights and Measures in South Carolina
By Carol Fulmer
Hopper Scale Field Test
By Richard Suiter
Building A Ship Unloader
By Floyd Mansion
Building A Smart Car To Haul Coal
By Mark Filkins
An Alternative To Stockpile Density Test
By Harry Mullins
“Coaltainer”, An Innovative Idea
By Johnie Nix
Coal Futures
By Jay Gottlieb
Welcome to Florida
By Max Gray
AAR Report
By Louis T. Cerney
AREA – NISA Report
By Bob Feezor
Problems & Logistics In Moving Railroad Scale Test Cars
By F. Joe Loyd, Jr.
Rail Scale Replacement
By Ron Mueller
NTEP Status Report
By Tina Butcher
Update on NIST
By Dr. Gilbert Ugiansky
RF Tag Technology in the Transportation Market – Today & In The Future
By Mike Uremovich
Digital Technology – Present and Future
By Tom Luke
The Awakening of a Sleeping Giant – Conrail’s Continuing Pursuit of Traceability
By Gerald Davis and James Decker
Association of American Railroads
By Louis T. Cerny
Advantage 75
By Bob Feezor
AREA – NISA Report
By Bob Feezor
Procedures For Getting Railroad Approval of Scales and Scale Installations
By Bob Feezor
National Conference on Weights and Measures
By Barbara Bloch
Concentrated Load Capacity, An Overview
By Stephen Langford, P. E.
Concentrated Load Capacity, An Overview
By Stephen Langford, P. E.
Texas Weights and Measures
By Ed Price
AAR / AREA Report
By Lou Cerney
Scale Pitts – Confined Spaces
By Bruce Reierson
Velcon Drum Filling
By Boll Och
Recommended Installation Procedures
By Clayton Rethwill
Scale Test Cars
By George Becht
Current NCWM/NTEP Issues
By James C. Truex, NCWM Chairman
Thinking Outside Our Box, Developing New Standards (417 Waybills and AEI Readers)
By Bill Brasher
Black Skimmers and a Stowaway
By Joe Kresse
Welcome To Missouri
Roy Humphrey
Servicing Electronic Scales, Yesteryear and Now
By Earnest Schulz
The Elkhart Hump Scale Replacement
By Gerald Davis
National Coal Weighing and Sampling Association Belt Scale Training Seminar
By Phil Carpentier
AREA Report
By Bob Feezor
Scale Transient Protection and AC Line Disturbance
By Mark Erickson
NTEP & Weights and Measures in Illinois
By Sid Colbrook
Ohio’s Weights and Measures Program
By Jim Truex
Fieldbus – The Digital Control Interface
By Doug Bliss
Construction of Train Weighing System at South Saint Paul, Mn
By Bill GeMeiner
Two and a Half Year Update on AEI
By Paul Kromberg
Soil Stabilization for Heavy Capacity Scale Foundations
By John Holleman
The Significance of NTEP
By Tina Butcher
The Evolution of Concentrated Load Capacity
By Bruce Reierson
Rotary Dumper System
By Jim Wallaert
Coupled-In-Motion Weighing of Trough Cars
By Bob Brumbaugh
In-Motion Weighing of Trucks & Tractor Trailors on Interstate Highways
By Mark Brockway
RF Identification Technology
By Tom Levine
Burlington Northern’s Trough Train From Concept to Production
By John A Dalman
Understanding Load Cell Parameter Interaction and the Importance of Minimum Utilization
By David Green
Adverse Loads on High Capacity Weigh Modules for Silos
By Bulent Bulat
Consol Of Kentucky Jones Fork Truck Receiving System
By Steven J. Hicks
Association of American Railroads Report
By John J. Robinson
Minnesota’s Pursuit of ISO Registration for Their Weights and Measures Program
By Michael Blacik
Welcome to Virginia
By Wes Diggs
NIST Update
By Henry Oppermann
Overloads – Weighline Update
By Jack Caldicott
WWIB – An Overview
By Hershall Wilson
EDI at MAPCO Coal, Inc.
By Vicki Carlson
AAR/AREA Report
By John Robinson
NISA Update
By Peggy Cunningham
The Wonderful World of Weight Agreements
By Dave Owens & Ken Damsgard
Heavy Capacity Truck Scale Installation & Certification
By Pete Peterson
Any Port in a Storm
By Rick Rightmyer
An Overview of Weights and Measures in Illinois
By Sid Colbrook
AAR Report
By John J. Robinson
Impact of Belt Scales On Power Plant Operations
By John R. McLemore
Track Scale Testing Guideline, Test and Inspection Forms
By Robert Holmes
Overview of the 78th NCWM
By Henry Oppermann
Grain Car Loading & Flood Buster Video
By Norm Brucker
AREA Committee 34 Activity
By Bill GeMeiner
Wheel Impact Load Detector for Overloads
By Robert L. Prior
Digital Weighing Systems
By Jack Fahy
Load Cells for Harsh Environments
By David Green
Testing As-Used CIM Procedures & Reporting
By Steve Beitzel
Welcome To Missouri “Show Me” Weights and Measures
By Les Barrows
What NISA Needs
By John Robinson – President
Leadership For The Nineties
By Ben Dillon
After NTEP Adoption, Then What
By Steven A. Malone
NCWM/AAR C-I-M Study, Status Update
By W. G. GeMeiner
NISA Standards, Policy Statement From The Board of Directors
Proposed NISA Standard For Belt-Conveyor Scales
NISA Proposed Standard For Testing Hopper Scales
By Phil Carpentier
Using Scales as Diagnostic Tools
By Stella Thompson
Current Weights and Measures Issues, Industry and Government
By Allan Nelson
1993 Handbook 44 Proposed Changes
By Richard Suiter
Loading Coal in Inner Mongolia
By William McHale
NTEP Evaluation of Heavy Capacity Scales
By Jim Truex
Transient Protecting Outdoor Electronic Scales and Other Mythological Tales
By Thomas M. Hendrick
NISA Proposed Standards for Testing Vehicle Scales
By W. Terry James
NTEP Certification of Belt Conveyor Scales
By Max Casanova
Weights and Measures Regulations Entering the 90’s
By Michael F. Blacik
NTEP Adoption Panel Discussion
Daryl Tonini Narrator
Henry Opperman
Jack H. Senter
Terry James
Trouble Shooting Railroad Motion Scales
By Lindsey Epperson
How to Weigh a Coal Pile
Bill Kattterhenry
NISA Brainstorming Session
Rick Rightmyer
Homer Harrison
Bob O’Neal
Waste to Watts
By Glen Kaas
Licensing Weights and Measures Service Technicians in Virginia
By Wes Diggs
Scale Preparation and Numbers
By Leon Van Zant
Burlington Northern’s Articulated Coal Cars
By Keith Kieres
Automatic Equipment Identification
By John J. Robinson
Requirements for Metrological Audit Trails
By Claud Betrand
Umler C What Is It?, What Is It For?
By John Kieras
Data Management Software For Scales
By Chapin Pratt
Unattended Vehicle Scales
By Terry James
Newest Test Procedures
By Gerald E. Davis
Coal Quality Impacts on Power Plant Performance
By Rod Hatt
Overview of Ad Hoc CIM Study
By Bill GeMeiner
Introduction to Planning for Commercial Certification of Belt-Conveyor Scales
By Shawne Gibson
Planning for Commercial Certification of Belt-Conveyor Scales
By Jim Hylton
In-Motion Truck Scale
By Cory Trump
Repair of Scale Foundations
By Bob Emmerich
Toledo DigiTol Vehicle Scales
By Mark Brockway
Overview of the Weights and Measures Program in Alabama
By Don Stagg
Heavy Capacity Scale Certifications
By Larry Turberville
Complexities of Retrofitting Hopper Systems
By Dave Good
Testing and Inspection of Railroad Track Scales
By Bill GeMeiner
U. S. Steel Seamless Pipe Mill Operation
By Dave Lohr
Weights and Measures – A Cooperative Effort
By Sid Colbrook
Unitrain Batch Loadout Retrofit Systems
By Phil Carpentier
Factors to Consider in Purchasing a Vehicle Scale
By Dave Quinn
Increased Freight Car Utilization By Improved Loading
By James C. Oaks
Railroad Track Scale Troubleshooting
By Lindsey Epperson
High Speed Coupled-In-Motion Weighing
By Jack R. Caldicott
Conveyor Belt Scale Troubleshooting
By Dennis J. Popham
The Impact of Clean Air Legislation on Electric Utilities
By Jim Stevenson
Transporting Garbage for Profit
By Tom Collard
Enforcing Weights and Measures Regulations In The City Of Chicago
By Patricia Jackowiak
Weights and Measures In Indiana
By Sharon Rhodes
Black Thunder Mine
By L. K. Dobyns
Monitoring Of Industrial Weighing
By Vic Gerber
In-Service Grouting
By Bruce Bowersox
Installation and Alignment of Conveyor Belt Scales
By Ken Knapp
Automatic Vehicle Identification – A Pilot Test
By Bob Peterson
Truck Scales Above and Beyond Highway Loads
By Terry James
Unit Train Load Control
By Mac McLemore
Railroad Advisory Committee Report on Coupled-In-Motion Weighing
By F. Joe Loyd, Jr.
Coal Outlook and Legislative Update
By Paul Bailey
State of Illinois Overload Program – State Police
By Carl Sebastion
State of Illinois Overload Program – D.O.T.
By Charles Smith
Belt Conveyor Scales in NTE
By Paul Chase
What Is WWIB? Standard Track Scale Inspection Procedures
By Richard A. Spanier
Policing Intermodal Truck Traffic Weights
By Ken Sahly
Belt Scale Trouble Shooting Panel
Gar Kachel, Moderator
Conveyor Scale Alignment
By Phil Carpentier
Belt Scale Conveyor Maintenance
By Oscar Ridenour
Belt Scale Trouble Shooting
By Bob Davis
Construction Aggregates Production, Handling and End Use
By Joe Lynch
Coupled-In-Motion Scales Voice Speed Transmitters (VSI)
By F. Joe Loyd Jr.
The NCWM S&T Committee: How It Functions
By Henry Oppermann
Evolution Of Automated Railcars
By James McIntosh
What’s Up In Georgia
By Bill Truby
Grain Handling & Process Control
By Dennis Mahoney
Canister Load Cells
By Leo Sennott
Vehicle Scale Capacity & Sectional Capacity
By Terry James
Greasing A Mechanical Railroad Track Scale
By Bill GeMeiner
What’s New In Belt Scales
By Len Walker
Communication In Scale Systems
By Ken Still
Belt Scale Troubleshooting
By Bob Davis
Coal Proportioning Systems
By Mitch Hescox
High Speed Coupled-In-Motion Weighing
By Don Schott
Mechanical Samplers
By Bob Peterson
Missouri Weights & Measures
By David James
Truck Scale Systems
By Bill McHale
Bias Testing
By Dick Kelly
Weights & Measures, The Law Making Process
By Tom Stabler
Calibrating Grain Scales
By Jim Decker
A Review of ASTM Activities
By Gladis Berchtold
Association Of American Railroads
By John Robinson
Recommended Test Procedures & Tolerances For C-I-M Track Scales
By F. Joe Loyd, Jr.