Abstract: A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object (7) to be weighed from a weighing sensor (13) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database (191) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database (193).

Abstract: Provided is a weighing apparatus and a method capable of quantifying a failure risk based on an impact load and proposing an inspection content according to an impact. In order to achieve the object described above, a weighing apparatus includes a weighing sensor, an impact load quantifying unit configured to quantify an impact load from an acceleration of a load transmitting unit configured to transmit a load of a weighing object to the weighing sensor, and a failure risk level calculating unit configured to calculate an impact level based on a numerical value of the impact load, and calculate a failure risk level from the number of detections of the impact level in a predetermined period of time from past to present and a weighting coefficient according to the impact level.

Abstract: An inclination of a weighing apparatus is automatically detected by the apparatus itself while preventing an increase in the number of components. In order to achieve the object described above, a weighing apparatus includes a weight sensor, a built-in weight to be loaded on the weight sensor, an adding/removing unit for adding/removing the built-in weight, a memory storing a theoretical value of the built-in weight, and an arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes an inclination angle computing unit configured to obtain an apparatus inclination angle from an arc-cosine of a weighing value of the built-in weight and the theoretical value of the built-in weight.

Abstract: Provided is a moisture meter includes a mass scale for measuring a mass of a specimen, a heater for heat the specimen, a processor causes the moisture meter to control the heater to heat the specimen until a change in mass of the specimen becomes not more than a predetermined threshold and calculate a moisture content of the specimen, and a storage unit. The processor causes the moisture meter to execute a measurement of a moisture content a plurality of times by using, as the specimen, a standard substance for inspection having a predetermined theoretical moisture content with an arbitrary mass when being heated at a predetermined temperature, to calculate a standard deviation of a measured moisture content in the measurement executed the plurality of times, and a to evaluate an influence of an installation environment by determining whether the standard deviation is not more than a predetermined value.

Abstract: A proposing an improvement in an installation environment of a weighing apparatus is made by including (a) a step of acquiring, weighed data of an object (7) to be weighed from a weighing sensor (13) together with time information, (b) a step of acquiring, environmental data together with time information, (c) a step of checking, with respect to the weighed data and the environmental data, whether an amount of change of the data per unit time or an average value of the data is less than or not less than a threshold with reference to a threshold database (191) and determining influence on the apparatus, and (d) a step of making a proposal on the installation environment for each result of the determination with reference to an improvement proposal database (193).

Abstract: Provided are a static eliminator capable of performing quick static elimination while having a good ion balance, an electronic balance including the static eliminator, and a static eliminating method of the static eliminator. A static eliminator is provided which is configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object by ions generated by applying high voltages to static eliminating needles, and has a high-speed static eliminating mode configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object at a high speed, and a relaxation static eliminating mode to be executed by a voltage application method different from that of the high-speed static eliminating mode and configured to regulate ion balances of the static eliminating object and the area around of the static eliminating object. With this configuration, a static eliminator capable of quickly eliminating static from a specimen while having a good ion balance can be provided.

Abstract: Provided are a static eliminator capable of performing quick static elimination while having a good ion balance, an electronic balance including the static eliminator, and a static eliminating method of the static eliminator. A static eliminator is provided which is configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object by ions generated by applying high voltages to static eliminating needles, and has a high-speed static eliminating mode configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object at a high speed, and a relaxation static eliminating mode to be executed by a voltage application method different from that of the high-speed static eliminating mode and configured to regulate ion balances of the static eliminating object and the area around of the static eliminating object. With this configuration, a static eliminator capable of quickly eliminating static from a specimen while having a good ion balance can be provided.

Abstract: To reliably exercise radio communication of calibration data. In order to achieve the above-described object, a balance (10) includes a weight sensor (12), a built-in weight (20) to be loaded on the weight sensor, an adding and removing unit (21) for the built-in weight, an arithmetic processing unit (14) configured to drive the adding and removing unit, and a radio communication device (41) connected to the arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes a radio wave environment check section (32) configured to check a radio wave environment, and a calibration execution section (33) configured to add or remove the built-in weight and issue a command to the radio communication device to transfer calibration data when the radio wave environment check section determines that the radio wave is good.

Abstract: To reliably exercise radio communication of calibration data. In order to achieve the above-described object, a balance (10) includes a weight sensor (12), a built-in weight (20) to be loaded on the weight sensor, an adding and removing unit (21) for the built-in weight, an arithmetic processing unit (14) configured to drive the adding and removing unit, and a radio communication device (41) connected to the arithmetic processing unit, wherein the arithmetic processing unit includes a radio wave environment check section (32) configured to check a radio wave environment, and a calibration execution section (33) configured to add or remove the built-in weight and issue a command to the radio communication device to transfer calibration data when the radio wave environment check section determines that the radio wave is good.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic balance of electromagnetic force type including a weight automatic loading mechanism which can place and remove a weight by its own mechanism without use of either an external balance weight or a built-in balance weight. An electronic balance of electromagnetic force type is provided with a beam equilibrium setting unit that sets two or more equilibrium states of the beam position detecting unit. By making conversion ratios of upper and lower light receiving circuits nonequivalent, an imaginary weight is generated by utilizing the operating principle of the electromagnetic balance of electromagnetic force type.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for improving a response speed in a measurement of viscosity of a fluid and obtaining a continuous smooth measurement graph. A viscometer includes a machine part that generates a shear rate in a sample, a machine drive, a shear rate changing means that outputs a target shear rate of the machine part, and a displacement detection sensor that measures displacement of the machine part, and performs feedback control to control a driving force of the machine drive so that an output value of the displacement detection sensor corresponds to the target shear rate and measures a viscosity of a sample, wherein a feedback gain is simply set for each measurement according to an optimum design or target shear rate.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic balance of electromagnetic force type including a weight automatic loading mechanism which can place and remove a weight by its own mechanism without use of either an external balance weight or a built-in balance weight. An electronic balance of electromagnetic force type is provided with a beam equilibrium setting unit that sets two or more equilibrium states of the beam position detecting unit. By making conversion ratios of upper and lower light receiving circuits nonequivalent, an imaginary weight is generated by utilizing the operating principle of the electromagnetic balance of electromagnetic force type.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for improving a response speed in a measurement of viscosity of a fluid and obtaining a continuous smooth measurement graph. A viscometer includes a machine part that generates a shear rate in a sample, a machine drive, a shear rate changing means that outputs a target shear rate of the machine part, and a displacement detection sensor that measures displacement of the machine part, and performs feedback control to control a driving force of the machine drive so that an output value of the displacement detection sensor corresponds to the target shear rate and measures a viscosity of a sample, wherein a feedback gain is simply set for each measurement according to an optimum design or target shear rate.

Abstract: To provide a weighing apparatus by which it is possible for a user himself/herself to determine poor performance of the apparatus is a factor attributable to an installation environment, and the weighing accuracy is improved. Respective temporal fluctuations in weighed data detected from a load measuring mechanism 2 and environmental measurement data detected in an environmental measurement means 10 are recorded in a correlative manner in an arithmetic processing unit 32, and the temporal fluctuations are visually recognizable via a display unit 31. Thereby, the correlation between the environmental variations and the weighed data is visually disclosed, which makes it possible for a user to easily recognize that poor performance of the apparatus is attributable to the environmental variations, that increases the reliability of the weighing apparatus.

Abstract: To provide a weighing apparatus by which it is possible for a user himself/herself to determine poor performance of the apparatus is a factor attributable to an installation environment, and the weighing accuracy is improved. Respective temporal fluctuations in weighed data detected from a load measuring mechanism 2 and environmental measurement data detected in an environmental measurement means 10 are recorded in a correlative manner in an arithmetic processing unit 32, and the temporal fluctuations are visually recognizable via a display unit 31. Thereby, the correlation between the environmental variations and the weighed data is visually disclosed, which makes it possible for a user to easily recognize that poor performance of the apparatus is attributable to the environmental variations, that increases the reliability of the weighing apparatus.