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If you need Marsden over Christmas...
Today is the last working day at Marsden before Christmas - but don’t worry, you can still order through this website 24/7 as normal.
Between Christmas and New Year, if you need to speak to a member of our team to ask a question or get technical support, or have any other enquiries our Head Office will be open at the times below.
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Why do construction companies need accurate weighing scales?
An accurate industrial scale is essential for many sectors, especially for the construction industry which is worth £110 billion per annum to the UK economy.
Construction covers a wide range of professions - many of which use weighing scales as part of their work to ensure goods are accurately built, and ensure defects are avoided or eradicated.
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BBC News: Regular weighing helps prevent festive weight gain
Regularly weighing yourself could prevent weight gain this Christmas - reports BBC News and the Daily Mail.
Experts at the University of Birmingham and Loughborough have found that people who weigh themselves twice a week kept off the pounds during the festive period.
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How to use the Patient Transfer Scale
Last week Marsden officially launched the Patient Transfer Scale at NHS Lanarkshire.
More than 100 of the devices have now been ordered for hospitals throughout the UK, while interest in the scale - and further orders - have also come from Australia, Germany, the USA and New Zealand.
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How to use crane scales
Though platform scales and pallet truck scales are suitable for a great amount of heavy duty industrial weighing - sometimes they are not the most appropriate solution. Which is where crane scales come in.
Crane scales are used to weigh objects suspended from a fixed position.
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Today we officially launch the Patient Transfer Scale!
The Patient Transfer Scale is officially launched today, at a small but significant event at Kirklands Hospital, Bothwell, Glasgow, Scotland.
The PTS is the first scale of its kind in the world. It means that immobile patients can be weighed faster and with greater dignity - as existing methods can be time consuming and cumbersome.
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Buyers' guide: paediatric scales
Paediatric scales are designed for weighing infants. The Royal College of Paediatric s and Child Health has advised that all children between 2 and 18 should be weighed annually.
Weighing children has taken place since the 19th century as weight changes can be an early sign of poor health.
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The kilogram has been redefined
Since 1889 a platinum-iridium cylinder was made, which was to serve as a global standard for weighing: the kilogram.
Now, scientists have voted to change the way a kilogram is defined - from Le Grand K (as it is known), to a measure based on electric currents.
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