Hardy Process Solutions Celebrates its Centennial Year
SAN DIEGO, CA – Jan. 2018 – Hardy Process Solutions was founded in 1918 as Hardy Scale Co. Since then, Hardy has established itself as a leading innovator of virtually every type of weighing instrument, load cell and scale imaginable. Hardy manufactures Made in the USA products at its ISO 9001:2008 plant in San Diego.
In 1984 Hardy Scales was purchased by Dynamic Instruments, Inc. and changed its name to Hardy Instruments, Inc., and in 2011 changed to Hardy Process Solutions, as a reflection of a redefined business focus. In 2007 Hardy was acquired by Roper Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ROP). Roper is a diversified technology company, providing engineered products and solutions for global niche markets, including software information networks, medical, water, energy, and transportation.
A History of Innovation
Since 1984, Hardy has developed a full product line of weighing solutions for industrial process & packaging. Hardy has continually focused the company's design efforts on solving the most difficult challenges in process control, packaging and industrial weighing. Some examples include
- Eliminating the effects of vibration on scale readings with WAVERSAVER®
- Developing proprietary C2® electronic calibration, which eliminated the need for heavy test weights when calibrating load cells and scales
- Allowing system diagnostics and troubleshooting directly from the weighing instrument using Hardy’s INTEGRATED TECHNICIAN®
- Developing add-on-profiles (AOPs) and Faceplates for Premier Integration with Rockwell Automation® PLCs/PACs, a first in the weighing industry
- Designing a revolutionary multi-scale system that separates communications and weight processing, enabling up to 28 weight processors to communicate through one Gateway module via a single Ethernet connection
- Offering in-motion checkweighing with open source programmability, off-the-shelf Rockwell components, and ease of integration into Rockwell Automation’s The Connected Enterprise™ for the Dynamic Checkweigher series
“Hardy recently redefined how Checkweighing machinery is built, integrated used and maintained.” said Timothy Norman, Product Development Manager for Hardy Process Solutions. “Built on an open source Rockwell Automation software platform running Studio5000® and FactoryTalk® View, the new Hardy Dynamics Checkweigher makes it easy to modify the machine program to accommodate current manufacturing and data requirements, yet flexible enough to meet future needs. It’s just the latest example of using Hardy’s philosophy of using innovation to provide customer value. ”
About Hardy Process Solutions (A Roper Technologies Company)
Hardy Process Solutions has established itself as an industry leader in the weighing automation world by providing highly accurate precision measurements, while seamlessly integrating process weight signals into a Rockwell plant control system. At Hardy, we believe that industrial weighing solutions should be EASY to engineer and operate. We believe that simplicity delivers the LOWEST TOTAL COST to own. That’s why our solutions are EASIER to install, integrate, commission, diagnose and maintain in all four areas of the supply chain.
- STOCK - accurate weight and level measurement/monitoring
- MAKE - adaptable weight & rate material feed measurement/control
- PACK - for robust rate & weight feed measurement/control
- SHIP - off-the-shelf static and dynamic check weighing solutions
Want MORE PRODUCTIVITY at the LEAST TOTAL COST to own? Call Hardy to discover how Today! Visit the Hardy Process Solutions website at www.hardysolutions.com, call 858-278-2900 or email hardyinfo@hardysolutions.com.
About Roper Technologies
Roper Technologies is a constituent of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000, and the Russell 1000 indices. Roper designs and develops software (both software-as-a-service and licensed), and engineered products and solutions for healthcare, transportation, food, energy, water, education and other niche markets worldwide. Additional information about Roper is available on the Company’s website at www.ropertech.com
