Hanging scales TORNADO Series (500 Range)

Main characteristics

• Electronic scale with higher visibility display options.
• Models with receipt printer or label printer (suitable for receipts).
• Variety of formats.
• Functional and robust design.
• Greater capacity (memory, functions, communications and interconnections).
• Compliance with EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers.

Features

• Extensive information for each PLU: normal price and offer price, price for weight scales and by kg/100 g, 2 names of 20 characters, 10 free texts of 24 characters, 1 text of 3,000 characters (in T-535), etc.
• PLU search by code or name.
• Preset keys to programming menus: to change prices, register PLUs or vendors, etc.
• Direct access to 999 PLUs from the keyboard.
• Drill down menus.
• Printing of the scale menus.
• 5 programmable macros: recording of a sequence of keys to create direct access to any task (reopening of receipts, lists, change in batcher number, etc).
• Sales and management reports: sales (by article, vendor, time frames, last month, etc.), modified PLUs, etc.
• Fast and reliable communication between scales, with PC and mobile devices (via DWS).
• Stocks management in the scale.
• Option to record normal price and offer price for each article.
• Stock / order mode.

Capacity / Accuracy

• Multi-range (3,000 divisions): 6 kg /2 g - 15 kg / 5 g. 
• Opcional:
  • Mono-range (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g or 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Multi-range (3,000 divisions): 15 kg / 5 g - 30 kg / 10 g.
  • Mono-range (6,000 divisions): 12 kg / 2 g or 30 kg / 5 g.

Formats

• Hanging (ABS or stainless steel).

Construction

• Highly resistant ABS plastic or stainless steel casing.
• Stainless steel plate.
• Access to all non-metrological components without the need to unseal the scale.

Displays

• Backlit LCD segment display (W150.2 x H43.4 mm) for vendor and buyer (showing weight, price / kg, total, tare, vendors and name of article).
• Optional:  
  • LCD matrix graphic display (W134 x H41 mm) for vendor and buyer. Possibility of showing: logos, profitability codes and warning messages sent from a PC (on vendor display) and advertising messages with animated effects (on buyer display).

Printer

• Models available with 1 printer for receipts or 1 printer for labels (also suitable for receipts by changing the paper roll and the working mode).
• 54 mm thermal printer.
• Resolution: 8 dots/mm; speed: 100 mm/sec.
• Cassette for immediate paper roll change (in label printers).
• Optional: 
  • Linerless (in label printers).

Receipts

• 15 fonts (6 monospaced + 9 multispaced: more modern and legible).
• Up to 60 items.
• 2 fixed formats + 2 programmable formats.
• 4 logos per receipt.
• Barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and Code 128.*
• Name of vendor.
• 9 payment methods.
• Total in National currency and another 3 currencies.
• Discounts per line and total.
• Loyalty points.
• Customers on account.
• Recipes.

* It prints the following barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and Code 128; It reads the following barcodes: EAN-13 and EAN-128.

Labels

• 15 fonts (6 monospaced + 9 multispaced: more modern and legible).
• From W30 x L30 mm to W60 x L120 mm.
• 20 fixed formats + 20 programmable formats.
• 40 logos.
• Barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and Code 128.*
• 60 fields of information.
• 100 programmable texts.
• Manual and automatic pre-packing modes.
• 3 levels of totals.
• Printing of “n” identical labels.
• Printing with 90º, 180º and 270º rotation.
• Automatic adjustment of the paper detection sensor.
• Packaging date, expiry date and extra date (for any application).
• Alphanumeric batch number.
• 10 types of generic traceability (for meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, etc.) up to 99 products. Included in the prevailing European legislation on bovine traceability.

* It prints the following barcodes: EAN-13, EAN-128 and Code 128; it reads the following barcodes: EAN-13 and EAN-128.

Food information

• Compliance with EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers as of 13 December 2016:
  • Minimum letter size: 1.2 mm.
  • Effect (bold, underlined, or both) for each character in the text.
  • Possibility of using the general text “G” (3,000 characters) for ingredients, in lower case or UPPER CASE to highlight allergens.
  • Possibility of including a table of nutritional facts.
  • Free texts (10 x 24 characters).
  • For direct sale receipts and labels: possibility of indicating in the PLU name (with an * or other symbol) those that contain allergens and programming a text, such as “* Consult allergens”.
  • Possibility of printing 2 labels for each operation: programmable by PLU, configurable information, 2^nd automatic or manual label (also to be used as promotional labels).

Communications

• TCP/IP Ethernet for interconnection and connection to PC.
• RS-232, for connection to scanner.
• Optional: 
  • USB.
  • Wi-Fi.

Security

• Access to different protected programming menus via configurable passwords.

Interconnection

• Up to 16 scales per section.

Connectivity with other devices

• PC.
• Barcode scanner (powered by the scale –5 VDC–) to read EAN-13 and EAN-128 barcodes.
• Queueing system.

Software (See section on software)

PC Software:

• DFS:
  • Programming of scales. 
  • Receipt of sales data.
  • Data backup copy. 
  • Graphic design of receipts and labels (DLD).
  • Design and management of advertising images for graphic display.

• Integration tools: in Windows or Linux to facilitate communication with the Back-Office.

Scale firmware:

• DWS (Dibal Web Server): 
  • Allows access to the information on each scale (via passwords) from any computer or mobile device with an Internet browser.

Power supply

• Mains: 110 up to 230 VAC.

Energy consumption

• 6.5-91 W (depending on the conditions of use).