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Northern Strands Now a Dealer for Straightpoint Load Monitoring Products!

Northern Strands is now a proud supplier of Straightpoint products! Since 1976, Straightpoint's solution-based systems have been at the top of industrial weighting and load monitoring technology.

With UK headquarters, a US subsidiary, and global dealer network, the simple to use, cost-effective product range has enhanced safety for engineers and rigging professionals worldwide for 40 years. 

The engineering team design and manufacture a broad spectrum of first-class products to capacities in excess of 1,500 tonnes to include:

  • Tension 'Link' load cells 
  • Telemetry load cells
  •  Shackle load cells
  •  Dynamometers
  • Crane scales
  • Compression load cells
  •  Load pins
  •  Software solutions
                                                                                                                    

The Straightpoint team pride themselves on the development and distribution of world-class load monitoring, weighing and force measurement systems. 

Straightpoint’s wireless Windows-based software, and full line of accessories allow for the simple and easy, acquisition and analysis of force and load monitoring data.


All Straightpoint products are fully tested and available for next day dispatch in an aluminium flight case (or wooden crate for large capacities) with full documentation including multilingual manuals, certificates of calibration/proof test and CE conformity. 


World-class calibration and repair services are offered for all models as well as other manufacturers’ load cells. Straightpoint products are utilized within many industries worldwide:

  • Shipping and marine
  • Mining
  • Transport
  • Health and safety
  • Entertainment
  • Crane and rigging
  • Salvage and decommissioning
  • Oil and gas
  • Construction
  • Power generation
  • Utilities
  • Topsides
  • Break bulk
  • Military

 


Straightpoint‘s continued investment in research and development enables them to remain at the forefront of technological development with world-leading products and performance to meet their customers’ demands. With hundreds of units always in stock, Straightpoint aim to deliver any standard product up to capacities in excess of 1,500 tonnes anywhere in the world— FAST!


For additional information on the various Straightpoint products available through Northern Strands, please contact us!

3235 Millar Avenue
Saskatoon, SK S7K 5Y3

Phone: (306) 242-7073
Toll Free: (800) 242-7073
Fax: (306) 934-2920

Email: info@northernstrands.com 

Northern Strands Designs Custom Outfitted Mobile Railcar Progressioner Servicing Unit

The Northern Strands Group of Companies has recently outfitted a Mobile Railcar Progressioner Servicing Unit custom suited to service a multitude of railcar loadout facility maintenance requirements. 



This all-terrain unit is built off of a Yanmar C25R Track Machine and carries a service deck outfitted with a rope greasing system, socketing vice, heavy duty winch, hoisting davit, service greasing system, and welder/generator/air compressor combination unit to accommodate a variety of loadout servicing needs including rope greasing, component replacements, general system inspections/servicing, rope tensioning, welding repairs, and more. 


The Mobile Railcar Progressioner Servicing Unit comes fully site compliant with positive air shutoff, fire extinguisher, beacon, lighting, and ROPS.