Selecting the correct scale for your weighing application can be difficult, with an increasing variety of weighing equipment offered by scale manufacturers.
APPLICATION-
- Shipping and Recieving
- Laboratory
- Industrial
- Parts Counting
- Food Processing
- Checkweighing
- Livestock
- Batching
ENVIRONMENT-
- Washdown Environment
- Hostile Environment
- Intrinsically Safe/Hazardous Environment
HOW MUCH CAPACITY?
The maximum weight that will be placed on the scale including any containers, scoops ect.
WHAT UNIT OF MEASURE WILL YOU BE USING?
Most scales but not all can display ounces, pounds, grams, kilograms and much more. It is important you know what primary unit of measure your application will require, some applications may require a particular weigh unit that is not standard on most indicators.
HOW ACCURATE DOES YOUR APPLICATION NEED TO BE?
Readability is the smallest division that can be displayed on the readout. An example of this is a floor scale going by 1 pound graduations, it is recommended that if you want 1 pound accuracy that you purchase a scale with a graduation of .5 divisions.
HOW LARGE DOES THE WEIGHING PLATFORM OR PLATTER NEED TO BE?
Scales and balances come in a variety of sizes, if your not seeing a particular size that will meet your needs custom scales can be fabricated to fit your application.
OTHER OPTIONS-
Does your application require a scale to turn on or off a machine after a certain weight is met?
Do you need to send data to a PLC, PC or other device via USB, Ethernet, 4-20 mA, RS-232, RS-485, TCP/IP, WIFI, or Bluetooth