Monthly Archives: April 2009

Industrial Scales Protected from Difficult Environments

No one ever said that it was easy to be an Industrial Scale. This type of electronic scale must be very accurate, or for certain demanding applications they must be ultra precise. They must be easy to use, so that even untrained users can obtain weights without errors. Digital industrial scales must be able to [...]
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Industrial Scales Use the Internet to Send Data

The primary purpose of an industrial scale is to obtain weight data. For many applications, that data is used locally. For example, a shipping clerk may weight a package on a platform scale and write the weight directly into a shipping manifest. On the production line, a parts counting scale may be directly used to [...]
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Accurate Cylinder Weighing on Cylinder Scales

Whenever the amount of a liquefied gas in a gas cylinder needs to be determined, a number of problems are uncovered. It would be reasonable to try to measure the contents by measuring the gas pressure. But liquefied gas tanks will show full pressure if there is any gas at all in the tank. This [...]
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Large Loads Weighed on Floor Scales

A floor scale is a type of industrial scale that is usually used to weigh large items. This type of electronic scale can have a capacity ranging from about 2500 lb, up to a capacity of 20,000 lb. A typical platform size for these digital scales is 4’ x 4’, but there are any number [...]
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