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 of application dependent parameter that may call for a different size. Some other typical size platforms are 3’ x 3’, 5’ x 5’ or 4’ x 6’. Arlyn Scales will manufacture any custom sized floor scale. A 3’ x 10’ industrial scale was fabricated to weigh carpet rolls. A set of three 2’ x 2’ scale platforms was used to weigh light aircraft. And some large, very heavy capacity floor scales were used to weigh tanks for the military.
Depending on their application, floor scales may also be called pallet scales, drum scales, tank scales or cylinder scales. Forklifts can load pallets directly onto the pallet scale to determine the net or gross weight. The industrial scale design should be very heavy duty for this purpose, as an inadvertent close encounter between the forklift and the floor scale could result in unfortunate results from the perspective of the scale. Those pallet scales manufactured by Arlyn Scales incorporate stainless steel load sensors, specifically for this reason. They are much heavier duty than typical steel sensors.
Large liquid tanks may be permanently mounted on a large floor scale. Arlyn Scales provides electronic interfaces for these tank scales, allowing them to be easily monitored from a computer system. With the optional USB interface, the digital scale may be plugged directly into the USB port of a computer. Another solution is to include the optional Ethernet interface. When connected to a local area network, the electronic scale can be monitored and controlled by any computer on the same network. With specialty software, it is possible to extend these monitor functions to any Internet connected computer.
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 of application dependent parameter that may call for a different size. Some other typical size platforms are 3’ x 3’, 5’ x 5’ or 4’ x 6’. Arlyn Scales will manufacture any custom sized floor scale. A 3’ x 10’ industrial scale was fabricated to weigh carpet rolls. A set of three 2’ x 2’ scale platforms was used to weigh light aircraft. And some large, very heavy capacity floor scales were used to weigh tanks for the military.
Depending on their application, floor scales may also be called pallet scales, drum scales, tank scales or cylinder scales. Forklifts can load pallets directly onto the pallet scale to determine the net or gross weight. The industrial scale design should be very heavy duty for this purpose, as an inadvertent close encounter between the forklift and the floor scale could result in unfortunate results from the perspective of the scale. Those pallet scales manufactured by Arlyn Scales incorporate stainless steel load sensors, specifically for this reason. They are much heavier duty than typical steel sensors.
Large liquid tanks may be permanently mounted on a large floor scale. Arlyn Scales provides electronic interfaces for these tank scales, allowing them to be easily monitored from a computer system. With the optional USB interface, the digital scale may be plugged directly into the USB port of a computer. Another solution is to include the optional Ethernet interface. When connected to a local area network, the electronic scale can be monitored and controlled by any computer on the same network. With specialty software, it is possible to extend these monitor functions to any Internet connected computer.