3 Kinds Of Industrial Scales You Can Use In Your Facility

Making sure that you know the accurate weight on any shipments going out of your factory is important. You need to know how much postage you have to pay for each package, how much weight can fit into any load in a truck, or how much the truck weighs so that it can go out on the roads. To do that, you need to have an accurate way to measure that weight. That's where various industrial weighing scales come into play. You can use just one scale or combine a series of them so that you can get the most accurate weight possible. There are a wide variety of scales that you can use to get the whole weight. 

Conveyor Scales

These scales are an integral part of a conveyor belt that your product would slide along. As the product, box, container, or whatever goes along the conveyor, it goes over the scale and is individually weighed. The scale can be hooked up to a computer and each box will register with the computer. As that happens, the computer can make a notation about what that box weighs and alert someone to handle it if it is over or under weight. The scale can be matched with a sensor that reads an RFID chip or bar code so that the weight can be matched precisely to the box. 

Checkweighter

These scales are placed at the end of your assembly line or process. That way each particular item can be weighed or a full container can be weighed so that you have the exact weight of each thing. You can use that information to set up a full shipping load because you can keep a running tally on the weight while you are filling a load. 

Truck Scales

Truck scales and weighbridges are there so that you can weigh the entire load, including the truck and trailer. Many roads have limits as to how much weight can go over the road because too much weight will break down the road and can make it hard for the truck to stop safely. Weighing the truck will make sure that it is leaving your facility at a proper weight. 

If you need to make sure that you have accurate weights on your products or the loads leaving your facility, you can choose one kind of scale or a combination of scales that will work for you.