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'''Platform Scale''' is an industrial weighing instrument consisting of a platform coupled to an automatic system of levers and adjustable weights, used to weigh large or heavy objects.A platform scale is a weighing machine with a platform to hold the object or objects being weighed. | |||
Platform scales are the essential scales required to measure the weigh of the object kept in the platform. Platform scales also form part of the weighing scales. Bench scales are also called as platform scales. Platform scales offer many weighing instrument or scales. Platform scales measure the weigh of large or heavy objects. These platform scales adjust weigh carefully and measure the object accurately. Platform scales have several features and offers wide service by measuring the weigh accurately. | |||
Platform scales are designed specifically from top to bottom and provide a perfect measure. Platform scales are designed as per the requirements of the customers. These platform scales are offered in different sizes, capacities, styles and models. | |||
The weight indicators also tend to be separate to the platform, or weighing surface, enabling the indicator to stand to one side out of harms way, mounted on the wall or as in some types mounted on a pillar to the rear of the base.The benefits of using a larger weighing table, platform, is obvious; much larger items can be weighed without the object obstructing the visual display of the scale as this indicator can be positioned to one side or above the platform. | |||
The larger platform scales are used for pallet weighing typically in warehouses or dispatch departments, some variations can be pit mounted enabling pallet or fork lift trucks to stand on them with the items being weighed. A lower cost version of this is the pallet truck with a built in weighing scale.Wash-down fully stainless steel versions can also be provided, these are ideal for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries where hygiene is critical and the environment needs to be cleaned. | |||
Revision as of 01:54, 19 December 2012
Platform Scale is an industrial weighing instrument consisting of a platform coupled to an automatic system of levers and adjustable weights, used to weigh large or heavy objects.A platform scale is a weighing machine with a platform to hold the object or objects being weighed.
Platform scales are the essential scales required to measure the weigh of the object kept in the platform. Platform scales also form part of the weighing scales. Bench scales are also called as platform scales. Platform scales offer many weighing instrument or scales. Platform scales measure the weigh of large or heavy objects. These platform scales adjust weigh carefully and measure the object accurately. Platform scales have several features and offers wide service by measuring the weigh accurately. Platform scales are designed specifically from top to bottom and provide a perfect measure. Platform scales are designed as per the requirements of the customers. These platform scales are offered in different sizes, capacities, styles and models.
The weight indicators also tend to be separate to the platform, or weighing surface, enabling the indicator to stand to one side out of harms way, mounted on the wall or as in some types mounted on a pillar to the rear of the base.The benefits of using a larger weighing table, platform, is obvious; much larger items can be weighed without the object obstructing the visual display of the scale as this indicator can be positioned to one side or above the platform. The larger platform scales are used for pallet weighing typically in warehouses or dispatch departments, some variations can be pit mounted enabling pallet or fork lift trucks to stand on them with the items being weighed. A lower cost version of this is the pallet truck with a built in weighing scale.Wash-down fully stainless steel versions can also be provided, these are ideal for use in the food and pharmaceutical industries where hygiene is critical and the environment needs to be cleaned.