Floor Scales for Your Business
Many types of businesses use floor scales. Practically any company that includes a warehouse full of inventory could use a floor scale. Freight and shipping companies could use floor scales to weigh pallets and other items. Airlines may use floor scales to weigh luggage and other containers that are to be placed on their airplanes. Floor scales are made in many different weight capacities and models. Many floor scales have the same basic features, but there are also specialized features on the models of several different floor scales.
Choosing a floor scale for your business should not be a difficult decision. You must simply review the needs of your business and what your business will be using the floor scale for and then investigate the different makes and models of floor scales available on the market today. Below are two types of floor scales and a brief description of each scale. This guide should be helpful to you in choosing a floor scale that is proper for your business and business needs. .
Cardinal – Cardinal makes a floor scale model called the Guardian. The Guardian is classified as a wash down floor scale model. The Cardinal Guardian has a weight capacity of up to ten thousand pounds with an accuracy rating of one pound. The platform size of Cardinal’s Guardian comes in two options, from four feet by four feet for a total of sixteen square feet of platform space to five feet by five feet for a total of twenty five square feet of platform space. The Guardian is a perfect floor scale for harsh environments because of its rugged construction. This floor scale has a stainless steel deck, frame, and the load cells are corrosion proof and explosion proof. There is no electrical power in this scale because it uses hydraulic load cells. This lack of electrical power makes the Guardian perfect for wet environments. This means it could be used outdoors where it could be possibly exposed to rain, this scale can be pressure washed if used in chemical environments, or this scale can be used in marine applications. Depending on the features you choose for the Guardian, the price range is from about five thousand dollars to approximately ten thousand dollars.
Weighmax – Weighmax makes floor scales that are rough, rugged, and affordable. The Weighmax floor scales have full steel frames and high quality load cells. These floor scales are very well built and can handle lots of strenuous use. The Weighmax scales are classified as heavy duty shipping scales, so this type of scale would be perfect in a shipping environment. These floor scales have a two hundred percent overload capacity, technical support to connect to a computer or printer, and a NEMA approved swivel indicator. This scale can be purchase with a platform size of four feet by four feet (sixteen square feet), or five feet by five feet (twenty five square feet). This scale also comes in different weight capacities from five thousand to ten thousand pounds. This is a very affordable scale with a price range from $579 to $679.