A platform scale can be very useful for your business if you weigh and count goods on a regular basis.
They can be used in a variety of ways:
Manufacturing companies utilise them to weigh weighty goods.
Animal care organisations adopt them to comfortably weigh large pets.
Healthcare businesses use them to weigh wheelchair users
Food processing firms rely on them to weigh bulk commodities
and even airports use platform scales to weigh luggage.
If your business is not on the list above, do not worry, you may still have a need for platform scales in your own work environment. Let's talk about their many advantages.
A favourite amongst health visitors and midwives, the Marsden M-300 is a lightweight and portable baby scale that boasts an impressive battery life and accuracy. In this article, we look at the specifications and features of this popular and affordable model from the reputable British brand, Marsden.
Every business sector has its fair share of technical language, often referred to as ‘jargon’, and the weighing industry is no different.
To clear any confusion, we’ve compiled a list of the most commonly used terms and provided a quick explanation to help enlighten you.
DVSA Weigh In Motion Sensors (or WIMS for short) are playing a central role in the fight against overloaded vehicles.
Deployed across the UK, in unspecified locations, they combine with ANPR cameras to identify trucks being driven illegally.
Watch our dedicated video to learn exactly how they work.
Few people give retail scales all that much thought, which is strange when you consider our lives would be quite different without them.
If nothing else, the weekly shop would take considerably longer…
The beauty of this kind weighing equipment however lies in that very simplicity.
It’s become a fixture of trade markets and grocery stores and as such, a fixture of our routines. They’re something we rely on… without really acknowledging it.
The earliest price-indicating scales originated in America back in the late 18th century. Technology and small format weighing have come a long way since and we’ve chosen to spotlight the most prominent and popular retail scales of the modern era.
Weighing bedridden patients or those unable to stand can be challenging.
Securing these readings is vitally important and in extreme cases a matter of life and death. Even so, it’s important to do so in a dignified manner, wherein both the user and practitioner feel comfortable.
Hoist scales are arguably the best means of achieving that happy medium.
While precision balances are true to their name, it is possible to achieve yet further granularity.
This is true when using analytical balances, which are renowned for being both highly sensitive and highly precise.
A staple of laboratories, universities and veterinaries the world over, they enable trained professionals to record the definition of exact measurements.
Here’s everything you need to know about a unique and invaluable piece of equipment…
Wheelchair scales are invaluable and come into their own when traditional means of recording weight simply aren’t possible.
Long seen as key medical equipment, they’re commonplace in hospitals and care facilities throughout the world. In recent years a rise in portable wheelchair scales has also seen more people invest in them for private use.
Wherever they’re deployed it’s important to use wheelchair platform scales correctly. And while their operation may appear straightforward enough, it’s very easy to overlook certain checks and balances and capture inaccurate readings as a result. This blog will help you avoid those failings.
Vehicle overloading is a serious offence with far reaching consequences. Familiarise yourself with the associated dangers and the weighing equipment that can keep you roadworthy by watching our overview video.
