| ial scales are the backbone of many industrial | | | | measurement. Many of the important design |
| applications. They come in many shapes and sizes for | | | | elements that result in good accuracy can be traced |
| different requirements. These include pallet scales and | | | | to the electronic sensors of the digital scale. These |
| floor scales, drum scales, tank scales and cylinder | | | | sensors must be very rugged, or they will be quickly |
| scales. For lighter loads there are smaller platform | | | | damaged in an industrial environment. But they must |
| scales. To count by weight, parts counting scales are | | | | also be very sensitive. Additional characteristics |
| used. | | | | include the ability to produce correct results over a |
| One of the most common types of industrial scales is | | | | wide range of temperature. For these reasons, Arlyn |
| the bench scale. Generally, they are available in | | | | Scales uses a special stainless steel alloy in the |
| capacities ranging from about 10 pounds up to | | | | production of their weight sensors. Additional |
| approximately 150 lbs. As a rule of thumb, the lighter | | | | electronics are built into the sensor to detect the |
| the capacity of the scale, the higher the resolution of | | | | ambient temperature of the bench scale, and to |
| the display. For example, a ten pound capacity scale | | | | adjust the electronic output of the sensor to |
| may be able to display increments as small as 0.001 lb. | | | | compensate for temperature variations. |
| Whereas a one hundred pound scale has ten times | | | | Of course, the bench scale must also include accurate |
| the capacity, it may have only one tenth of the | | | | digitizing circuitry to convert the sensor output into a |
| readability, resulting in display increments of 0.01 lb. | | | | digital value for the display. These circuits must react |
| Although the readability of the bench scale is | | | | quickly to any change in weight on the scale |
| important, the overall accuracy is a defining value. | | | | platform, while also filtering out the results of air |
| Arlyn Scales produces bench scales that provide | | | | movement and vibration. |
| levels of accuracy that are suitable for industrial | | | | |