Industrial weighing scales come in a vast array of option. Not only do you have to determine what type will be ideal for your industrial business but you will also have to establish what brand and models will be best suited to the job. If you are new to this type of equipment in an industrial setting, you have arrived at the right blog!
The collection of posts curated on this site seek to inform you of all you need to know about weighing scales. To begin with, you will get to learn what scale will be ideal depending on your specific operations needs. Furthermore, you also get to know what IP rating to prioritise dependent on your industry’ working environment! Jump in and peruse through the posts to find the information you need.
Here are two tips to follow if you have purchased a set of industrial weighing scales for your manufacturing facility.
Advise your employees to occasionally weigh materials multiple times
It's a good idea to advise your employees who will be using these scales to occasionally weigh their items more than once. Whilst doing this every time they use the scales would be a waste of their time and a waste of the scales' batteries (or electricity), doing this occasionally would mean that if this equipment sustains any damage that reduces the accuracy of the readings it generates, your staff will stand a better chance of noticing the issue before it causes problems for your manufacturing business.
This is worth noting, as inaccurate readings can have a huge impact on many manufacturing processes. For example, if the scales generate an inaccurately low reading of some ingredients, the batch of products that that employee manufactures might turn out to be unusable and might need to be discarded.
If however, they occasionally weigh their materials more than once, and the readings that the scales provide are different each time, they can then notify you of this problem and you can have a professional either recalibrate the scales or repair the component that is causing the inaccurate readings and thus reduce the chances of incidents like the aforementioned one taking place on your premises.
Ensure your staff understands how to take care of the scales so they continue to provide accurate readings
It's also important to ensure your employees have a good understanding of how to take care of these individual weighing scales so that the scales' readings remain accurate. For example, they should clean the scales' platform regularly, as the accumulation of debris on it may result in the scales providing an inaccurately high reading when your staff place materials on it.
Likewise, they should be instructed not to place other equipment too close to the scales, as if this other equipment is pressed against the scales (or if vibrating machinery is placed within a few feet of the scales), this, too, could result in the scales generating incorrect readings. Finally, they should be instructed not to ever overload the scales (the exact weight limit of your industrial scales should be included in its manual or printed on the equipment itself) as, over time, this could damage the scales and affect the accuracy of their readings.