What to Know Before Purchasing an Industrial Platform Scale

You can do a lot with an industrial platform scale, but before you spend $1,000 or more on a big scale for whatever your intended purpose is, there are a few things you should consider, such as: accuracy, capacity, and cost.

How Accurate Do You Want Your Scale to Be?

Of course you want the industrial platform scale you buy to be accurate, but there’s a big difference between accurate and extremely accurate. Before you purchase an industrial platform scale, you need to determine what exactly you plan to weigh with your industrial platform scale and how accurate you need your scale to be.

Pay Attention to Maximum Capacity

Many scales are manufactured to endure more weight than what their maximum capacities claim. However, we don’t suggest that you test your scale to see how much weight it can hold before it breaks. Determine the weight of the heaviest object you plan to weigh, and then buy a scale with a maximum capacity exceeding that weight.

Once you know the maximum capacity and accuracy level you want for your scale, it is will be easier for you to decide which industrial platform scale is right for your needs.

Is a Platform Scale the Scale You Need?

Industrial platform scales are pretty versatile, which means whatever you need to weigh you can probably do it with an industrial platform scale. But, if you want to measure objects that do not weigh a lot, then an industrial platform scale may not be the solution for you. Before you buy an industrial platform scale you should make sure that an industrial platform scale is the best option for your intended weighing application. If you’re not sure, then give Arlyn Scales a call. Tell us what you need to weigh and we’ll let you know the best scale option for your application.

Price

You are confident an industrial platform scale is the right scale for you, you know what you want to weigh, and you know how accurate you want the weight readings to be. Now it’s time to consider your budget.

Like most products, when you buy industrial platform scales, you get what you pay for. You need to know how much you can spend on an industrial scale, but you also need to be well aware of what you’re paying for. Pay attention the quality of industrial platform scales you are considering buying and acknowledge the materials used to manufacture scales (aluminum or stainless steel?)

Your mission should be: buy the highest quality scale for the lowest price. You can spend a fortune on an industrial platform scale and you can spend very little, but you can also spend an average amount of money on a very high quality industrial platform scale.

Accessories

Your industrial platform scale can do more than simply weigh the objects you need to weigh. Your industrial platform scale can communicate what it weighs to a nearby computer and Android devices. Additionally, you can do more with your industrial platform scale than simply record weight readings. You can control your industrial platform scale from a nearby computer or Android device. You can use the data your scale records and analyze it using Microsoft Excel and Access.

There’s a lot your industrial platform scale can do. Before you buy one, you should figure out what your scale can do and if it can do what you really need it to do. If you want an industrial platform scale that can automatically fill or dispense materials, then you need to know that and determine if the scale you buy is capable of that before you buy it.

Determine what additional features you’d like for your industrial platform scale and find a scale capable of these features before you buy!

Find Your Ideal Industrial Platform Scale at Arlyn Scales

Regardless of your budget and the specific features you require from an industrial platform scale, Arlyn Scales is confident that you can find the scale you need with us. Arlyn Scales designs and manufactures industrial platform scales that are high quality, accurate, long lasting, and affordable.

Industrial Platform Scales by Arlyn Scales

Available in platform sizes ranging from 20-inches by 27-inches up to 48-inches by 48-inches.
Include stainless steel load cells for maximum ruggedness
Factory Direct Pricing

320D

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds
Platform Size: 20-inches by 27-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $699
Stainless Steel Price: $999

320M

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds
Platform Size: 20-inches by 27-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $699
Stainless Steel Price: $999

320D-22

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds
Platform Size: 22-inches by 44-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $799
Stainless Steel Price: $1199

320M-22

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds
Platform Size: 22-inches by 44-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $799
Stainless Steel Price: $1199

320D-27

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds
Platform Size: 27-inches by 60-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $899
Stainless Steel Price: $1499

320M-27

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds
Platform Size: 27-inches by 60-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $999
Stainless Steel Price: $1599

320D-30

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds
Platform Size: 30-inches by 30-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $899
Stainless Steel Price: $1299

320M-30

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds
Platform Size: 30-inches by 30-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $899
Stainless Steel Price: $1299

320D-36

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds
Platform Size: 36-inches by 36-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $999
Stainless Steel Price: $1499

320M-36

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds
Platform Size: 36-inches by 36-inches by 1 7/8 inches
Aluminum Price: $999
Stainless Steel Price: $1499

320D-48

Capacity & Resolution: 500-pounds by .1 pounds

Platform Size: 48-inches by 48-inches by 1 7/8 inches

Aluminum Price: $1299

Stainless Steel Price: $1799

320M-48

Capacity & Resolution: 1,000-pounds by .2 pounds