By: Arthur Cooper
Submitted: 2010-12-21 14:44:17 | Word Count: 664
There are many industries where a scale would need to be waterproof (as well as shock-resistant,). Some of these include:
* foodservice.
* food processing
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* medical care
* chemical plants
* outdoor use
* veterinary use
* many industrial manufacturing
* shipping and receiving
* laboratories
* pharmacies
* livestock farming
In many of these applications, a scale is used as an integral part of their daily operations. Thus, they require a scale that is both highly accurate (such as a digital one), and one that is well built to hold up to the rigors of a work environment in which various kinds of liquids may come in contact with the surface of the device.
The following are additional features you should look for in a digital waterproof scale:
* Measurements in grams, pounds, pound/ounces or just ounces
* Stainless steel construction, including load sensors
* Easily portable
* Automatic zero tare function
* Full scale pushbutton operation for tare and zero
* Compensation for temperature and humidity
* Clear LCD display
* Battery or AC operation
* Automatic power-down after five minutes of inactivity, in order to lengthen battery life
* Welded housing of the display (to protect the sensitive part of the equipment)
For heavy-duty waterproof digital scales, look for stainless steel load sensors; they will provide much better durability, consistency, overload protection and rust/corrosion resistance than the less-expensive aluminum or nickel-plated load cells of lower-priced scales. You want to make sure that if you are weighing livestock for instance, the shock and pressure of a heifer stepping on to the device will not wear out it’s all important load sensors too soon. After all, an industrial quality waterproof scale is a hefty investment.
Even a lighter-duty scale (such as a foodservice scale) should include a rubber gasket around the enclosure for the digital display, for added water resistance. Some waterproof digital scales
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