| Unlike smaller types of scales, like your bathroom or | | | | made from lighter weight aluminum instead of steel. |
| kitchen types, a floor scale is made to weigh larger | | | | Aluminum is ideal for use in outdoor areas or where |
| amounts of weight and is usually used in an industrial, | | | | there is a lot of moisture. |
| manufacturing or warehouse setting. Most have a | | | | Weighing chemicals or liquids may be especially |
| weight range capacity from one and a half tons | | | | problematic for some manufacturers, and bulk |
| (2500 pounds) to fifteen tons (30,000 pounds). | | | | chemicals and liquids can be weighed on a floor scale. |
| The industrial floor scale will also have a platform size | | | | Typically, these chemicals are placed into glass |
| of as small as three feet by three feet or as large as | | | | cylinders in order to weigh them, although there are |
| eight feet by ten feet (even more for higher | | | | also floating devices that can be placed into the |
| capacity, specially-manufactured custom scales). To | | | | contents within the container that works with the |
| use these scales, a load is placed on the platform, | | | | scale to determine the weight of the contents inside. |
| usually with a pallet jack, and then the load is | | | | When looking at the different floor scale options, be |
| weighed. | | | | sure to check with local manufacturing supply |
| Most scales are painted with enamel or powder coat, | | | | companies in your area; it is oftentimes very |
| and many are finished off with an epoxy coating | | | | expensive, depending on which type of scale that |
| during manufacturing that helps to protect the scale | | | | you choose, to ship a scale to your location - which |
| from corrosion and damage due to the elements. | | | | makes buying it locally a better idea. |
| This makes the scale more usable in an industrial | | | | There are some companies online, however, that |
| setting, and protects the scale from damage when it | | | | offer reduced shipping costs or may even offer free |
| is exposed to corrosive chemicals or other | | | | shipping on your scale in order to gain your business. |
| substances. This improves the longevity of the | | | | Shipping on aluminum scales will obviously be less than |
| investment that is made in the scale by your | | | | those made of steel. If you have a short term need |
| business. Most scales are made from high quality | | | | for a floor scale, you might also consider leasing this |
| welded steel for added strength. Other scales are | | | | type of equipment from a leasing company. |