An In-Depth Look at the Types of Pallet Scales and Their Usage

Pallet scales are weighting machines specially designed to weight large industrial objects such as pallets and crates. Common usage environments are warehouses, factories, mines and other industrial facilities.

If your factory needs such a scale, you can easily find pallet scales for sale online. There are many different types of pallet scales available, depending on what you want to weigh. Some types of pallet scales are:

• Pallet Beams: These are used to weight large items such as crates and industrial boxes. These are the most commonly sold pallet scales for everyday industrial use. They have weight indicator, which may be analogue or digital. Some variants also offer connections for PC/printer.
• Pallet Truck Scales: These are movable scales which are used to transport small to medium sized crates and boxes in warehouses and factories. While they do not have a weight indicator, some variants come with digital weight display that helps determining their weight. 
• Pallet Platform Scales: These are large flat bases that help weighting incredibly heavy boxes and crates with high stability. Some variants offer ramps for easy loading and unloading.

Pallet beam scales are quite adaptable and portable, making them an essential and cost-effective tool for small industries and warehouses. Parallel beam scales that are available for sale usually come in two types: Dual beam scales and U-frame pallet beams.

Dual beam scales have two separate parallel frames that are connected to the main bar. They are somewhat unstable for heavy weights but are often expandable, hence can be used to weight a wide variety of items and objects on it. The weight indicator is located in the middle of the two scales.

U-frame pallet beams have a similar configuration, and the difference lies in the fact that a U-shaped frame connects both the parallel frames. This makes it very strong and stable, hence allowing it to weight heavy items with stability but are often non-expandable, so cannot weight items much larger than the base of the scale itself.

Pallet beam scales find wide usage in industrial environments, partly because they can be easily bought online and partly because they are portable and compact as compared to other weighting options.