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How Industrial Floor Scales Help Optimize Warehouse Operations

Authored by Derek Rotondi
February 6, 2023

Warehouses need accurate data to accomplish optimal operational productivity. Warehouse industrial floor scales can help stop errors in billing by tracking freight weights, while making sure that trucks are packed to a good capacity. A warehouse floor scale could also help warehouse managers steer clear of overloading fines, keep employees safe, and provide smooth transportation for truckers and loads.

Accuracy

In warehouses, exact weighing is a necessity to make sure they are loading trucks and trailers in compliance with appropriate industry laws. Warehouse floor scales generally have a 5,000lb to 10,000lb capacity and count in pound increments, making them an accurate solution for weighing warehouse freight, pallets, and other goods. Furthermore, it also allows businesses to guarantee weight compliance, maintain accurate reports, and satisfy customers.

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Durability

Industrial floor scales are constructed with high-quality steel components for heavy-duty weighing and feature high capacities for exact weighing of large freights, pallets, bulk inventories, oversized crates, and other substantial materials.

Versatility

Industrial floor scales can be used in an assortment of different industries. Some of the industries that often use this style of floor scales are retail/commercial, agricultural/farming, and manufacturing/industrial just to name a few. These heavy-duty industrial floor scales can be designed with on/off ramps to enable fast and simple loading. Also, depending on the model type some designs include functions like an LCD display, rechargeable batteries, in-motion checkweighers, parts counting, and moisture analyzers. Warehouse floor scales can improve the entire weighing processes in all types of environments where speed and precision are important factors. High versatility makes it suitable to be used in a few ways, from weighing chemical drums to pallets, and much more.

Decrease Loading Times

Industrial floor scales can sometimes be portable and consist of a low-profile configuration to facilitate easy loading by hand and forklift. Some floor scale additions include ramps that allow the items to be wheeled onto the industrial scale. These make it easier for workers to load and unload scales, helping to streamline the overall process of weighing heavier loads.

Safe Operations

These scales don’t only ensure compliance with industry regulations on weight, but also protect employees from any type of injury or harm. Often workers are injured due to lifting heavy materials caused by the weight of loads. Furthermore, by complying with weight laws ensures that the trailer trucks are not overburdened.

Investing in reliable industrial floor scales of excellent quality could help your business avoid expensive fees due to workers compensation and fees regarded to overloading. So, don’t wait to incur losses and call an American Surplus sales representative today.