If you’re shipping a large variety of items, it can often make sense to purchase an industrial package scale to ensure you’re not overpaying or underpaying for shipping. The size of the items you’re looking to ship will likely dictate which scale you need. Most of our customers who need to weigh packages on a regular basis look to purchase one of our industrial platform scales because of their versatility and ease of use.
Why Trust Arlyn Scales for Your Industrial Package Scale Needs?
Before we go into why you should purchase a scale from our company in the first place, we thought it would be a good idea to give you a bit of background about our company. Arlyn Scales was founded more than 30 years ago and has grown to be one of the leaders in the industrial scale industry. We’re headquartered right here in the US, where all of our scales are designed and produced. We’re extremely proud to keep jobs in the US as opposed to shipping them overseas simply to cut costs. By manufacturing our scales in the US, we’re able to stay up to date on all the latest scale technologies, as well as better listen to the needs of our customers.
What to Look for in a High Quality Industrial Package Scale
If you’re looking to purchase a new industrial package scale, we’ve put together a must have list to ensure you’re getting a scale that will not only fit in your budget, but meet your needs as well. Below are some of the most important things to look for when purchasing a new package scale:
Stainless Steel Load Cells
The load cell is one of the most important components of any scale. Because load cells are typically hidden underneath the scale platform, manufacturers will often construct them out of inferior materials such as aluminum, which doesn’t stand up well to caustic chemicals or misuse. At Arlyn Scales, we manufacture our load cells out of stainless steel, which allows our scales to be much more rugged.
Our larger platform scales, which are often used as package scales actually have four load cells, one embedded in each corner of the scale platform to allow for more accurate readings. These load cells are precision matched in our factory, which means that no summation board is needed. Summation boards are one of the most common fail points on an industrial scale, which is why we do our best to avoid using them.
Low Profile Scale Platform
Depending on the type of packages you’re weighing, a tall scale platform can quickly become a nuisance. At Arlyn Scales, our platform scales have low profile scale platforms as well as optional ramps that make unloading and loading a breeze. Ensure that your employees aren’t trying to strain themselves when loading or unloading items and instead rely on our low profile scale platforms and ramps to make the job much easier.
Arlyn Upscale Touchscreen Indicator
If you’re like most Americans, you spend quite a bit of time using some type of mobile device, whether it’s a tablet or a smartphone. Because more people are becoming accustomed to using touchscreens and mobile devices, we thought it would be a good idea to completely redesign our display indicator and replace it with an Android touchscreen. This device gives you much greater control over your scale when compared to our traditional digital indicator, but also is still rugged enough to be used in harsh environments. Furthermore, the unit comes equipped with a molded plastic enclosure for added protection, but we also offer an optional stainless steel enclosure for the harshest of areas.
Variety of Communication Options
While accuracy and durability are extremely important in the scale industry, access to data is likely even more critical. No longer do you have to jot down every weight in a notebook, thanks to the communication options of today’s industrial scales. At Arlyn Scales, we offer many different types of communication methods, a few of which include USB, Ethernet, WiFi, Serial, and many others. Whatever way you need to access your weight data, chances are we can help make it happen.
Custom Designed Scales Upon Your Request
Because of our 100% US based manufacturing facilities, we have complete control over the design and manufacturing process. This means that if you’re looking for a scale that isn’t featured on our website, we can help you to design and manufacture something that will meet your needs. No matter how complex the application you may have, we’d love the opportunity to earn your business by designing a unique and fully custom scale for your organization.
Factory Direct Pricing
Technology and reliability are important, but cost is sometimes the deciding factor. When our company was first founded, one of the first things we did was decide to utilize a factory direct approach to selling our scales as opposed to enlisting the help of a complex distributor network. This decision has allowed us to continue to create our own proprietary technologies, while still being able to provide these solutions to our customers at competitive prices.
Wide Array of Scale Options
Whether you’re looking for a small scale, or a platform scale necessary to weigh extremely heavy packages, Arlyn Scales has exactly what you need. One of our most popular package scales is our Series 320 Platform Scale that offers capacities between 500-1,000 lbs., which seems sufficient for most of our customers in this industry.
Reach Out Today to Learn More About Any of Our Scales
If you’re ready to learn more about the different types of package scales we offer, don’t hesitate to reach out to us via phone today at 800-645-4301, or through our online contact form. We’re excited to help you find the right scale based on your unique set of needs. Whether it’s a model that’s available in our existing inventory, or one that’s custom designed based on your requests, we’ll do all we can to provide you with a scale that will give you years of worry free service.
