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The Importance of Leveling a Balance or Scale
It is important that the modern digital electronic scale be properly leveled on whatever is used for the weighing surface (the surface upon which the scale is placed). Quite often analytical scales and balances are placed on what essentially is table top or shelf like work station. It is very important that this surface is vibration and draft free. Many of these surfaces are not truly flat. They may appear to be flat to the naked eye, but a level will show them to have uneven surfaces.
Elements of Moisture Analysis by Loss on Drying
The term “Moisture Analysis” covers a number of different techniques for measuring the amount of moisture in solids, liquids, and gases. This article will concern itself only with the technique commonly known as Loss on Drying or LOD. It will further be restricted to the automatic measurement of moisture content by modern moisture analyzers that incorporate an electronic balance and an oven in a single piece of equipment. Moisture Analyzers of this type can measure moisture content in solids and liquids only, and only by weight change. They are, however, extremely popular in the laboratory and industry for making these measurements.
Purchasing Measuring Equipment on the Internet
A perhaps unintentional side effect of Moore’s Law – the law that computing power doubles every eighteen months or so – has been upon the way equipment is purchased. The advent of the Internet has made it much easier for consumers to purchase products. One merely needs to have a credit card or online payment system, and the need to patronize brick-and-mortar stores drops exponentially. This is good news for companies and laboratories that need to purchase measuring equipment.
Range of Balances and Scales
The primary force that leads to the diversity of scales and balances that are offered to end users is the various needs of the Users. There is a general rule of thumb that is often used in making measurements that has the accuracy of the measuring equipment (in this instance a Balance or Scale) be at least one order of magnitude (10 times) greater than the desired accuracy of the parameter being measured. Thus, if we are measuring the weight of something and we want our stated results to be accurate to +/- 10.mg we should use a precision scale that has an accuracy of +/- 1.mg.
Using a barcode scanner with TORBAL AG/N professional series
The use of a barcode scanner with TORBAL AG/N professional laboratory scales is a great way to help save time and prevent mistakes. Scanning a barcode is by far faster then typing in a name of a reference weight when performing percent weighing or labeling the average piece weigh of an item when performing parts counting. Here we are going to focus on the way the barcode scanner can cut time.
The Future of Digital Scales and Balances
As with any other attempt at prediction, determining the future of digital precision scales and laboratory balances is a risky proposition. What seems like the next big thing could turn out to be a flash in the pan, and the real future sneaks in when you weren’t expecting it. But let’s try anyway, shall we? First of all, let’s take a gander at the two most prominent methods technology of balance calibration precision scale adjustment: the strain gage load cell and magnetic force restoration.