5 tips to maintain your digital scales performance
Weighing can be a fundamental process for a business’ daily management and sustainability. Your digital scales – whether commercial and/or industrial – should, therefore, be practical, functional and, above all, reliable.
To discover how to maintain your scale’s performance, with accurate and rigorous results, read the 5 tips we have for you, on this blog post:
1. Keep your scale levelled and on a stable ground.
This is one of the main recommendations we can offer so that your digital scale can present reliable results. Your weighing equipment should always be placed on a flat and stable ground and you ought to check if it is levelled every time you move it. Only under these conditions you can assure the load’s weight was correctly calculated.
2. Keep your scale away from hot/cold sources and from humidity.
Sudden temperature changes, which may be caused by any kind of hot/cold sources, alter the load cell’s functioning and may affect the weight will present to you. On the other hand, humidity may interfere with the scale’s electric components and even damage them. So, you should place your scale somewhere with a stable temperature and low humidity levels.
3. Pay attention to your battery’s status.
Low or damaged batteries are among the most common causes of digital scale’s ill performance. If you notice changes on your weighing equipment’s behaviour, you should check the battery’ state, first of all. It may be necessary for you to charge your scale or even to change its battery.
4. Be careful the way you handle your scale.
Digital scales are made of sensitive electronical components, which are the parts that allow na accurate weighing. When, for example, you put too much weight on the scale, when you drop an object on the plate or when you handle your equipment in a careless way, you may be causing damages on your scale’s measurement components.
5. Establish a maintenance contract with Balanças Marques.
Specially if you need your scale for commercial purposes, you should pay close attention to its reliability, in order to guarantee you are serving your clients with rigor and complying with the legislation. Whether you have Marques’ equipment or any other brand’s, you can establish a maintenance contract with us. With periodic verifications, Balanças Markes can make sure your weighing platform will pass its inspections and that it is working within an acceptable margin of error. If necessary, we will also make the changes needed so that everything is left working perfectly fine.
