ABSTRACT
There is often a need to weigh loaded toteboxes or pallets. A larger-capacity platform scale capable of weighing up to approximately 2 tons or more, is often used in the seed conditioning and storage plant. The scale’s weighing platform must be large enough to accommodate the toteboxes and pallets used. This scale can be simply located on the floor in a convenient location, to weigh toteboxes or pallets carried by forklift. If it is permanently installed
in a concrete floor pit so that hand bag trucks can be rolled onto the scale, it can also be used to weigh bagged seed moved by hand bag trucks. Typically, such a scale is installed in a pit in the concrete floor so that the scale platform is at floor level. It is installed near the receiving entry, or where it can be easily reached from either storage or conditioning areas. Near the area for incoming raw seed is often more convenient, as there would be more need to weigh such seed.
