A popular question that we receive quite often is can our industrial scales be integrated with other systems?  The answer almost always is Yes. 

One popular example of this which we see all the time is the ability to connect our Mettler Toledo BC60 shipping scale to our computer and see the weight populate directly into our UPS Worldship computer program. By having a system connection like this, we no longer have to take the time to read the scale and type the weight into the software. So there is no question we save a little time with each shipment and we probably save ourselves from a few errors of typing the wrong weight. 

By the way, we don’t have it on our system (yet) but we also have the ability to connect a dimensional measurement device to your shipping scale as well. 

Often the ability to connect a scale with other systems will depend on the communication options that the scale weight indicator has available. For example, most digital scales these days still come standard with RS-232 serial communication. 

So if you need other types of connections like USB or Ethernet then you will need to work with your scale company to determine the best scale controller to utilize for your particular weighing application.

The good news is with proper planning ahead of time, this can usually be easily setup to work with your existing system. We have connected scales to everything from computers to batching systems to a PLC, and more. 

Another scale communication subject to think about is the ability to capture the weight data and save it to a USB drive. We’ve discussed this capability before.

If you’re interested in buying industrial scales and connecting them to your existing systems be sure to contact our sales department by completing the RFQ form on our site today.