Today we compare two industrial low-profile floor scales from Rice Lake: the RoughDeck HP and the Summit 3000. While both are robust, legal-for-trade floor scales, each is optimized for different environments and performance needs. Which one do you need? RoughDeck HP Features & Strengths Let’s start with the RoughDeck HP. This is Rice Lake’s high-performance… Read More »
Many customers purchase a floor scale system either online or from their local scale company. But, not many folks truly understand all the factors that affect the total price that is listed for the actual floor scale package. In today’s entry we are going to take a detailed look at the factors that determine the… Read More »
Scales are used in so many different industries. Sometimes it’s hard to come up with more than a handful of examples, so we thought it would be neat to write down as many examples as we could come up with. I’m sure there will be more examples that we think of once we write this… Read More »
Floor Scales are popular ways to weigh pallets in your warehouse. The platform scale is generally pretty reliable if you take care of them. But if you (or your employees) don’t take care of the scale, they can easily get damaged. Below is an online synopsis that we found of one person’s struggle with 5000… Read More »
The LP7510 series of digital weight indicators has become a very popular line of scale controllers over the past decade. Many scale users like the price of these scale indicators and many also like how easy they are to setup and calibrate. Overall they work pretty well for many weighing applications. Of course like any… Read More »
A lot of times we don’t spend much time choosing a digital weight indicator for our scale system. And, most of the time it’s fine and it works out well. But, a lot of times a little extra thought up front could make the difference between an ok scale system and a great scale system.… Read More »
You can probably add this to your long list of questions you’ve never asked… What industries out there in the real world need scales? Well I’m glad you finally asked that question! The answer is almost all of them. Retail and industrial scales are actually used in a wide range of industries. You see retail… Read More »
When you’re in the market for a drum scale, first decide what brands and/or price range you are interested in. We mention this because the quality, accuracy, and consistency of Rice Lake Roughdeck BDP drum scales is going to be higher than some of the low cost platform scales you might find online. Why you… Read More »
We’ve all seen reports in various stories about how X lbs of food or water have been collected and shipped for this project. It could be a standard charity event or it could be something like the catastrophic hurricane that we recently saw in the western NC mountains. These stories got me to thinking about… Read More »
If you frequent our learning center aka blog then you are probably familiar with our DIY video reviews that we like to do from time to time. Today’s entry is fairly short but it covers a real world problem especially for customers who may be in locations like Alaska or Hawaii. As you can see… Read More »