Pallet truck scales weigh loads on standard pallets. They can be integrated into a pallet lifter or truck design, and come in various styles and models. They are useful for verifying load limits, inventory purposes, and compliance with safety laws.
Pallet truck scales are weighing devices that workers use to measure the load on standard wooden or plastic pallets. Pallets are common storage racks that manufacturers often make to a certain standard size and shape to accommodate a forklift or pallet truck.
Pallet trucks are also called pallet trucks or hand pallet trucks. A pallet truck or truck may be able to lift a pallet stacked with goods to a certain height off the ground so it can be moved. Various styles and models of pallet trucks have other features for handling materials that are stored on a pallet. Among the most common features are pallet truck scales.
A digital pallet truck scale is often integrated into a pallet lifter or truck design. The scale will effectively weigh the entire set of goods, together with the pallet, as it is loaded onto the pallet truck. This additional cargo weighing functionality helps provide more effective solutions in a warehouse or similar space.
Different types of pallet trucks include hand trucks, where the pallets are driven on simple hand rollers, or battery powered trucks with or without lift jacks to lift the pallets several feet above the ground. For battery powered pallet trucks, pallet truck scales can often run on the same battery that powers the vehicle. Some battery powered pallet trucks allow the “driver” to drive alongside the palletised goods.
In addition to pallet truck mounted single unit scales, there are other options for weighing goods on pallets. Double beam scales include two units for weighing each side of a pallet. Double beam models are useful for weighing multiple pallet sizes.
Pallet truck scales commonly weigh all of the various types of materials that workers can load onto a pallet. Goods may be in the form of many small boxed units, shrink-wrapped on a pallet, or a tub, tank, or other heavy container secured to a pallet using specialized fasteners. Pallet truck scales use weight distribution engineering to find an accurate weight for the total pallet load.
Forklift or pallet truck scales serve several purposes in an industrial area. Workers can use them to verify that a load does not exceed a limit indicated for a vehicle, container, rack or piece of equipment. Scales can also provide the weights of palletized goods for inventory purposes. These tools are useful for any environment where workers need to constantly weigh the items they are moving. Workers can also use these scales to evaluate loads for compliance with occupational safety laws, such as those mandated by the national Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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