We use weighing scales almost every aspects of life, from purchasing goods to manufacturing. But how does a scale actually work?
Almost all scales rely on devices called load cells to measure how much an item weighs. When weight is applied to a scale, the load cells bends slightly causing an electrical signal running through the load cells to change, this analog signal change is due to the amount of electrical resistance, the bending causes to a small device inside the load cells called a strain gauge. The load cells analog signal change is then read by a weight indicator and turned into a digital weight value. Sometimes, the digital weight indicator is connected to the scale and displays the weight. Depending on the complexity of the scale and digital weight indicator, the weight value that was determined can be part of complex processes such as check weighing packages on a manufacturing conveyor line, sending weight data to automate a batching application or weighing truckloads as part of a logistics transfer operation. But no matter their function, all scales basically work the same way.
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