Floor Scale From Alliance Scale Validates Shipping Weights

CANTON, MA--(Marketwired - Mar 11, 2014) - Alliance Scale, Inc. has introduced a low-profile floor scale that is ideal for pre-weighing skids and pallets before shipping to avoid overweight penalties from trucking companies.

The Alliance RoughDeck® Floor Scale from Rice Lake is available in sizes from 30" sq. up to 8' x 10' with capacities from 1,000 to 30,000 lbs. which are factory calibrated to 0.01% FS accuracy. Featuring an easy to read indicator that can be configured for lb., oz., g, kg., short tons, and metric tons, this floor scale is ideal for weighing skids and pallets before shipping to avoid overweight penalties.

For optimum rigidity and minimum deflection under severe loading, the Alliance RoughDeck^® Floor Scale has 6" steel channel frames welded to tread plate decks. Incorporating a universal mounting stand, the fully inter-active indicator is encased in a rugged all stainless steel NEMA 4X/IP66 enclosure, offers 3-stage digital filtering, drives eight 350 Ohm load cells, and has two communications ports.

Alliance RoughDeck® Floor Scales from Rice Lake are priced from $1,495.00 each, depending upon model. Price quotations are available upon request.

About Alliance Scale, Inc.

Alliance Scale, Inc. is a value-added distributor for major manufacturers of industrial scales and weighing systems. The firm supports and supplies a wide range of scales for industrial, commercial, grocery, retail, research, and laboratory applications including software and printers. They sell and service scales ranging from portable pocket scales to counting and portioning scales, bench scales, industrial floor scales, in-motion checkweighers, on-board weighing systems, crane scales, floor scales, mixing and portioning scales, and sophisticated weighing systems for motor homes, trucks and railcars. Alliance Scale also serves the grocery and retail trades directly and offers a complete label service for both stock and custom labels.