We have explained in plain language the terms you encounter in scale quotations, calibration reports and inspection records.
A – D
- Junction box: The box where load cell cables are combined and connected to the indicator through a single cable. Part of the corner adjustment is carried out here.
- Division (e / d): The smallest weight step a scale can display. For example, a scale with 20 kg divisions reads 20, 40, 60 kg.
- Gross weight: The total weight of a vehicle when loaded.
- Tare: The empty weight of a vehicle or container. When subtracted from gross weight, the net load is found.
- Linearity: The scale's ability to weigh with the same accuracy across low and high loads.
E – K
- Eccentric (corner) load test: Checking whether a test load placed at different points on the platform gives the same result at each point.
- Indicator: The electronic unit that converts the load cell signal into weight, displays it and transfers it to a computer.
- Calibration: Determining the accuracy of a scale by comparing it with known weights and adjusting it if necessary.
- Capacity (Max): The maximum weight the scale can weigh.
M – S
- Min (minimum weighing): The lowest weighing value accepted for commercial use.
- Net weight: The load remaining after tare is subtracted from gross weight.
- Periodic inspection: The legal check of scales used for commercial purposes, carried out by authorized bodies at set intervals.
- Platform: The steel or steel-concrete weighing bed on which the vehicle drives.
- Zero tracking: An indicator function that automatically corrects small drifts on an empty platform.
T – Z
- Repeatability: Obtaining the same result when the same load is weighed repeatedly.
- Test weight: A certified weight of known value used in calibration and inspection.
- Load cell: The sensor that converts the force applied to it into an electrical signal. Truck scales typically use 4 to 10 of them.
- Surface-mounted / pit type: The platform installed on the ground with a ramp, or embedded flush with ground level.