Floor Scales

What is a floor scale?

Floor scale is a term used to describe weighing scales that are placed on warehouse or factory floors rather than on the traditional bench or worktop. Floor scales come in wide variety of shapes and sizes and tend to have large weighing capacities and base sizes.

It is important place your floor scale on a stable, flat surface to ensure weighing accuracy and to prevent injury or accidental damage when stacking multiple objects.

Do I need my floor scale to be trade approved?

For general use, floor scales will not require approvals, however if you are looking to buy or sell by weight then you will need to ensure that your floor scale is trade approved by your certified local authority. In South Africa, your scale will need to be NRCS approved if carrying out transactions by weight.