When buying a commercial scale, you should first narrow it down to the industry that you will be working in.  There are scales provided for many different industries: deli, food, grocery, fish/game, jewelry, livestock, medical, veterinary, laboratory and more.  By choosing your industry, you are able to narrow down the choices of different scales you have to pick from.  These are just a few of the specific applications in which companies and industries rely on Ohaus scales:

• Shipping and Receiving
• Livestock / Veterinary
• Agriculture
• Deli / Restaurant / Food Portioning
• Medical / Health Care
• Law Enforcement
• Counting Scales
• Materials Testing
• Postal
• Laboratory / Chemical Research
• Retail
• Educational / Schools
• Pharmaceutical

Another thing to keep in mind when buying a commercial scale is the manufacturer.  There are a few big brands out there that offer many variations of the scale that will be best suited for you.  Ohaus Scales has been researching, designing and manufacturing scales and balances since 1907.

Ohaus owns several patents and its manufacturing process continues to pioneer techniques that increase the accuracy of scales and balances.  The biggest development in scale technology is the specificity of the applications scales and balances satisfy.  From weighing beverages to counting currency and from measuring moisture content to weighing specific jewels, there is an Ohaus scale that matches the application.