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Do I Need an Analytical Balance or a Toploader Balance?
The type of balance you need depends on what application it will be used for. Analytical balances have a highly precise readability of 0.0001 grams or 0.1 milligram, whereas toploader balances have a readability of 0.001-0.1 grams or 1-100 milligrams and are considered only semi-analytical.
What is an Analytical Balance?
Analytical balances have a highly precise readability of 0.0001 grams or 0.1 milligrams. Accuracy is an integral part of analytical balances, as they are often used to perform chemical analysis in laboratory applications. Because they are so sensitive and accurate, even a slight breeze can influence a weight reading. To prevent environmental interference, analytical balances are often designed with a weighing chamber, sometimes known as a draft shield.
What is a Toploader Balance?
Toploader balances have a readability of 0.001-0.1 grams or 1-100 milligrams and are considered only semi-analytical. Toploader balances are built with a weigh pan that rests on top of the base. They are not commonly designed with weighing chambers but are loaded from the top, hence the name “toploader balance.” As their design may suggest, toploader balances have fewer divisions than analytical balances, but as a result, they are often more affordable. Toploader balances can be used in applications less dependent on extreme accuracy, such as food processing.
Rice Lake Balances and Solutions
Rice Lake Weighing Systems offers a comprehensive line of highly accurate analytical balances and toploader balances designed to provide precise weighments for a range of applications. Rice Lake’s balances use a unique mono-metal tuning fork technology to provide a high-speed response time—simply plug in and go.
Related Products
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TE Enhanced Series, Rice Lake Legal for Trade Balance
Remarkable response time and exceptional stability with MMTF technology, legal-for-trade models, and breeze break available for specific models.
Capacity: 220 g to 15,000 g
TS Series, Rice Lake Toploader Washdown Balance
MMTS technology delivers high-speed response time with stable and reliable results, IP66-rated stainless steel design and optional waterproof RS-232 connector.
Capacity: 620 g up to 8,200 g
TA Plus Series, Rice Lake Analytical Balance
The Rice Lake TA Plus analytical balance utilizes tuning fork technology to provide precise measurement, quick response and remarkable stability.
TC Series, Rice Lake Toploader Balance
The Rice Lake TC Series balances are equipped with a unique mono-metal tuning fork sensor (MMTS) and provide remarkable response time and exceptional stability to any setting.
Capacity: 620 g up to 6,200 g
