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Washdown Scales
Rice Lake Weighing Systems offers a range of powerful industrial washdown scales that withstand tough cleaning.
Scales for Strict Sanitary Environments
Rice Lake’s weighing solutions meet the rigorous demands and unique cleaning needs of washdown environments. Washdown-safe scales include platform scales, checkweighers and more. Across models, Rice Lake offers stainless steel designs with continuous welding to prevent material buildup, ensuring sanitary environments.
Industrial Platform Scales
Rigorous cleaning procedures are a necessity for many processing environments, and Rice Lake’s platform scales satisfy any requirement. Constructed with 304 stainless steel, these scales are resistant to corrosion and are built to last.
Washdown platform scales can be quickly cleaned and sanitized. With bench and floor models, including options that meet NSF requirements and contain IP69K load cells, Rice Lake has an accurate and sanitary solution for every process.
Static and In-motion Checkweighers
Checkweighers monitor weights to keep approved products in a specified range. With Legal for Trade checkweighers, facilities save on product overfill costs and boost customer satisfaction. Rice Lake offers high-quality checkweighers with unmatchable speed and accuracy.
Washdown Toploader Balances
Precision weighing often requires sterile, sanitary environments. Rice Lake’s TS Series balance provides accurate weights and has stainless steel housing for washdown processes. It withstands dust, mist and splashes, providing reliable weights despite tough conditions.
IP Ratings Explained
Rice Lake’s washdown products feature varying ingress protection (IP) ratings. IP ratings indicate the protection level a product has against solid objects, dust and water. Depending on your application and washdown requirements, the necessary rating may vary. Common IP ratings include:
- IP69K–Dust tight and withstands high-pressure, high-temperature water
- IP68–Dust tight and protects against water while submerged at 15 meters deep
- IP67–Dust tight and protects against water while submerged at one meter deep
- IP66–Dust tight and protects against high-pressure water projected from any direction
- IP65–Dust tight and protects against low-pressure water projected from any direction
- IP64–Dust tight and protects against splashed water
NEMA Type 4 and Type 4X are equivalent to IP66.
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