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[General Inquiries](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/contact-us) - Resources - [Blog](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog) - [News](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/news) [tel:1-800-343-6802](tel:1-800-343-6802) # Alliance Scale Blog ## [Top 3 Reasons to Maintain and Calibrate Your Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/top-3-reasons-to-maintain-and-calibrate-your-scales) Jul 7, 2023 1:12:15 PM / by [Alliance Scale](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/alliance-scale) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Ohaus Scale Calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/ohaus-scale-calibration) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-CAS-PB-Series-Portable-Bench-Scale-320w.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/top-3-reasons-to-maintain-and-calibrate-your-scales) ## **How to Ensure Reliability and Business Efficiency** Businesses and individuals rely on scales for everything from manufacturing products to weighing food. However, a scale that has not been regularly calibrated or has been handled improperly can give incorrect readings. In this blog, we’ll explore the top three reasons to calibrate and maintain your scales. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/top-3-reasons-to-maintain-and-calibrate-your-scales) ## [Signs That It’s Time to Calibrate Your Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) Mar 19, 2020 12:53:34 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Cannabis Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/cannabis-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-CAS-PB-Series-Portable-Bench-Scale-320w.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) ## **Protect Your Business and Reliability Through Accuracy and Calibration** Having your scales appropriately calibrated and maintained over time allows you to operate on the most accurate and reliable level possible. The pharmaceutical and hemp industries are examples of arenas where accuracy is key to operating at a safe and precise level. [The California Department of Food and Agriculture](https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dms/pdfs/CommercialScales.pdf) (CDFA) requires a number of certifications when operating in the hemp industry, and maintaining your scales is one factor for staying compliant in those certifications. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/signs-that-its-time-to-calibrate-your-scales) ## [Why Shouldn’t I Buy My Industrial Scales Online?](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) Aug 19, 2019 11:59:55 AM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Laboratory Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/laboratory-scales) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Alliance-Ohaus-Starter-5000-pH-Bench-Meter-320.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) **Breaking Down the Benefits of Ordering Your Weighing Systems Through Alliance Scale** Far too often we’re greeted by a distressed voice on the phone listing off issues with a scale they recently bought online through a major e-commerce site. Warrantied parts are missing, scales aren’t calibrated correctly, and the company in question is providing little to no service support. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/why-shouldnt-i-buy-my-industrial-scales-online) ## [How to Calibrate Your Mettler Toledo Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-your-mettler-toledo-scales) Jun 12, 2018 3:46:01 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/Mettler_Toldeo_Scale_Calibration.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-your-mettler-toledo-scales) **Operate Accurately with Regular Scale Calibration** The Mettler Toledo name is very familiar in most industries when it comes to accuracy in scale products. These scales are known for their wide range of industrial and niche scale options—though even their legendary accuracy can’t last forever without help from maintenance and scale repair services.  [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-your-mettler-toledo-scales) ## [How to Calibrate an Ohaus Scale](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-an-ohaus-scale) May 18, 2018 2:16:48 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service), [Ohaus Scale Calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/ohaus-scale-calibration) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/How%20to%20Calibrate%20an%20Ohaus%20Scale.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-an-ohaus-scale) **Tips to Help You Keep Your Scales Calibrated** When you rely on an Ohaus brand scale in your workspace or lab, you count on it to deliver accurate readings and numbers. Your health, or the health of your customers, might very well depend on the results you use from your scale’s readout. However, unlike more traditional scales, scale calibration for Ohaus models isn’t an easy feat; their level of precision requires an equal level of expertise to [ensure calibration results are trustworthy](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-important-is-it-to-regularly-calibrate-your-industrial-weighing-scale) and do not damage the inner mechanisms—an expensive mistake to make. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/how-to-calibrate-an-ohaus-scale) ## [Your Laboratory Scale: Why Scale Repairs are Better than Replacement](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/your-laboratory-scale-why-scale-repairs-are-better-than-replacement) Jul 18, 2017 1:57:55 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/lab-scale.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/your-laboratory-scale-why-scale-repairs-are-better-than-replacement) **3 Benefits to Repairing Your Laboratory Scale over Replacing It** The scale you use at your workplace is responsible for a lot – accurate data that is used to measure results, calculate components, and make adjustments in a variety of applications. When your scale's calibration fluctuates or shifts unexpectedly, one of the options you might consider is to replace it, as you would with any other electrical device. Before you start pricing a new scale and making a huge dent in your operational budget, look into [repairing your existing scale](http://www.alliancescale.com/scale-service-repair/) instead. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/your-laboratory-scale-why-scale-repairs-are-better-than-replacement) ## [Key Components of a Good Scale Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/key-components-of-a-good-scale-calibration-service) Jun 1, 2017 2:59:53 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/key-comp-blog.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/key-components-of-a-good-scale-calibration-service) **How Competent is Your Scale Calibration Service Provider?** Keeping your scale serviced and calibrated isn't just a smart idea for staying in line with regulations; a misread on your industrial scales can turn into a slow financial leak for your business. Whether you're over-delivering and losing out on materials or under-delivering and risking fines, fees, and broken contracts, neglecting your scale simply isn't a good business practice. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/key-components-of-a-good-scale-calibration-service) ## [Appropriation of Weighing Scales to Measurement Task](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/appropriation-of-weighing-scales-to-measurement-task) May 9, 2017 3:52:35 PM / by [Ray Secour](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/author/ray) posted in [Scale calibration](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/scale-calibration), [Industrial Weighing Scales](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/industrial-weighing-scales), [Weight Calibration Service](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/topic/weight-calibration-service) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/hubfs/safety.jpg)](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/appropriation-of-weighing-scales-to-measurement-task) **Weigh it Safe: Using the 10x Rule** Getting the right equipment for the job means buying weighing equipment that you can depend on. Without the "safe zone" – an order of magnitude that dictates your weighing scales' accuracy should be dependable to a tenth of amounts that you commonly weigh – you could be putting your company in a vulnerable, and potentially liable, situation. [Read More](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/appropriation-of-weighing-scales-to-measurement-task) [All posts](https://marketing.alliancescale.com/blog/all) ### NEED SERVICE? *Schedule Your Inspection / Calibration Service Now! 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