Scales and bal­ances are used in a wide range of applic­a­tions to veri­fy and count parts, ana­lyze products, mix recipes and optim­ize pro­cesses, includ­ing assur­ing com­pli­ance with leg­al require­ments. This stand­ard­iz­a­tion for weigh­ing equip­ment facil­it­ates easy data exchange by using har­mon­ized formats between equip­ment from dif­fer­ent vendors, tech­no­lo­gies, IT-sys­tems, com­pan­ies and industries.

The OPC 40200 includes the fol­low­ing tasks and use cases:
• Simple weigh­ing scales
• Labor­at­ory balances
• Catch­weigh­ing and check­weigh­ing scales
• Vehicle scales
• Con­tinu­ous con­vey­or scales
• Dif­fer­en­tial weigh­ing feeders
• Auto­mat­ic filling scales
• Piece count­ing scales
• For­mu­la­tion and recipe scales
• Total­iz­ing and hop­per scales
• Auto­mat­ic price labeling scales