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Specifications are particularly directed to Manufacturers of devices
Newly manufactured scales are required to be designated
Class I, II, III, IIIL, or IIII
as
The normal valance position of the weighbeam of a beam
horizontal
scale shall be
A county sealer/ director of W&M may, with the approval
of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, use a frequency Different from regulations
of inspection which is
On a prescription scale equipped with a balance indicator,
if this indicator consists of an indicator and a graduated
scale and they are not in the same plane, the clearance 0.04 inches
between the indicator and the graduations shall not be
more than
Graduations of a scale beam shall be so varied in length
they may be conveniently read
that
A poise stop is not necessary on a steelyard when there is no zero graduation
The adjusting material in a poise shall be securely en-
closed and firmly fixed in position and it shall not be in brass
contact with the weigh beam, if softer than
The sensitivity requirement of a scale shall be applied in
regardless of maintenance and acceptance tolerances
conjunction with
A variable frequency inspection plan shall provide for test- regular frequency, variable frequency and statistical sam-
ing of all commercial devices on pling procedure
Each weighing device shall have a minimum of one per-
Name, initials or trademark of the manufacturer or distrib-
manent and conspicuous identification marking with what
utor, model number, and non repetitive serial number
information
, distance from the center of one graduation to the center
The graduated interval is
of the next graduation in a graduated series
non retroactive means