Division DEFINITIONS
United Kingdom
| Automatic weighing instrument | An instrument that determines the mass of a product without the intervention of an operator and follows a predetermined programme of automatic processes characteristic of the instrument. |
| Automatic catchweigher | An automatic weighing instrument that determines the mass of pre-assembled discrete loads (for example prepackages) or single loads of loose material. |
| Automatic checkweigher | An automatic catchweigher that subdivides articles of different mass into two or more subgroups according to the value of the difference of their mass and a nominal set-point. |
| Weight labeller | An automatic catchweigher that labels individual articles with the weight value. |
| Weight/price labeller | An automatic catchweigher that labels individual articles with the weight value, and price information. |
| Automatic gravimetric filling instrument | An automatic weighing instrument that fills containers with a predetermined and virtually constant mass of product from bulk. |
| Discontinuous totaliser (totalising hopper weigher) | An automatic weighing instrument that determines the mass of a bulk product by dividing it into discrete loads. The mass of each discrete load is determined in sequence and summed. Each discrete load is then delivered to bulk. |
| Continuous totaliser | An automatic weighing instrument that continuously determines the mass of a bulk product on a conveyor belt, without systematic subdivision of the product and without interrupting the movement of the conveyor belt. |
| Rail-weighbridge | An automatic weighing instrument having a load receptor inclusive of rails for conveying railway vehicles. |