Originally Posted By: zmjezhd
Hi-Speed Checkweigher

What an interesting product and company name. (They're now known as Mettler Toledo.) Wikipedia ways [sic] anchor on the topic, (link).


The overweight rejection option was not often exercised. The only times I knew of were for drugs and canned goods. Usually it was just reported how much overage there was; the line could be tweaked to get rid of that loss. Underweights could get you in big trouble with the Bureau of Weights and Measures.