Science & Research: Precision Balances for Reliable Laboratory Results
Analytical Balances, Precision Balances & Microbalances – From Sample Preparation to Quality Control
For research results to be reliable, accurate weighing matters – from the milligram range down to micrograms. In this category you’ll find high-precision balances for scientific applications: analytical balances for research labs, laboratory balances for day-to-day use, and microbalances for the smallest sample quantities. We support you with selection, commissioning, and service.
Precision Scale Sartorius Entris II BCE623I–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight, glass windshield and stainless steel weighing plate. Checkweighing with limit values, hold function for restless weighing goods and summing function, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: laboratory, quality control and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 620 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 1 |
| Calibration class | II I |
| Adjustment | Internal automatic adjustment |
Analytical Balance A&D BH-225T
Glass windscreen, short settling time and color touch display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232, USB and Ethernet. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-225DTE
Glass windscreen, short settling time and color touch display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232, USB and Ethernet. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-224TE
Glass windscreen, short settling time and color touch display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232, USB and Ethernet. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-324TE
Glass windscreen, short settling time and color touch display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232, USB and Ethernet. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 320 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-225
Glass windscreen, short settling time and backlit LCD display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232 and USB. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-225D
Glass windscreen, short settling time and backlit LCD display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232 and USB. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-124
Glass windscreen, short settling time and backlit LCD display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232 and USB. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 120 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-224
Glass windscreen, short settling time and backlit LCD display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232 and USB. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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Analytical Balance A&D BH-324
Glass windscreen, short settling time and backlit LCD display. Multi-component formulation weighing, data transfer via RS-232 and USB. For laboratory, research and quality control.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 320 |
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Precision Scale Sartorius Entris II BCE6202I–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight, glass windshield and stainless steel weighing plate. Checkweighing with limit values, hold function for restless weighing goods and summing function, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: laboratory, quality control and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 6.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration class | II I |
| Adjustment | Internal automatic adjustment |
Precision Scale Sartorius Entris II BCE4202I–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight, glass windshield and stainless steel weighing plate. Checkweighing with limit values, hold function for restless weighing goods and summing function, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: laboratory, quality control and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 4.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration class | II I |
| Adjustment | Internal automatic adjustment |
Precision Scale Sartorius Entris II BCE223I–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight, glass windshield and stainless steel weighing plate. Checkweighing with limit values, hold function for restless weighing goods and summing function, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: laboratory, quality control and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 220 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 1 |
| Adjustment | Internal automatic adjustment |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX10201IMO–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 10.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 100 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | II I |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX10201IMO–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 10.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 100 |
| Calibration | Not calibratable |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX10201IRO–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 10.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 100 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | II I |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX10201IRO–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 10.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 100 |
| Calibration | Not calibratable |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1202IMO–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | II I |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1202IMO–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration | Not calibratable |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1202IRO–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | II I |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1202IRO–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 10 |
| Calibration | Not calibratable |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1203IMU–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 1 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | I |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1203IMU–1S
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 1 |
| Calibration | Not calibratable |
Precision Scale Sartorius Quintix® Pro QTX1203IRU–1CEU
Internal adjustment with built-in test weight and glass windscreen. Checkweighings with limit values, percentage weighings and multi-component recipe weighings, connection via RS-232 and USB. Areas of application: Laboratory and production.| Weighing range [Max] in g | 1.200 |
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| Digit increment [d] in mg | 1 |
| Calibration | Calibratable |
| Calibration class | I |
Accurate Weighing in the Lab: What Really Matters
In the lab, a tiny difference in mass can determine whether a method is reproducible—or whether results start to “drift” later on. That’s why precise laboratory balances, analytical balances, and microbalances are essential tools in science, research, and development.
Whether in pharmaceutical research, biotechnology, life sciences, or classical analytics: mass is often the guiding parameter for entire process chains—from formulations and dilution series to standard solutions, sample preparation, and documentation.
For a laboratory balance used in research to deliver truly reliable measurements, “high resolution” alone isn’t enough. What matters are repeatability, short stabilization times, stability at the installation site, and clean, consistent workflows. Equally important is a traceable calibration and testing practice: in metrology, a result is only considered robust once measurement uncertainty is understood and controlled.
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Which Balances Can You Find in This Category?
This category covers balances for laboratories, science, and research—anywhere small sample quantities need to be captured reliably, documented, and processed reproducibly. Depending on your task, you’ll find laboratory balances, precise analytical balances, highly sensitive microbalances, and moisture analyzers.
Pharmaceutical Research and Development
- Formulations and active-ingredient dosing: APIs, excipients, and reference substances are often weighed in the mg to µg range.
- Minimum sample weight, checks, and documentation: In regulated environments, balances are routinely verified with defined test weights to detect deviations early and document them consistently.
Biotechnology, Life Sciences, and Analytics
- Media, buffers, cell culture additives, and small sample quantities: concentrations and mass fractions depend on clean, accurate weighing.
- Standard solutions and dilution series: a small weighing error can quickly multiply in downstream steps.
Materials Science, Chemistry, Environmental & Nanoresearch
- Very small sample masses (e.g., catalysts, additives, filter residues): (Ultra-)microbalances are useful when classic analytical balances reach practical limits.
What Should You Look for When Buying?
In scientific applications, requirements are rarely “off the shelf.” The criteria below help you narrow down the right balance quickly—without getting lost in datasheets.
1) Readability and Resolution – Matched to Your Sample Amount
The key question is what readability your typical sample mass and required measurement uncertainty actually demand. For many lab tasks, an analytical balance is the proven baseline; for very small dosing amounts, (semi-)microbalances or microbalances may be required—depending on the application and the lab environment.
2) Repeatability and Stability Instead of “Just More Decimal Places”
A balance may display very fine increments—but if the reading isn’t stable, that precision won’t help in practice. In research labs, reproducibility, short stabilization time, and stable results are at least as important as resolution.
3) Environmental Influences: Drafts, Vibration, Temperature, Electrostatics
The higher the accuracy, the more the environment becomes part of the measurement chain. A quiet installation site, a suitable weighing table, and a clean draft-shield workflow are essential for high-precision balances—especially for micro and ultra-micro weighing.
4) Capacity and Weighing Range – Plan Realistically
Besides the smallest sample mass, maximum load also matters. If you regularly use larger containers (beaker, weigh boat, tare vessel), you need headroom. In practice, a well-chosen compromise between capacity, readability, and robustness is often the best solution.
5) Draft Shield, Ergonomics, and Sample Transfer
With high-precision balances, the draft shield is not just a housing—it’s a functional part of the weighing environment. Doors, access, cleanability, and smooth sample transfer affect how fast and reproducibly you can work—and how stable the readings remain.
6) Accessories as Part of the Weighing Setup
Depending on your application, a low-vibration setup, anti-static accessories, suitable weighing vessels or sample holders, dosing and filling aids, as well as interface and printing solutions can be useful for clean documentation.
7) Moisture Analyzers in the Laboratory
Moisture analyzers combine a balance and a drying unit and determine moisture content via mass loss during drying (loss on drying). This is helpful when water content or residual moisture affects results—for example with hygroscopic powders, granulates, or biological samples.
8) Calibration, Adjustment, and Traceability
Reliable measurements require regular calibration and, when needed, adjustment. Calibration means a documented comparison against a traceable reference standard, including stated measurement uncertainty—forming the basis for audit-ready results.
Product Selection in the Shop
For science, research, and laboratory practice, these balance types are typically relevant—depending on the desired readability, process reliability, and working environment:
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- Laboratory balance (routine): robust all-rounder for daily lab work—from mg readability down to finer ranges depending on the task.
- Analytical balance (precision lab weighing): the standard for accurate weighings, formulations, standard solutions, and analytical sample preparation.
- Semi-micro balances / high-resolution analytical balances: when very fine readability is required but the workflow still needs to stay efficient.
- Microbalances / ultra-microbalances: for the smallest sample quantities in the µg range—with high demands on installation site, handling, and ambient conditions.
Which option is best for you depends mainly on typical sample mass, container size (e.g., weigh boat, tare vessel), process (routine vs. development), and your lab environment. If you tell us the amounts you typically weigh and which vessel you use, we can usually narrow down the right balance very quickly.
Service and Quality
A balance used in scientific work is a measuring instrument—and measuring instruments need care. That includes sensibly planned test intervals, suitable test weights, stable installation conditions, and clear, traceable documentation.
As a balance manufacturer, we think in measurement chains: from selection and setup to recurring verification. That’s how you get results you can stand behind internally—and that remain robust in audits.
By the way: We service, calibrate (DAkkS or ISO), and repair all balances from our scale shop.
Consultation
If you briefly tell us in the chat what the balance is used for (typical sample mass, sample type, environment, documentation needs), we’ll recommend a suitable laboratory balance, analytical balance, or microbalance—practical, clear, and without guesswork.