Electronic scales is a very broad concept, according to different uses, can be divided into industrial scales, commercial scales and so on.

A, industrial scale is designed for some special purpose in the process of industrial production of all kinds of special scales, such as crane scale, vehicle scale (including truck, rail weighbridge, wheel weight scale, axle load scale, etc.), packing scale, hopper scale, platform scale, belt scale, charging scale (i.e., feeding scale), test weight scale, sorting function scale (i.e., joint scale), etc. They can be mechanical scales, electromechanical scales or electronic scales, but most of the latter. There are also industrial scales for process control and process flow, sometimes called process scales.

Two, commercial scale is in line with the accuracy requirements and national measurement regulations of the corresponding verification requirements, can be used for commodity trade settlement and trade management of all kinds of scale, such as retail scale, pricing scale, postal scale, freight scale, weight price tag scale (bar code pricing scale), etc.. They can be mechanical scale, also can be mechanical scale or electronic scale, but the new system to the latter in the majority. According to the requirements of international legal measurement Organization (UIML), when the commercial scale is used for direct sales to the public, it should have double-sided scale or double-sided display function, that is, the value (such as quality, unit price, price, total price, etc.) not only faces the seller, but also must face the buyer, in order to ensure fair trade.