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BALANCER, SCALE

Specialty Definition: BALANCER, SCALE

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Inspects, tests, and adjusts scale mechanisms and repairs or replaces defective parts to ensure balance and accuracy of scales, using handtools and test equipment: Rolls test weights to and from position on scale platform and reads dial indications or weight tickets (if scale is so equipped) to verify accuracy of scales. Adjusts parts, such as $T3loading box,$T1 rack, pendulum weights, and cams, for travel and leverage to determine type of error and coordinate readings with weights. Adjusts and tightens parts, such as locking handle, cam holddowns and ribbons, pendulum lever assembly, and stops for tare-beam lever, using handtools. Reduces friction to minimum in all bearings and parts of scale, using chisels, taps, tin snips, hacksaw, plumb bob, and electric drill. Repairs or replaces defective parts. May install parts in conjunction with balancing operation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: BALANCER, SCALE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters ",-a-a-a-b-c-c-e-e-l-l-n-r-s"

-4 letters: cancelable, cancellers, clearances, rebalances.

-5 letters: balancers, barnacles, caesarean, calcaneal, canallers, cancelers, canceller, clarences, cleanable, clearable, clearance, learnable, rebalance, resalable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: BALANCER, SCALE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 41 4C 41 4E 43 45 52 2C      53 43 41 4C 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01000001 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000011 01000101 01010010 00101100 00100000 01010011 01000011 01000001 01001100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#65 &#76 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#69 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#83 &#67 &#65 &#76 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0041 004C 0041 004E 0043 0045 0052 002C      0053 0043 0041 004C 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36354635483739521425337354639

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