P&SP 4300 Monorail Scale Test

Instructions to Complete
Monorail Scale Test Report
Form P&SP-4300
The scale inspector or person testing the scale must complete form P&SP-4300 to document the scale tests
required by the Packers and Stockyards Program.
Mail the completed form to the appropriate regional office of the Packers and Stockyards Program that covers
your state, as listed below. The states covered by each regional office are listed below its address.
Regional Offices of the Packers and Stockyards Program
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Eastern Regional Office
Western Regional Office
Midwestern Regional Office
Suite 230
3950 Lewiston St., Suite 200
Room 317
75 Spring Street
Aurora, CO 80011-1556
210 Walnut Street
Atlanta, GA 30303-3308
Telephone: (303) 375-4240
Des Moines, IA 50309-2110
Telephone: (404) 562-5840
FAX: (303) 371-4609
Telephone: (515) 323-2579
FAX: (404) 562-5848
e-mail:
FAX: (515) 323-2590
e-mail:
PSPDenverCO.GIPSA@usda.gov e-mail:
PSPAtlantaGA.GIPSA@usda.gov
PSPDesMoinesIA.GIPSA@usda.gov
States Covered
States Covered
States Covered
AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, LA, AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, KS, MT, IA, IL, IN, KY, OH, MI, MO, MN,
MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ,
NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA,
ND, NE, SD, WI
NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV
WY
For more information, see Instructions for Testing Livestock and Animal Scales available from a regional office
or via our web site at http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/pubs/live.pdf.
If you have any questions regarding this form, please contact the appropriate regional office of the Packers and
Stockyards Program listed above.
Line No.
1

Subject
Page Number

2

Test Agency

3–7

Scale Owner and
Address

8
9
10
11

Scale Manufacturer
Model Number
Serial Number
Class of Scale

12

Type Indicator

13
14
15
16

Scale Location
Scale Capacity
Scale Division
Minimum Tare
Division
Tare Setting

17

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Instruction
The page number is normally 1 of 1. If additional space is needed or when
testing multiple indicator/platform installations, number pages identifying
the current page number and the total number of pages. For example, page
2 of 3.
Enter the name, address, city, state, zip code, phone number, and e-mail
address of the scale test agency.
Enter the name of the scale owner and the address, city, county and state
where the scale is located. (Directional addresses may be helpful in rural
locations. Attach a separate sheet to the form to provide directions.)
Enter the name of the manufacturer of the beam, dial, or digital indicator.
Enter the model number of the indicator from the manufacturer’s ID plate.
Enter the serial number of the indicator found on the ID plate.
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the class of scale is Marked
III or Not Marked.
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the type of indicator is
beam, dial, or digital, and check the printer if it has printing capabilities.
Check the appropriate box to indicate the location of the scale.
Enter the maximum weighing capacity of the scale in pounds.
Enter the scale division or graduation in pounds.
Enter the minimum tare division in pounds.
Enter the tare setting in pounds.

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Line No.
18

Subject
Type of Weighing

19

Species Weighed

20

Tare Deduction

21

Weighing Speed

22

Test Weights

23
24
25
26

Verification Date
Test Date
Last Test Date
When Scale is
Unavailable
Test Results

27
28
29
30

Type of Test
Sensitivity
Response (SR)
Motion Detection

31

Auto Zero

32

Test Weights

33

Decreasing Load
Test and Balance

34

Remarks

35

Receipt Signature

36

Inspector Signature

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Instruction
Check the appropriate box to indicate if the type of weighing is static or
dynamic.
Enter the type of livestock weighed. (For example, steers, heifers, cows,
bulls, calves, hogs, sheep goats, horses, or mules.)
Check the appropriate box to indicate how tare is deducted (as per type of
scale used).
If dynamic scale, indicate weighing speed by entering the number of head
of livestock per hour.
Check the appropriate box to indicate the type of test weights used to test
the scale.
Enter the date the test weights were last verified.
Enter the date you are testing the scale (Month, Day, and Year).
Enter the date the scale was last tested (Month, Day, and Year).
Enter any times and days when the scale is not in use and therefore
available for testing.
The State or scale company conducting the test must complete line 25 by
checking the appropriate box to indicate the results of the test.
Check the appropriate box to indicate whether the test is static or dynamic.
Enter the sensitivity response (SR) on beam scales, or the discrimination
test on dial and digital scales, in pounds at zero and maximum test loads.
Enter the range, in pounds, (plus – minus) at which motion detection
prevents printing of weight values.
Enter the range, in pounds, (plus – minus) at which the scale will
automatically reset to zero for minor balance changes.
It is important that you fill out the test report in the sequence and in the
manner you conducted the test. If you begin a test and determine that the
scale is defective, and then correct the defective condition, record this in
sequence on the test report.
(A) Enter the location or position on the platform of the test weights,
(B) Enter the amount of test weights on the scale,
(C) Enter the amount displayed on the scale indicator, and
(D) Subtract the amount in column B from the amount in column C;
enter as the error.
For dial and digital scales only, enter the test data for the decreasing load
test and the resulting balance. It is important that you fill out the test
report in the sequence and in the manner you conducted the test. If you
begin a test and determine that the scale is defective, and then correct the
defective condition, record this in sequence on the test report.
(E) Enter the location or position on the platform of the test weights,
(F) Enter the amount of test weights on the scale,
(G) Enter the amount displayed on the scale indicator, and
(H) Subtract the amount in column B from the amount in column C;
enter as the error.
On the balance line, enter the amount the scale indicated after the test.
Use the “Remarks” section to enter needed explanations, comments,
adjustment you made, recommendations needed to correct a defective
condition, etc.
Obtain the signature of the owner or responsible person acknowledging
that they have received a copy of the Test Report.
Sign, as the scale inspector or person(s) testing the scale.

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OMB Control No. 0580-0015

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

MONORAIL SCALE TEST REPORT

PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS PROGRAM

2 Test Agency (Name, address, city, state, zip code)

Expires: xx/xx/20xx

1 Page No.

3 Scale Owner
4 Address
5 City

8 Scale Manufacturer
(Indicator)

9 Model Number

6 County

7 State

10 Serial Number

11 Class of Scale
‰ Marked III
‰ Not Marked
15 Scale Division (d)
16 Minimum Tare Division

12 Type Indicator ‰ Printer
‰ Beam
‰ Dial
‰ Digital
17 Tare Setting
13 Scale Location
14 Scale Capacity
18 Type of Weighing
‰ Kill Floor
(As found)
Lbs.
Lbs.
Lbs.
‰ Shipping
‰ Cooler
Lbs. ‰ Static
‰ Dynamic
19 Type of Livestock Weighed
20.How is Tare Deducted? ‰ Tare Bar & Poise
‰ Tare Module ‰ In Accounting 21.Weighing Speed (head per
‰ Push Button Zero
‰ Zero Knob or Screw` ‰ Balance Ball ‰ By Computer hour)
/Hour
22 Test Weights Used: ‰ Service Company ‰ Feed Company ‰ Weights And Measures
23 Date Test Weights Were Last Verified
24 Test Date
25 Last Test Date
26 Times and Days When Scale is Not in Use and Available for
27 Test Results
Testing:
(mm/dd/yyyy)
(mm/dd/yyyy)
‰ Approved ‰ Condemned
‰ Rejected ‰ Other_________
Test Data
28 Type of Test
30 Motion Detection
31 AZSM (auto zero setting mech.)
29 SR (Sensitivity Response) Or Discrimination
Test
Range = ______________ Lbs.
Range = ______________ Lbs.
‰ Static ‰ Dynamic
Zero Load = __________ Lbs.

32 Test Weights
Position
(32a)

Pounds
(32b)

Indicating
Element
(32c)

Maximum Load = __________ Lbs.

Error
(Pounds)
(32d)

32 Test Weights
Position
(32a)

Pounds
(32b)

Indicating
Element
(32c)

Error
(Pounds)
(32d)

32 Test Weights
Position
(32a)

Pounds
(32b)

Indicating
Element
(32c)

Error
(Pounds)
(32d)

33 Decreasing Load Test (Dial and Digital Only)

Balance
34 Remarks

35 Receipt of Report Acknowledged (Signature):

36 Scale Inspector (Signature):

Response is required in order to assure that tests and inspections have been made on scales to show their accuracy so that livestock carcasses may be weighed (9 CFR 201.72).
Information held confidential (9 CFR 201.96).
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid
OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0580-0015. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 45 minutes
per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of
information.

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