Mettler-Toledo International Inc. XPE Precision Balance Wins Good Design Award

The XPE Precision balance from Mettler-Toledo has been recognized with a 2015 Good Design award.

The balance offers excellent repeatability when weighing minute forces without use of a draft shield. This allows the customers to speed up weighing processes and enhance lab productivity significantly.

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies selected the XPE Precision balance from among an array of products submitted from 38 countries in areas such as electronics, medical equipment and bionics. Entries that captured the selection committee’s imagination blended elements of functionality, ergonomics and aesthetics to create truly unique user experiences.

The star-shaped SmartPan™ weighing pan, which is integrated into the XPE Precision balance, fosters repeatability at resolutions down to 1 milligram while delivering results up to twice as fast as a comparable balance using a draft shield. Elimination of the draft shield makes weigh-in quicker and easier.

Notably, the innovative weighing pan design even maintains a faster-than-average settling time inside a fume hood, where continuous drafts are used to eliminate the danger posed by airborne gas or other toxins.