A compression weigh module is designed so that its top plate and base plate will be squeezed toward each other when weight is applied to it, and it can be attached directly to the ground, piers or structural beams. Compression weigh modules are typically used in multiples under large platform scales such as truck and railroad track scales and in tank, hopper and silo weighing. Capacities for compression load cells, which are within compression weigh modules, range from 3 kg to 300 tons.