Modular weighing scale

A modular weighing scale (30a, 30b, 40, 50) includes a base unit (1), a weighing cell (2) arranged inside the base unit (1), and a load receiver (32, 42, 52) arranged outside of the base unit (1) and connected to the weighing cell (2) through a passage opening in the base unit (1), wherein the base unit (1) extends substantially parallel to a main plane (x-y) and wherein outline dimensions of the base unit (1) parallel to the main plane (x-y) are substantially larger than an outline dimension of the base unit (1) in a z-direction perpendicular to said main plane. In particular, the base unit (1) is designed as a module that is operable selectively in a first configuration and in a second configuration. In the first configuration, the main plane (x-y) of the base unit (1) is disposed horizontally, the load receiver (32, 42) extends parallel to the main plane (x-y) as a substantially horizontal platform over the base unit (1), and the weighing cell is mounted inside the base unit (1) in a first orientation in which the weighing cell measures a vertical weighing force acting in the z-direction of the base unit (1) and is connected to the load receiver (32, 42) by way of a carrier member supporting the load receiver from below. In the second configuration the main plane (x-y) is disposed vertically, the load receiver (52) hangs below the base unit (1) as a suspended weighing pan (52), and the weighing cell (2) is mounted inside the base unit (1) in a second orientation in which the weighing cell measures a vertical weighing force acting in a direction parallel to the main plane (x-y) and is connected to the suspended load receiver (52) by way of a suspension member (53) supporting the load receiver (52) from above.