An apparatus (20-A; 20-B; 120-A; 220-A; 320-A; 420-A; 520-A; 620-A; 720-B; 820-B) for moving and weighing an object (21) or material in general, comprising an
electric motor (26) which is used in two different ways, respectively to move the object (21) or to weigh it, wherein, during a weighing phase, a
drive shaft ( 27) of the
electric motor (26) stably supports the object (21) in a weighing position (P1), so as to be subjected to a torque (C) proportional to the weight (P) of the object, while at the same time is held substantially still in a fixed measuring position (o), corresponding to the weighing position (P1) of the object (21), so as to activate an electric
holding current (I), fed to the
electric motor (26), which is detected by a
control unit (28) to obtain from its value the measurement of the weight (P) of the object (21), and wherein, before and / or after the weighing phase, the electric motor (26 ) controls, through a rotation of the respective
drive shaft (27), proper movement means (22) which in turn move the object (21) towards and / or from the weighing area (25), where it is weighed. Selective connection means (31), for example suitable to be activated in response to the direction of rotation of the
drive shaft (27) of the electric motor (26), can be provided to selectively connect the drive shaft (27) with the movement means (22 ) used to move the object (21) with respect to the weighing area (25) or with the means (23) used to support it in the same weighing area (25). The apparatus (20-A; 20-B) allows the functions of weighing and moving an object to be carried out with a simple, inexpensive structure composed of a limited number of parts, as well as suitable for integration in a very wide range of applications. For example, the apparatus (20-A; 20-B) can be advantageously implemented and integrated into a continuous handling line (50-A; 50-B), for the packaging and / or in general the treatment of a plurality of objects (21; 21-1; 21-2;...21-N) and / or of the same or similar loads, within which the objects handled and moved must be individually weighed one after the other, so as to avoid the use of expensive and often cumbersome stations dedicated to weighing along the continuous handling line.