Supply Lines
June 2008
Go With the Flow
When it comes to materials transportation, an array of products can improve your process.
by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief
Alliance Scale, Inc.
Portable Truck Scale
Alliance Scale, Inc., introduced a high-capacity,
portable truck scale that can be moved from site to site. The Alliance
Portable Truck Scale features Rice Lake’s Survivor ATV Series steel
deck. Available in sizes ranging from 10 to 80 feet in length and 10,
11, or 12 feet in width, the scale provides up to 100 tons of capacity.
Featuring pre-assembled deck modules with self-seating hinge connectors,
the scale is designed to be portable.
Actronic Technologies
Loadout management
Actronic Technologies released the new Loadrite
Loadout Management System. Designed to use data captured from the line’s
onboard scales, the management system provides quarry, regional, and
corporate staff members greater visibility to loadout operations. Using
radio modems and ruggedized in-cab displays, loader operators know what
trucks are waiting within the quarry, receive confirmation on required
product, know how much product is requested, and can check how long a
customer has been waiting. The company says that every movement of
machines and material becomes trackable.
Trackmobile, Inc.
Tier 3 railcar movers
Trackmobile, Inc. offers two new railcar movers that incorporate Cummins Tier 3 engines, the Command Post operator environment, and CAN bus control systems, among other features. The Titan Series units options include Trackmobile Radio Control, Track Mobile Ground Control System, and cab air conditioning. The Hercules Series features the Command Post operator environment and Force 12 pneumatics.
Vulcan On-Board Scales
Dump truck weighing
Vulcan On-Board Scales’ new dump truck weighing system helps operators save time during the loading, weighing, and re-loading process. Its latest offering provides options including a system display of gross vehicle or net payload weight. Axle weight may be chosen for applications where the user needs to know individual axle weights. The system is said to provide accuracy within 1 percent of gross vehicle weight and is recommended for on-road and off-road applications.
TruckWeight
Wireless onboard scale
TruckWeight’s Smart Scale uses sensors to measure temperature and pressure changes in a vehicle’s air suspension and relays the data to a handheld receiver using a lower-powered radio transmitter. The sensors produce a weight measurement that’s within 0.3 percent of the actual gross vehicle weight. Because it’s wireless, the system allows the operator to monitor gross and axle weights from up to 500 feet away. Installation typically takes 30 minutes for a standard five-axle tractor-trailer and requires no special tools or skills.
Rice Lake Weighing Systems
Wheel loader scale
Rice Lake’s WLS-1 Wheel Loader Scale provides
on-the-go weighing for front loaders. Designed as an on-board weighing
management tool, the WLS-1 offers load accuracy within 1 percent without
stopping the loader or bucket to capture a weight. This optimizes the
amount weighed during loading, reduces trips to a scale, and avoids
overloads, underloads, and fines. An LCD monitor provides easy data
collection and storage. Weighing is automatic.
Emery Winslow Scale Co.
Low-profile truck scale
The Flat Top II, from Emery Winslow Scale Co., is a
low-profile truck scale that combines electronic instrumentation with a
long-wearing, hydrostatic, load cell weight-sensing system. Because the
system has no electronics in the scale platform, the 75,000-pound
stainless steel load cells carry a lifetime guarantee against damage
from flooding, lightning, or power surges. Other features include a
free-floating bridge design and a tubular, low-profile weighbridge. The
scale is NTEP approved.
Fairbanks Scale
On-board weighing
The Loadtronic II system, from Fairbanks Scales, is a dynamic on-board weighing system for wheel loaders. It automatically registers important weighing information during product loading, including product type, destination, and amount loaded. The data is saved in the system’s main unit and can be printed in a receipt format. Automatic compensation of charging forces, including uneven surfaces, is achieved as various sensors continuously measure the position of the lifting arms and the applied hydraulic pressure.
Advanced Weighing Systems
Quoting capabilities
Advanced Weighing Systems’ Interact Software can
now generate job quotes. Instead of requiring a separate application to
generate quotes, they can be formulated within the software. Once a
customer accepts a quote, it can be converted into a job and used in the
normal manner. Interact also allows a producer to duplicate a quote and
to update it in order to avoid complete re-entry. A quote template may
be used to generate multiple jobs.
Cardinal Scale
Extra-large display
Cardinal Scale’s new 210FE digital weight indicator
features an extra-large display with remote controllability, dual serial
ports, NEMA 4X/IP66 protection, flexible print formats, powers eight
load cells, numeric keypad, auto shutoff, and selectable key lockout in
a 15-inch-wide by 9.7-inch-high stainless steel enclosure with
2.24-inch-high LED digits and giant key sizes for use with gloved
fingers. Highly visible by drivers when loading over a scale, the
indicator allows remote wireless input device and tare, print, or zero
directly from the driver’s seat.
