Greifensee, Switzerland. 3 May, 2012 – As moving bulk goods or raw materials into or out of a processing facility is critical to productivity, manufacturers are increasingly looking to protect their gains and profits by investing in reliable weighing technology. To provide guidance on this topic, METTLER TOLEDO has published on its website “Reliable Vehicle Weighing Helps Protect Profits,” a white paper exploring vehicle weighing and the ways that new scale technologies can help to eliminate costly downtime for trucks and lower overall maintenance costs.

Manufacturers seek to ensure the accuracy and reliability of their vehicle scales for important reasons: when a scale provides inaccurate weighing results, the error costs the company money, and can force critical processes to be put on hold. Many traditional scales have integral weaknesses in their construction and can be hampered by environmental issues, such as adverse weather conditions, lightning strikes, or animals damaging cables. In addition, these weighing systems are prone to factors such as weighing instability, calibration creep and non-linearity. Traditional scales that cannot alert operators to any inaccuracies or compensate for them can continue to produce weighing errors for long periods of time. This can create losses for the manufacturer and potential safety concerns due to quality control issues.

To combat these issues, the paper suggests a range of technologies that are now being used to produce reliable and accurate measurements. The introduction of microprocessors in load cells, for example, can reduce internal and external influences on vehicle weighing scales. Load cells that transmit strong digital signals and provide self-diagnostics, ensure that accuracy is maintained. Reliability can also be improved through improvements to the physical design of load cells, incorporating elements such as heavy-duty stainless construction, the elimination of junction boxes (which contain sensitive electronics easily affected by moisture), and double shielded cables that are resistant to wear, rodent damage and lightning strikes.

The white paper highlights how a company can expect to see a return on investment by upgrading scales or introducing new high-tech weighing systems that provide better accuracy and avoid downtime. The elimination of unplanned service events can result in significant savings and productivity increases that continue to grow throughout the life of a reliable, fully supported vehicle scale solution.

To download a copy of the white paper, please go to: http://glo.mt.com/global/en/home/supportive_content/White_Papers/ind-wp-rvw.html

Contact

Stuart Thomas
Global Segment Marketing Manager
Vehicle Scale Business Unit
Stuart.Thomas@mt.com
+1 614 841 7314

About METTLER TOLEDO

METTLER TOLEDO is a leading global supplier of precision instruments and is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial and food retailing applications. METTLER TOLEDO provides weighing solutions that help customers by automating processes, increasing yields, controlling product quality and complying with industry standards and regulations. For more, visit www.mt.com