In-cab weighing

A wireless in-cab display showing weighbridge weight is helping Craven Grain maximise the loading of outbound vehicles. The solution from Avery Weigh-Tronix has halved the manpower needed, increased the speed and accuracy of loading and improved health and safety on site.

Vehicles collecting grain from the storage facility need to be accurately loaded. They are initially loaded from one of the stores before moving onto the weighbridge. From here the vehicle is topped up using a loading shovel mounted on a tractor.

When shovel drivers had the bucket in the air for loading, they could not see the external weight display. This meant a second person had to watch the display and instruct the driver.

Avery Weigh-Tronix developed a wireless remote display unit that is mounted on the top of the windscreen so the shovel driver can see current weighbridge weight and look at the shovel, while slowly tipping the load into the trailer.