Traditional weighing methods are often complex, laborious, error-prone, and slow. Weighing data is scattered, and multiple devices, including USB sticks and paper printouts, are used. This also results in slow data transmission.
The strengths of digital weighing services lie in comprehensive management, process optimisation, and real-time data sharing. At the same time, errors can be minimised, billing can be streamlined immediately after weighing, and inventory data can be kept up to date. Weighing data is always allocated to the correct projects, events, and sites. It is also worth considering what the loader scale performs essential functions and what the digital weighing service manages. Acquiring an expensive weighing device to manage product, customer, and other business data is not advisable.
Data management can be handled more efficiently with a cloud-based weighing service, which offers significantly broader usage, management, and reporting capabilities. The wheel loader operator can manage the data flow in real-time via a mobile device, and information flows smoothly. For example, the weighing service can easily manage billing for various gravel types, leaving gravel pits.
Documents, photos, and electronic transport documents can be attached to weighing transactions. Sample analysis data, such as moisture percentage or calorific value, can also be attached as additional files. Additional information related to the worksite or project can be provided for billing purposes.
Post-weighing documentation, such as electronic transfer documents, can be automatically generated from the service with electronic signatures. All weighing data from a single cloud service is available to different stakeholders in real-time. This also ensures fast and error-free billing. With real-time data, worksites can be optimised for efficiency, and all reporting, real-time inventory management, and data transfer work smoothly with the company's ERP or other business systems.
The overall time savings in the billing and order-to-delivery chain are significant when more material transactions pass through the loader scale.
Remote monitoring of the loader scale can be done remotely, and in this case, remote support and maintenance services for the device are available according to customer requirements. For example, an additional module service, such as gate control, can be acquired, which enables round-the-clock operation.
All scales can be connected to the service regardless of the supplier. The wheel loader scale is quickly and cost-effectively connected to the service via the mScales Vehicle Scale gateway. The gateway is designed for mobile weighing hardware specifically for the demanding conditions of the Nordics, enduring severe vibrations and temperature fluctuations.
The gateway to the cloud is connected via a 4G connection or a wireless local network with Wi-Fi. The gateway must be connected to the scale terminal via a serial cable (Modbus/TCP).
Weighings are made smooth when the weighing is directly related to the customer's order, transport contract, internal warehouse order, purchase or sales transaction subject to billing. One or more weighing codes can be created for these transactions, validity periods can be provided, and validity periods can be sent to one or more wheel loader operators.
If the scale is integrated into the cloud via the gateway:
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Loader scales are often used in circular economy applications and mining and infrastructure construction. Digital weighing services can easily be integrated with loader scales in ports and logistics centres, handling, mixing, and packing bulk cargo in large quantities. Digital weighing brings significant benefits to the use of wheel loader scales:
Digital weighing service brings substantial benefits to the use of wheel loader scales:
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