Vehicle scale

A vehicle scale allows you to accurately, reliably, and quickly handle the weighing of loads for vehicles of various sizes. When the weighing result is used as the basis for billing, the vehicle scale is often the best way to commercialise weight due to its accuracy. It is essential in various sectors to obtain accurate, entertaining information about the weight carried by a vehicle. Vehicle scales are widely used in logistics, circular economy, waste management, energy production, the food industry, ports and business parks, and wood processing.

We also design, size, and manufacture robust concrete-structured 1, 2 and 3 HCT-bridged vehicle scales for heavy traffic and load weighing, considering the varying weather conditions of the Nordic countries. If the need for a vehicle scale is portable and one wants to avoid making a fixed base, a steel-structured vehicle scale is a suitable solution. Additional equipment, such as booms, traffic lights, large number displays, bridge heaters, video surveillance cameras, and licence plate recognition, can be connected to vehicle scales. Modern vehicle scales combine digital software solutions, top-class measuring components, and excellent operational reliability.

Caption: The vehicle scales supplied by Tamtron Precision come as standard in sizes ranging from 13 metres to 39-metre HCT scales and are available as steel and concrete bridge scales and flush and surface mounted. The picture shows a concrete bridge, flush mounted.

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With a modern vehicle scale, the driver can carry out the weighing operation independently, efficiently and safely using their smart device from the cab of their vehicle. Vehicle scale weighings have increasingly moved towards a contractual basis to make the weighing process as quick as possible. This leaves the driver with only the tasks of driving onto the scale and checking the correctness of the data. Once the weighing is completed, the data is automatically and, in real-time, transferred to the desired parties. Weighing done on a vehicle scale is static, meaning the vehicle must stop on the vehicle scale for weighing.

A digital weighing service enables the automation of vehicle scale weighings and related access control with a mobile application and the given weighing code. The service can be customised to suit your company's use best and enhance operations.

For example, in the waste and circular economy sectors, the digital weighing service enables the automatic saving of load photos and the addition of load thermal value information to the weighing event with the help of additional functional modules. The service can also control gates and booms, so everything is managed with one software. The software maintenance is easy, and there will be no interface issues between different software. All data obtained from weighings are recorded in weighing receipts, and the information is immediately available at all locations. Electronic documents, such as freight and transfer documents, are stored in the service, making their handling straightforward.

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Caption: Tamtron Precision, Installation of a Vehicle Scale

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When selecting a vehicle scale, it is always a good idea to determine the right scale solution with an expert based on future usage needs, the operational model, and the location conditions. In selecting vehicle scales, it is also important to consider the comprehensive management of weighing information, the connection of the scale to the ERP business management system, and its utilisation in business and logistics. The effective use of modern vehicle scales is achieved by connecting the scale to a digital weighing service, significantly reducing the number of different devices and paper documents, thus enhancing and speeding up the completion of weighing events. Mobile weighing enables, for example, the vehicle driver to carry out the weighing from inside the vehicle, so digital weighing also improves occupational safety and smooths the self-service weighing event.

The possibility of updating the components and equipment of vehicle scales extends the life cycle of the vehicle scale and meets the changing requirements of the industry. The quality and ease of use of vehicle scales, especially in the challenging conditions of Northern Europe due to temperature variations and humidity, are good to consider when acquiring a scale. Spare parts are always available for a domestic vehicle scale and their maintenance and verification rounds, as well as remote support services, increase your vehicle scale's life cycle and functionality.

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Utilising vehicle scales is possible with a mobile device when it is connected to a digital weighing service. This allows for real-time management of all weighing information and makes it easy to share with various stakeholders. The mScales service integrates your vehicle scale into your business system, significantly enhancing the efficiency of weighing information management and processes through automation. When your vehicle scale is connected to a digital cloud service, it can be remotely maintained and diagnosed, providing predictive sensor-specific diagnostics for potential emerging problems.

Digital weighing services allow for effortless control of material flows and transportation, maintaining inventory balances, reporting to transport companies, internal factory stock changes, and selling weighing services to external users. Benefits of the cloud service include the ability to track weighings anywhere and at any time, as all the information is in one system. The service can be used with a standard internet browser or its dedicated mobile service.

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The best time to connect the scale to the cloud and potentially modernize the weighing equipment is during the mandatory periodic verification. By combining cloud services and modern-scale electronics, all the benefits of digitalisation can be extracted from the vehicle scale. Connection to the cloud service is most easily achieved through a 4G connection, eliminating the need for new cabling for data communication. After modernising the vehicle scale and connecting it to mScales, your scale is brought into a new digital era. You can entirely focus on developing your core business, as digital weighing frees up many resources.

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