A weighbridge is a large scale that serves the purpose of weighing objects with considerable dimensions, like vehicles. And, in you company, it can be an essential element to your team and for the sustainability of your business. But do you really know everything there is to know about truck-scales?
Today we take you on a tour to the interior of this weighing equipment so that you can get to know your weighbridge better and find out what are the components that allow its functioning.
At Balanças Marques, the greatest experts on industrial weighing are ready to help you on this task. Better than anyone, they know these instruments, the respective parts and secrets. Therefore, they are your guides on this trip to the centre of a weighbridge:
#1 Stop – The Weighbridge’s Foundations
The first stop takes us to explore the foundations of a truck scale. On permanent installations, weighbridges demand a previous preparation and foundations built in concrete to support the weight of the vehicles and respective loads. And that’s why that, generaly, they ask for construction works before installed.
#2 Stop – The Weighbridge’s platform
Now let’s move forward to the weighbridge’s platform. That’s the surface where the trucks will circulate and get weighed. It can be built in metal or both in metal and concrete, depending on the user’s needs and on the conditions of the location where it will be installed. These platforms are, in their majority, composed by several modules to facilitate the transportation as well as the installation.
#3 Stop – The Weighbridge’s Load Cells
On our third stop, we get to know the essential elements to make your weighbridge capable of weighing. Part of the junction box, the load cells are precisely the components that allow the equipment to measure the weight on the platform. On a more technical definition, they are electromechanical transductors that are under the weighbridge’ surface to convert the force into an electrical signal. They measure the response of the material to application of loads, transforming it into a measurable electrical signal that determines the truck’s and respective load’s weight
#4 Stop – The Weighbridges Terminal
Another componente, another stop! It’s time to meet the terminal – also known as indicator. This is control panel of your weighbridge, it’s the piece where the operator is going to check the weight and it’s the piece that, generally, serves as connection point to other peripherals of the truck scale, like viewers, mupis, etc…
#5 Stop – The Weighbridge’s Cables
Now we have reached the time to go by the elements that connect several components of the weighbridge: the cables. In most cases, it’s through them that load cells transmit their electrical signals to the terminal in order to make it possible to measure and visualize the weight.
#6 Stop – The Weighbridge’s Accessories
Sixth and final stop! And time to visit the several accessories you can add to your weighbridge. For a little more road safety, your truck scale can be equipped with lateral guides that facilitate driving at night and can also include red lights, among others. Besides, to facilitate the trucks’ weighing, there are several options to automatize the process, like our BM700 mupi with a licences plate recognition system.
For now, we end our trip through the components of a weighbridge, but, if you intend to keep going further on this tour in the company of Balanças Marques, you can always contact us! Explore the several weighbridge options we have available and respective accessories and, in case of any doubt about our equipment, you only need to fill out our form to get in touch with the greatest experts on industrial weighing. We are always there for you!
