Recycling and solid waste industries offer several unique challenges when considering the purchase for a new trash scale and the use of a truck scale is the perfect option for their operations. Many facilities have long lines, creating an increased need for a robust, consistent vehicle scale providing minimum downtime and maximum output. Waste facilities generate increased chances for scale malfunctions due to waste contamination and build-up combined with potentially challenging environmental scenarios. With high truck volume, scale inaccuracy and downtime can prompt tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit loss every year. Performing inspections can be timely and very costly when diagnosing and correcting mechanical and wiring malfunctions. Cardinal Scale’s ARMOR® series truck scales provide answers to these distinct issues.
The design advantages start with the weighbridge. The ARMOR® steel deck now integrates internal I-beam structural upgrades. The weighbridge employs 12-inch-high, 4-inch-wide I-beams supporting the deck. Four rows of welded stiffeners provide additional rigidity and safeguards against I-beam deflection. These advancements now boast the highest CLC in the truck scale industry—50 tons concentrated load capacity!
ARMOR® truck scales are built to accept an average daily traffic volume of up to 250 vehicles per day, 365 days per year, for 20 years, assuming that 100% of the vehicles are fully loaded with the equivalent of 80,000 pounds on their dual tandem axle. Those numbers testify that ARMOR® truck scales are built to last a lifetime of weighing use.
Cardinal Scale’s 225 Navigator indicator can store up to 200 ID’s, with the added bonus of storing 200 temporary ID’s. Amongst the many items displayed are truck descriptions, material prompts, and tare weights. One-inch high characters are easy to view under any lighting condition. When used with digital truck scales, the 225 indicator has the added benefit of storing calibration on the digital load cell card which allows for ease of recalibration in the event of a component failure. Changing a load cell should require no adjustments to calibration.
The ARMOR® truck scale with either SmartCell® digital load cells or Guardian® hydraulic load cells is NTEP and Measurement Canada legal for trade. Less time is spent replacing component parts, diagnosing load cell issues, and dealing with weighbridge structural problems. The cumulative time saved is a great return on investment for the customer and a great savings in service fees. Truly, Cardinal Scale has reinvented the steel deck and advanced scale technology into the next generation.
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