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WEIGHING TECHNOLOGY
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. Retro-fitting weighing equipment. If
you have decided to retrofit weigh-
ing equipment to your fleet we
recommend you visit your chosen
supplier at their premises to decide
if they have the engineering capac-
ity to complete the job in your
timeframe. Get a guaranteed turna-
round time and ask if they carry out
pay by weight approvals. You will
also need to consider a replacement
vehicle(s) and most suppliers will
provide this free of charge. They
may even be able to loan you a vehi-
cle fitted with bin weighing that you
can borrow or hire for a trial period
to help you make a decision for your
business.
Bin weighing is an important investment
for your business and it has to be right
for your needs. Do your homework and
get to know your supplier first before you
commit. And although it's important to
have buy in from your drivers and opera-
tors, it's worth mentioning that weighing
and recording every bin offers the addi-
tional benefit of minimising any fraudu-
lent collections that may be going on.
Julian Glasspole is managing director of
Vehicle Weighing Solutions (VWS).
A load cell (pictured above) is a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal
whose magnitude is directly proportional to the force being measured.
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