VEHICLE WEIGHING SCALES KAMPALA UGANDA

What is a weighbridge?
A weighbridge is a huge set of bathroom scales meant for weighing heavy loads and vehicles like trucks and is made out of steel, concrete, or a mix of two. The measuring scales are connected to a readout or a digital weight indicator that displays the exact weight. The basic one looks like a slightly elevated platform that is not too high and the inclined planes in the front and back help the heavy vehicles to climb up easily.
Weighbridges are used all over the world. Both small and large companies, as well as transport companies, weigh trucks that transport all types of cargo, from food products to metals, as well as durable consumer goods or solid waste.
Most commonly a weighbridge is used to determine the weight of goods bought and sold in quantities expressed in full loads. In that case, the information provided by the weighbridge is an essential element of the commercial transaction. The truck scale works, ultimately, like a cash register.
The inspecting entities also use weighbridges to check whether the truck is carrying its load in accordance with the weight limits pre-established in the legislation for road vehicles. They are also used to inspect the volumes received and shipped from the facilities, such as waste treatment or solid waste recycling centres, construction sites, among others.
Most truck scales are installed outdoors. This means that they must be able to withstand all environmental challenges while ensuring reliable and accurate operation. Depending on the environment and the type of installation, most scale owners expect their equipment to last 10 to 20 years.
Weighbridges are important for the daily operations of most places where they are used. As, in addition, their duration is relatively long, the choice of an equipment is an important decision, which can work as an advantage (or disadvantage) for its owner for decades.
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What are the various types of weighbridges?
Weighbridge manufacturers have come up with different kinds of weighbridges like:

Electronic pit type is best suited for less spacious areas where pit construction is not an expensive undertaking. Vehicles can approach the weighbridge from any direction because the platform is at the same level as the ground. This is the preferred design for most public weighbridges.
Electronic pitless type is best used in situations where foundation excavation is difficult or pit construction is costly. Due to the structure’s elevation above the ground, vehicles can only approach the weighbridge from two directions, where ramps are provided and it necessitates more room.

Rail weighbridge is used for weighing wagons, locomotives, trains, etc. It provides accurate weight measurements to ensure that wagons and rail vehicles are safely balanced.

RCC weighbridges are supported by an extremely strong and inexpensive concrete platform system that will last for about a century. However, the steel foundation platform will last only 15 years.
Besides these weighbridges, there are the digital pit type, mechanical weighbridge, fully in-ground weighbridge, multiple deck weighbridge, and more.

Uses of a weighbridge
Weighbridge manufacturers make these weighbridges for industrial uses where heavy loads have to be measured.
Government officials use weighbridges to determine whether vehicles are following the guideline for roads or are overloaded.
A weighing bridge is used for measuring the weight of goods before the vehicles are loaded and the customers are charged according to the weight of the load supplied.
Heavy duty U beam structure with 10mm checked plated. Designed for both crane or forklift installation methods.
Heavy duty U beam structure with 10mm checked plated
Designed for both crane or forklift installation methods
Large capacity up to 60 ton
– (Optional 80ton capacity with strengthened structure)
OIML IP68 Alloy steel double-ended beam load cell
– (Optional OIML IP68 stainless steel canister load cell)
– (Optional digital load cells)
Modular design for easy truck or container loading
Two types of ramps available
Optional guide rails
Epoxy painting and sandblasted for long-term use

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