A solar powered weighbridge was recently commissioned for weighing truck carrying grain for EP Storage (Free Eyre) at Rudall in South Australia. Installed by Accuweigh’s Adelaide branch, the weighbridge is completely powered by solar panels due to the lack of mains power on the remote site.
As the weighbridge office is mounted 70 metres away from the weighbridge, CCTV cameras are fitted to both ends of the weighbridge to enable the weighbridge operator to verify all trucks are correctly positioned on the weighbridge deck to ensure accurate weight reading are attained. A two way intercom allows the truck drivers to provide details of the load and destination to the weighbridge operator.
The weighbridge office is powered from by an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) running off a local generator. The weighbridge deck measures 40 metres long by 3.5 metres wide and is used for weighing B-Doubles and road trains carrying grain in and out of the new rural storage facility.
AASoftware’s Ticket Aid Pro+ Weighbridge Software was also supplied to generate weight tickets and also provide detailed transaction reports as required by the client. Accuweigh is Australia’s largest industrial weighing company and has fully trained weighbridge crews and test trucks operation out of branches in all mainland states.