subject: Design is key when it comes to engineering a Truck Scale [print this page] Design is key when it comes to engineering a Truck Scale
Truck Scale Manufacturersare made or broken many times due to design characteristics. Cheapening a structure to save a little money might help lower the sale price and move more product. However, it might also lead to more problems, repairs, and downtime.
In 2010, the ideal thing to do is design a quality product that is built tough and lasts. Rice Lake Weighing Systems, maker of the Survivortruck scales,recognized a need for increased durability in the truck scale market. Acting on that finding,their heavy capacity design teamre-engineered the industry's truck scale standard, the Survivor lineup of Truck Scales. Their goal was to develop a robust line of products that would utilize superior design and materials in order to achieve the ultimate in quality and long-term performance.
Through this effort, the SURVIVOR line was created years ago. The design and engineering involved in producing a truck scale are the basis for durability and accuracy the two factors that have the most significant impact on your bottom line. By using state-of-the-art Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software, conducting an independent weighbridge stress analysis on each design and following ISO 9001 quality guidelines, every truck scale model from Rice Lake has been designed and tested to ensure structural integrity, and has earned NTEP certification (up to 14 feet wide).
Truck Scale design and engineering is very important and can make or break a product line. TheSURVIVOR Series truck scales are designed to accommodate a minimum of 250 trucks per day for 25 years without weighbridge fatigue. This is equivalent to more than 2 million weighments.
