ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation has developed and successfully commissioned an HE-PW 11 platform scale for a customer in the waste disposal industry.
Customer
The customer has over 160 years of experience in the areas of water, waste disposal and energy. For more than 25 years, the customer has been providing high-quality drinking water, environmentally friendly wastewater treatment, professional waste management and recycling as well as a safe and clean energy supply in Germany. It develops customized services along the entire value chain for private and commercial customers as well as retail and industrial companies.
Requirements for the platform scale
Due to a defect in its existing platform scale, the customer needs to weigh Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC) a quick replacement.
The verifiable platform scales are installed outdoors and must therefore be designed to be robust.
As different materials are weighed on the platform scale, simple and fast material management should be possible. The weighing ticket is required directly at the platform scale.
Despite the tense market situation with currently long delivery times for the required steel and electronic components, ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation was able to quickly plan and implement a customized solution for the customer.
Technical solution
ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation advised the customer and developed a technical solution consisting of a platform scale with dimensions of 1500 mm x 1500 mm with a maximum load of 3 tons and a control cabinet for outdoor installation to house the weighing electronics and the receipt printer.
Implementation
The control cabinet is developed and manufactured entirely in-house at ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation. For this purpose, ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation has the appropriate production capacities as well as its own electrical and metal workshop.
ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation offers various options for controlling a platform scale.
In this case, the scale is not integrated into a computer network or connected to the weighing software EWP weighing software. However, in order to provide the customer with a convenient, simple and fast way to implement material management, an EWS-8000E weighing electronics is installed.
ESSMANN | Waagen & Automation has developed its own software for these weighing electronics for easy operation by the weigher. This system for self-service of the scale is coupled with a receipt printer in a protective housing. The print image for the weighing slip/receipt can of course be customized.
Despite the tight market situation, the company’s very high level of in-house vertical integration means that even demanding and customized projects can be implemented very quickly.
Related products
Verified platform scale Soehnle 7973.16.120 – Maximum load 150 kg – Readability 10 g – Weighing surface 660 x 550 mm – Stainless steel
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