Weighing for stone mining and quarrying

Weighing Scales for Stone Mining and Quarrying

For every sector of the aggregates industry, increasing transportation costs and uncertain demand are forcing the industry to be more efficient than ever. Weighbridges and weighing systems from Avery Weigh-Tronix can help companies to ensure they cover costs, maintain vehicle safety, and operate efficiently.

Whether the goal is to process vehicles entering and leaving the site quickly and efficiently, measure incoming and outgoing loads for billing purposes, or measure produce and waste for reporting purposes, weighing equipment capable of reliable and repeatable weighing is essential to the bottom line in stone mining and quarrying applications.

Avery Weigh-Tronix weighbridges are reliable, accurate and tough enough to withstand harsh quarry conditions. When paired with sophisticated software or weight indicators, they form a weighing solution for record-keeping, transactional billing and data transmission and analysis.

Our weighbridges can also be paired with driver-operated terminals, software, RFID, and traffic light systems to create unmanned weighbridge systems that can extend the operating hours and efficiency of your mine or quarry.

Using accurate weighing equipment allows quarry operators to accurately measure the amount of stone extracted from the mine or quarry. This information is crucial for monitoring production levels, meeting extraction targets and ensuring environmental compliance.

Heavy off-road machinery must meet stringent weight limits to remain safe. Using weighbridges, axle weighing solutions or heavy-duty floor scales can help to monitor the weight of the material being transported, ensuring that loads are within safe operating limits and avoiding overloading accidents. Rail scales can also be used to weigh loads in-motion as carts enter and leave the site.

For stone mines and quarries that sort and process the materials that they extract, we also supply a range of heavy-duty load cells that can be used for process or bulk-weighing applications. The load cells can be fitted to tanks, silos, vessels and even conveyor belts to ensure that weighing is an integral part of your process.

As with any industry where produce is sold by weight, stone mines must use scales that have been certified “legal-for-trade”. Using weighbridges, floor scales and other weighing systems that have undergone a stringent set of tests to receive trade approval, means that buyers and sellers are getting the correct price for their goods. In an industry like quarrying, where pricing fluctuates according to supply and demand, using trade-approved scales is very important.

Most quarries and rock mines will produce large amounts of waste rock. By weighing and measuring the waste produced, mines and quarries can ensure that they are compliant with environmental regulations.