Weighbridge control system improves turnaround times for Ennstone Johnston

摘要

Trucks are now processed eight times faster at Ennstone Johnston's Cloud Hill site, in the East Midlands, following the installation of a new weighbridge control system from Avery Weigh-Tronix. The company needed to increase the throughput of trucks in and out of the site following the opening of a new asphalt plant at the quarry. Previously, wagons checked in and out at the same weighbridge station, which meant long queues at busy times. While the actual filling time only took 5min, it could take nearly an hour to get a truck in and out of the site due to the bottleneck. Critically, asphalt was reducing in temperature by up to 50% while waiting to leave the site.