METTLER TOLEDO

Weigh Station Systems

Introductions

Jess Helmlinger
WIM Regional Application Specialist Central Region
Phone: 614-288-5882
Email: jess.helmlinger@mt.com

Bob Susor
Sales Manager WIM North America

Our Company
METTLER TOLEDO is a global manufacturer
and marketer of precision instruments and
load sensors for use in the laboratories,
manufacturing and food retailing.

Worldwide presence
10,000 employees
Sales approx. USD 1.9 billion
$60M Annual R&D Spend
NYSE MTD - $87

Americas, Europe & Asia

Solutions for Industry

Instrumentation
and

Process Weighing
Product
Inspection

Checkweighing
& SQC

Vehicle

Improving
Productivity

General Industry

Process
Analytics

Tank, Hopper
& Silo

MT WIM Strengths
Weigh Stations:

Practical, robust, accurate, WIM equipment

Eliminate marginal value components (axle and off
scale sensors)

Total compliance to ASTM E 1318-02

MT WIM Strengths
Weigh Stations:

Manufacture software, and static scales as well

Total Project Commitment
Design Support
Construction capability
Local support

Total Project Commitment

Design Support:

WIM and Static Scale specifications

Foundation Drawings PE Approved
Static scale
WIM scale
WIM cabinet
Traffic light, speaker, overheight (OH) pole
Conduit Drawings

Total Project Commitment

Turnkey Installation

Total Project Commitment

Turnkey Installation

Total Project Commitment

Turnkey Installation

Total Project Commitment

Turnkey Installation

Total Project Commitment

Turnkey Installation

Total Project Commitment

Local Support:

Scale Source Yukon, OK

System Scale Broken Arrow, OK

Importance
1 number to call for entire system
Short response time -1 hr phone, 12 hr on-site
Bob Hale

State WIM Customers

Awards

ITS AMERICA 2009 BEST INNOVATIVE

PRODUCT AWARD WINNER

Press Release

Traditional WS Components
WIM Systems Function To Automatically:

Measure
Axles Spacing
Height
Laser (L x W x H)
Weight
Gross Weight
Tandem Weight
Axle Weight
Tire Weight

Traditional WS Components
WIM Systems Function To Automatically:

Determine
Speed
Vehicle Classification
Vehicle Location in WS
Time/Date
Sort and Signal Traffic to the appropriate lane

Traditional WS Components

Key System Components

- WIM Sensors or WIM Scales
- WIM Load Cells
- WIM Controller
- WIM Terminal (PC)
- Laser Dimensioning (Overheight)
- Vehicle Tracking Network (Loops)
- Virtual Graphics Panel

Traditional WS Components

Key System Components (continued)

- Sort Signals (Red X/ Green )
- Traffic Signals
- Static Scale
- Static Load Cells
- Static Scale Controller
- Static Scale Computer
- VMS / CMS Signs

Weigh In Motion (WIM) Scales

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

21

Sensors
installed

WIM Scales
- One (1) set consists of two (2) platforms
- Platforms measure 6 x 30
- Staggered Configuration
- Mount in separate frames 10 deep
- Full load cell design (4) per platform
(static weigh accuracy of 1%)
- 16,000 lb capacity each cell
- Platform has 50,000 lbs weighing capacity, 150%
overload
- Galvanized ASTM A-123
- WIM cell replacement, standard tools, one hour
repair time, no lifting device required
- Does not require calibration if load cell replaced

WIM Scales Staggered

Why use a staggered configuration?

- Eliminates costly, maintenance intensive piezo sensors in
system
- Can derive vehicle speed and axle spacing
- Eliminates perimeter piezos by using load cells in scale

WIM Scales Staggered

Lower Costs Initial Installation

Higher Reliability Fewer Sensors
Improved Performance Fewer Disruptions
in Pavement Before WIM

Bottom Line - Equal or Improved

System for LESS MONEY!

WIM Scales
Test Weight

- Weight readout is always within 1% no matter where the weight is applied

on the platform.
- Other manufacturers only supply weigh pad with single point cell or non
linear plates. Their side to side error is 10%.
- This is important as vehicles dont always travel down center of lane and
when they dont the platform must output the same weight or the accuracy
is affected.

MT WIM Load Cells

MT is worlds largest manufacturer of load

cells

WIM cells exhibit over twenty (20) years of

proven reliable performance

We firmly believe them to be the most reliable

sensors on the market!

MT WIM Load Cells

Unique design features?

- 17-4 stainless steel construction prevents corrosion and
mechanical failures
- Hermetically sealed, preventing contaminents and moisture
from entering gauged area
Most significant cause of sensor failure
- Internal dampening prevents against repetitive cycle loading
characteristic
- High capacity 16k load cell exceeds the yield design stress
point of even the most overloaded trucks
- Lightning protection system is inherent in load cell design.
Highly sophisticated

Kistler WIM Sensors

Kistler Lineas Quartz Sensors

- Temperature coefficient of sensitivity -.02/C
- Install with minimal lane closure (6 hours)
- Only sensor that can be reworked as roadway ruts (10mm)
- Accuracy can meet ASTM Type III with smooth approaches

MT WIM Controller
Construction standard aluminum outdoor traffic
control cabinet

Located within 80 ft of WIM scales

Modules for termination of in-road items

- Scales
- Loops
- Over height detectors
- Lasers
Convenience outlet with light
Industrial fan/heater
Lightning surge protection
Provides communications to WIM scale PC
- Data, Fiber Optic Cable, Wireless

WIM Terminal (PC)

Displays Real Time Pictoral of WIM Data

- Weights
- Speed
- Classification
- Time and Date
- Axle Spacing
- Violation
- Vehicle dimensions

Remote Diagnostics
- I/O
- DSP
- WIM Scale

WIM Terminal (PC)

Software
- Tracks all vehicles through the Vehicle Tracking Network (VTN)
- Sorts to static scale(s)
- Auto static scale lane control (bypasses vehicles if static lane is
congested)
- Automatically closes weigh station if congested
- Alerts operator of possible ramp congestion
- Determines violators in bypass lane

WIM Terminal (PC)

System Reports at a MINIMUM

- Speed by Hour or Class
- Statistical Reports
Number of Trucks Weighed
Average Weight
Number of Overweight

Vehicle Dimensioning In Motion

3D Dimensioning System
- Measures
Length (bumper to bumper)
Width (extreme points)
Height (highest point from road surface)
Rain and snow
- Creates scanned image of each vehicle
- Integrates with WIM and sorts vehicles based on dimensions
- Accuracy
Length (+/- 12 @ 94% Conformance)
Width (+/- 3 @ 96% Conformance)
Height (+/- 3 @ 96% Conformance)

Vehicle Dimensioning In Motion

Overheight Detection
- Mounted on telescoping poles
- One on each side of road
- Set to fix height dimensions
- Any vehicle that breaks beam is over height
- Integrated with WIM and sorts over height vehicles to the
static scale

Laser Scanners

WIM
scales
installed

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

37

Sensors
installed

3D Laser Image with Dimensions

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

38

Sensors
installed

LPR and Overview Camera

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

39

Sensors
installed

LPR Image and OCR Read

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

40

Vehicle Tracking Network

Consist of loops and software
Real time queue control and reset
- Tracks each vehicles location through the facility
- Resets signals
- Monitors queue capacity

Tracking network is designed per project

Vehicle Tracking Network

Vehicle Tracking Network

Virtual Graphics Panel

22 flat panel monitor with speakers
Graphical representation of weigh station layout
Provides symbols to indicate the function of vehicle
tracking devices and the status of all signals

Allows for true manual control of all signals

Provide symbols and audibly alert operator of high water
condition in each pit

Provides voice alarms versus audible tones

Virtual Graphics Panel continued...

Customizable per customer application

Virtual Graphics Panel continued...

Customizable per customer application

Virtual Graphics Panel with WIM data

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

47

Sensors
installed

Sort Signals

Provides visual indication to driver on required

action

- Fiber Optic
- LED
Red X
Green

Sort Signals

Fiber Optic
LED
Red X
Green

Sort Signals

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

50

Sensors
installed

Traffic Signals

Visual indication to driver for positioning on the

static scale and when to proceed

- Red/Green lights
- 8
- 12

Traffic Signals

LED
8
12

Static Scale

Indicate accurate vehicle gross and axle weights

and produce a certified weight ticket upon
demand

Weighbridges
- Tandem Capacity of 70,000 lbs
- 12 Wide
- Recommend 12 x 24 x 44
- Designed per customer requirements
- Galvanized ASTM A-123

Databrief

Static Scale

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

54

Sensors
installed

Static Scale

Static Scale continued...

Weighbridge(s)

Tandem capacity of 70,000 pounds

12ft. Wide
Galvanized ASTM A-123

Data brief

Static Scale continued...

Static Scale continued...

Static Scale Load Cells

Five Year Load Cell Warranty (including

lightning)

45 Metric Ton Capacity

Lightning Protection
Literature

8 Track
Player

Color TV

DIVIDE

Blue Ray Disk

Youve seen the transition from analog to digital

technology in many aspects of your personal life. In
every case, you benefited directly from much better
performance. The same is true for the transition
from analog to digital load cells.
Contact your
local Authorized Mettler Toledo representative today
and learn more about POWERCELL
There is a Difference, and its one that matters.

MP3

Big Screen HDTV

Weighing
Technology

TRUCK
SCALE

Black &
White

VCR Tape

DIGITAL

33 RPM
Record Player

TELEVISION

AUDIO

8mm film

Better Technology, Delivering Better Performance

THE

VIDEO

METTLER TOLEDO POWERCELL :

Lever
W/Dial

Hydraulic/Analog
Load Cells

Digital POWERCELL

Unequaled Reliability
Highest Accuracy
Proven Superior Performance
Best Lightning Protection
Onboard Diagnostics
No External Digital Converters Needed
Less Downtime
Survives Harshest Environments
All backed by the industrys
finest service and most powerful warranty

POWERCELL Performance
The pie charts below represent accuracy found on hundreds of truck
scales from various manufacturers when they were checked during a
preventative maintenance visit. Based on the findings, scales using
hydraulic/analog load cells are 4 times more likely to have some
amount of weighing error compared to a scale with POWERCELL
load cells. In fact, scales using analog load cells are over 10 times
more likely to have a weighing error of 60lb or more.

POWERCELL PDX
Eliminates the #1 Source of System Failures Junction Boxes
Competitive Systems use J-Boxes:
Hard to seal against moisture
Complicated installation, troubleshooting
Expensive to maintain and failure prone

POWERCELL PDX:
Has NO Junction Box
Easy to install and troubleshoot
Fast, reliable, and accurate operation

POWERCELL PDX
Protection from Moisture & Corrosion

Competitive Analog Solutions

POWERCELL PDX

Often made of painted carbon steel

Integrated cable connection not potted

Weld seems not tested for leaks
Cannot tell that a load cell has failed!

Potential water entry

Passed IP68 and IP69K tests

Stainless steel components
7 day submersion test
Integrated breach detection

POWERCELL PDX
Lightning potential killer of vehicle scales

An average bolt of lightning carries an electric

current of 40,000 amperes1

POWERCELL PDX passed testing at this level

In fact it survived a direct strike of 82,000 amperes.
IEC62305-1, IEC61000-4-5, IEEE Std 4-1995

20 years of proven lightning protection with

POWERCELL now has improved performance

Global distribution of lightning April 1995-February 2003 from the combined

Observations of the NASA OTD (4/95-3/00) and LIS (1/98-2/03) instruments
1

Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

Lightning - 3rd Party Test Verification

Withstands 100,000V @ >10,000A
Further empirically proven in our scales

world-wide
Customers scales continue to operate thru
weather extremes and storm activity

http://www.lightningtech.com/

POWERCELL PDX
Predictive Diagnostics Monitor Network Health

Voltage monitoring at each cell

CANbus high & low values
Compare actual to installed values
Easily detect bad cables
Built in Breach Detection
Load Cell Serial Number logged by instrument

Static Scale Controller

Capable of Powering (4) scale platforms

Setup/Calibration via Keyboard
Display Summation of Scales/Axles
Adjustable Automatic Zero Maintenance
TCP/IP Communication
Meets NIST Handbook 44/NTEP
UL/CSA Listed
Literature

Static Scale Computer

Displays weights from static scale controller

Keyboard entry i.e. vehicle ID or text
Prints certified scale ticket
Prints static reports
Displays WIM data with static weight
Remote diagnostics
WIM and static scale shift reports

Static Scale Computer

Static Scale Software

- Center of Gravity Feature (see specifications for details)
- Auto-Calibration of WIM Scales
- Auto violation check and release
- Alerts (audio and visual) operator of possible violations
- Stores and reports WIM scale accuracy

Center of Gravity Feature

Auto-Calibration Feature
Automatically calibrates WIM scales
Ongoing Performance
- Seamless and continuous auto calibration

Based on static weights

Based on speed range
Based on classification
10 Dynamic calibration factors per classification

Benefits
- Eliminates costly calibrations
- Ensures accuracy
- Auto calibration flow diagram

Static Scale Application

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

72

Sensors
installed

VMS / CMS Signs

Provides visual direction to driver after

departing the static scale

VMS (Variable Message Sign)

- Full color
- Display graphics
- Programmable messages

CMS (Changeable Message Sign)

- Led
- Fiber
- Fixed messages

VMS / CMS Signs

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

74

Sensors
installed

VMS / CMS Signs

Overview camera

LPR camera
and IR light

LPR/Overview
camera and
wireless interface
enclosure

75

Sensors
installed

VMS / CMS Signs

VMS / CMS Signs

VMS / CMS Signs

WIM System Accuracy

Pavement Smoothness
- Pavement before WIM scale ( 150 ft. ) and after scale
( 100 ft. ) needs to meet ASTM Type 1 specifications for
concrete construction
- Specification calls for not more than 1 / 8 inch surface
variation over 20 ft.

WIM System Accuracy

Truck Variables
- Variables cannot be controlled
Type
Driver Skill
Vehicle Condition

- To assure suspensions are engaged only vehicles with

loads over 80% of their rated GVC will be evaluated

ASTM Type III WIM Accuracy

Gross Weight
- +/- 6% @ 95% Conformance

Single Axle Load

- +/- 15% @ 95% Conformance

Tandem Load
- +/- 10% @ 95% Conformance

Axle Spacing
- > of +/- .5 ft. or 5% @ 95% Conformance

WIM System Accuracy

Load Cell WIM

All data is based on installations with ASTM pavement and 95% conformance

WIM System Accuracy

Kistler Lineas Quartz Sensors

All data is based on installations with ASTM pavement and 95% conformance

WIM System Accuracy

Sample Mettler Toledo Accuracy with ASTM

pavement (150 before and 100 after)

WIM System Accuracy

Sample Mettler Toledo gross weight accuracy

WIM System Accuracy

Sample Mettler Toledo tandem weight accuracy

WIM Accuracy Testing

Conducted by recording and storing actual stable

static weights and WIM weights in a database

Vehicles shall be Class 9 configuration, statically

weighing >60K lbs, and traveling between 3 and
80 MPH

Accuracy database can be displayed, printed, or

downloaded from the static scale computer.

WIM Accuracy Testing

Unstable static weights will not be stored in

accuracy database i.e.. Liquid tankers , livestock /
car haulers

The accuracy data shall be reported several times

throughout the Acceptance Performance Test
(APT).

5-Year No-Risk Guarantee

METTLER TOLEDO guarantees
that the equipment covered by this
guarantee will be free from failure
and defects in workmanship and
materials, plus lightning protection,
for a period of five (5) years from
date of installation

Covers the scale weighbridge, load

receivers, POWERCELL MTX load
cells, junction boxes and load cell
cables.

Provides 100% coverage of repair

parts, labor, travel time and
mileage - Everything.

This is strongest and most

comprehensive warranty in the
industry, period.

Thank You