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Sustainable Practices at the Truck Scale

5 Strategic Ways Reduce Your Carbon Footprint and Reach Your Sustainability Goals

Many companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of environmental sustainability and the need to minimize their impact on the environment. One area that can have an impact in several ways is the truck scale.

Let's explore a few strategic choices that you can make when sourcing, operating and maintaining your weighbridge that can lead to sustainability achievements. Topics discussed in this article include:

  1. Reduced emissions
  2. Optimized loads
  3. Extended asset life
  4. Recyclable materials
  5. Green partnerships

 

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Reduce Emissions with Weigh-in-Motion Technology

Heavy traffic paired with manual processes can lead to long lines at your truck scale. When trucks are stuck idling for extended periods of time, they release excess CO2 emissions into the environment.

By investing in weigh-in-motion technology, you can keep trucks moving in and out of your site without having to stop, all while reducing emissions and minimizing your carbon footprint. Whether your operation executes checkweighing or legal-for-trade transactions, there is a weigh-in-motion solution that can fit your needs.

TruckPass

Our full-length weigh-in-motion solution, TruckPass, eliminates the need for trucks to stop on the scale, helping you boost throughput and meet your sustainability goals. Currently legal-for-trade in the US, with approvals in additional countries to come. Ask your local sales representative which WIM solution fits your needs best.

AxlePass and AxleMate

Weigh-in-motion axle scales are designed to have a small footprint. If you do not currently have a full length scale, an axle scale could be an ideal solution for you to reach your sustainability goals faster without having to change your site layout.

     

Optimize Loads with Smart Weighing Technology

Load optimization is the process of maximizing the efficiency of semi-trucks by carefully balancing the weight and distribution of cargo to ensure safe and optimal transportation over long distances. This practice helps to improve fuel economy, reduce wear-and-tear on the vehicle, and minimize the risk of accidents.

If you do not currently utilize a vehicle scale to optimize the loads in your trucks, you could benefit from implementing weighing into your process. Maximizing each truck load will help get more out of your fleet and help you send less trucks over the road. Overall this adds up to a reduced number of vehicles on the road, and therefore reduction in emissions.

     

     

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Extend the Life of Your Asset with Preventive Maintenance

Our truck scales are designed to last 20+ years; however, it is still important to maintain your asset regularly to ensure proper operation and maximize its life. You can prolong the lifespan of your scale through preventive maintenance, including jack and grease, powerwashing, upgrades and repairs.

By proactively caring for your weighbridge, you not only maximize the useful life of your capital investment, you also keep the components out of the landfill or junk yard longer. Just like consumers aim to maintain their car for many years, you can stretch the length of your weighbridge's life out with proactive maintenance.

     

     

Minimize Waste to Landfill with Recyclable Materials

Although preventive maintenance can help to significantly extend the life of your scale, it will eventually reach the end of its useful life. Choosing a solution that is sustainably sourced and thoughfully constructed helps to ensure a less harmful end-of-life result.

Our steel-deck weighbridges are 99% recyclable, meaning that your asset can be recycled and repurposed at the end of its life. This helps you to decrease the amount of waste sent to the landfill and promotes sustainability within your site.

     

     

     

     

Partner with a Sustainability-Minded Company

The most impactful way to be a sustainably-operating company is to work with other sustainability-minded companies. At METTLER TOLEDO, we prioritize manufacturing sustainable solutions for your operation throughout every step of our process. Explore the initiatives we have taken at our production facilities to ensure we are delivering sustainable solutions to your site:

Enhanced Paint Solutions

By upgrading our paint solutions to a more sustainable process, we have been able to reduce VOC (volatile organic compounds) by 50%. This sustainable change in our sourced materials benefits our customers through trickle down. We know that you have a choice in where you buy your vehicle scales, and choosing solutions which prioritize sustainable values benefit your operation and the planet.

Automation

By integrating automation into our welding process through robotic welding, we have been able to significantly increase productivity. We have reduced cycle time by 50% and have greatly reduced our footprint. Our new system has proven improved safety for our employees as well. Overall, this has led to optimization of our processes including reduced energy consumption and reduced cycle times. These changes have helped us to continue to make strides in achieving our sustainability goals.