Modern Quarrying Q3 2019

The solution A contract manager at the silica mine says the sand producer approached JBI for a weighing system for its Kawasaki 85Z5 wheel loader responsible for stockpiling and loading customer trucks on site. “We wanted a solution that would enable us to load trucks correctly for the first time,” he says. JBI suggested its German-made Pfreundt WK60-S, a compact and maintenance-free weighing system. The system has since lowered oper- ational costs and improved uptime onsite by allowing operators to load the correct tonnages on trucks the first time. It allows for dynamic weighing while loading; the system is also precise, fast and accurate within +/- 1%. Jaco Beukes, MD of JBI Industrial Solutions, says the 7” display is ideally suited for tight wheel loader cabins and the colour touch screen is simple to use. As standard, the WK60-S can store five users and five additional attachments. The system comes with interfaces for

LOAD WEIGHING SYSTEMS

A key advantage of the system is the maximum accessibility to operational data via internet.

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MODERN QUARRYING QUARTER 3 - 2019