SCA Recycling is loading up to 5 percent more recycled waste per outgoing vehicle at its new £15 million/ $24 million Southampton (UK) materials recycling facility (MRF) by using Avery Weigh-Tronix forklift truck scales. The solution has also eliminated the problem of over or under loaded vehicles returning for reloading. The company is the UK market leader in […]

LAS Recycling Ltd’s material recycling facility has improved its weighing accuracy by a factor of ten and has halved the amount of time it takes to weigh processed waste thanks to Avery Weigh-Tronix’s forklift truck scale. The system also uses RF data transfer to improve data collection, recording, and reporting. The material recycling facility has a […]

Avery Weigh-Tronix’s forklift truck scale has doubled throughput for vehicle recycling company AJL Recycling (UK) leading to increased revenue of £600 ($960) per week. It also ensures that there are no overloaded trucks leaving the site. Previous process proved inefficient Before investing in the truck scale, AJL recycling used a platform scale. Employees would have to push […]

Global logistics provider, UTi Worldwide UK Ltd., knows that checkweighing airfreight makes its operation more efficient. The Heathrow Airport (London, UK) depot uses a floor scale to check the weight of incoming pallets. Now, it can weigh cargo twice as fast thanks to a new forklift truck scale from Avery Weigh-Tronix. Fast, simple installation The scale assembly […]

PalletFORCE transports freight across the UK via a collective of haulers. At its central hub in Lichfield, vehicles must be turned around quickly to meet delivery deadlines and loaded evenly to ensure that the lorry is safe to travel. The company realised that weighing could improve loading accuracy and chose the robust Avery Weigh-Tronix Forklift Truck […]

Avery Weigh-Tronix introduces Streamline, a new rail scale that provides an accurate, cost-efficient, and quick-to-install train weighing solution. Streamline is installed directly onto the track without the need to cut or weld rails, ensuring quick installation time and minimal rail traffic interruption. With reliable operation, Streamline weighs static or in-motion, full or two draft trains […]

Sloping ground proved no problem for the installation of a new weighbridge by Avery Weigh-Tronix engineers.  The company installed the 15 metre pit mounted weighbridge system to help PHS Datashred maintain accurate records for recycled paper. Increased accuracy accounts for 7.5 tonnes per week Installed at the company’s Crayford site in Kent, the new weighbridge system is helping the company account for […]

The number of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants in the UK has doubled in the last two years, according to the latest report from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). With 110 plants operating in England as of July 2013 and a further 200 having been granted planning permission, weighing manufacturer Avery […]