Railway Scale Description
SilverPoint is a modern automatic dynamic railway weighing system for weighing railway trains and wagons and monitoring their other weight parameters. The system is available in technology and commercial-use versions (type-approved measuring devices for commercial purposes).
Advantages of SilverPoint Railway Scale
- dynamic weighing system for measuring the weight of a train and wagons and for checking the lateral and longitudinal overloading of individual wagon in motion
- scale suitable also for checking errors caused during wagon loading
- excellent accuracy, type-approved measuring device
- very easy to install, no disruption to the transport operations
- also suitable for technological weighing
- possibility of connection to Tamtron OCR system for the monitoring of wagons and containers
Specifications of SilverPoint Railway Scale
SilverPoint dynamic scale can monitor and measure wagon weight parameters such as axle and boogie load and total weight. The system also provides the total weight of the train set being weighed and the speed at which the weighing was carried out. In addition, the system compares the weights of the wagon boogies to detect incorrectly loaded wagons, both longitudinally and laterally.
SilverPoint dynamic scales for commercial purposes measure individual wagon weights and the total weight of the train set in commercial quality. The system can also detect incorrectly loaded wagons, both longitudinally and laterally, as is the case with the technology version of the SilverPoint scale.
Fully Automatic Weighing System
SilverPoint dynamic scales can operate fully automatically without scale operator intervention or as classic operator-controlled railway dynamic scales.
In automatic mode, the weighing data is transferred from the scale to the user’s superordinate system, which further processes it according to the user’s needs and purpose.
In the case of a standard weighing performed by the operator from their PC, the scale is equipped with the data-processing and operator user software ScalexPC — a railway scale with all standard functions such as databases of customers, wagons, materials or products, etc. The system enables the printing of weight tickets and various reports defined by the user.
Scale Installation
SilverPoint scale can be installed quickly and easily without any modifications to civil works or interference to rail bad. Load cells are installed directly in the rails of all standard types without cutting the rails. The track into which the scale is installed should meet the manufacturer’s slope and flatness requirements. The scale’s measuring electronics, including an industrial computer with analysis software, are in a separate outdoor cabinet next to the tracks or inside any nearby building, depending on the customer’s requirements.
The installation is carried out without interrupting the operation of the railway track; no track closure is required. Typically, the total installation time is three days. Installing the scale, including the electronic parts and static calibration, takes two days. No weights or a special load (tare) wagon are required for static calibration. On the third day, dynamic calibration is performed with wagons of known weight.
SilverPoint Dynamic Railway Scale Technical Data
Weighbridge: steel structure.
Weight capacity: 40 t / axle.
Scale grade: e = d = 100 kg.
Weighing range: 1 t – 40 t for a single axle.
Max. weighing speed: 40 km/h.
Min. weighing speed: 1 km/h.
Crossing speed: unlimited.
Wagon types: all standard wagons.
Weighing accuracy*): maximum permissible error of 2% for an individual train carriage and of 1% for the entire train (total weight of the train set) depending on the quality of the track before and after the weighing.
Type approval: EC-Type Examination Approval number TCM 128/15 – 5310.
Rail type: all standard railway rails such as S49, R60, R65, etc.
Operating temperature: -30ºC to +40ºC.
Supply voltage: 230 VAC/50Hz.
Interface: RS232.
Computer network: LAN, WLAN.
Protection rating: measuring cells – IP67, electronics – IP55.
*) The scale in the commercial weighing version can only be used for weighing solids, not liquids.
