Acryloc Building Products now weighs loaded pallets while still on the stretch wrapper since load cells and a digital weight indicator were fitted under the stretch wrapper’s turntable.
This simplified process saves double-handling at the company's Dry Creek plant by eliminating the need for the loaded pallet to be removed from the stretch wrapper and taken to a platform scale for weighing.
Accuweigh’s Port Adelaide branch organised for suitable drawings for Acryloc’s maintenance department to fabricate the necessary mounting brackets to fit the load cells to the stretch wrapper without significantly increasing the height of the stretch wrapper itself.
To minimise the potential of load cell damage by accidental impact from forklifts on the stretch wrapper, large swivel feet with rubber mounts were also fitted to the load cells.
A Rinstrum R310 digital weight indicator was fitted to the column of the stretch wrapper for displaying the weight readings.
Accuweigh service staff were then called in, terminated the load cell wires, and tested and calibrated the stretch wrapper’s indicator.
Acryloc Building Products is an Australian owned and operated company that has been manufacturing water based roof coatings for almost 20 years.
Accuweigh is Australia’s largest industrial weigh/packaging company with branches in all mainland states offering a full range of stretch wrappers and pallet wrappers.
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