Minebea Intec Case Study – Truck scales of the highest quality – thanks to durable load cells

Minebea Intec (Germany) – Truck scales of the highest quality – thanks to durable load cells

Truck scales ensure precise and reliable weight recording in the food industry, among others – crucial for quality control and traceability. For its truck scales, the company “Waagen Dammaschke” relies on the load cell PR 6221 from Minebea Intec, a leading global manufacturer of weighing and inspection technologies.

Fast and precise weighing under robust conditions: When it comes to truck scales, the reliability of the technology is crucial for end user satisfaction. Sometimes there is no second scale available and a high volume of traffic could quickly become a problem in the event of a failure. In food production, for example, truck scales are often used at the entrance and exit of plants to precisely weigh trucks carrying raw materials and finished products such as grain, sugar or flour, as well as live animals, meat or liquids of all kinds. A second weighing takes place on departure to document the exact weight of the unloaded materials. This process ensures transparent and complete documentation of the productionchain – essential for quality control and traceability in the food industry.

Customized Weighing Solutions with Precision:

Waagen Dammaschke has its own concrete mould for precast elements and uses it to offer weighing systems in a wide range of dimensions for customers and other scale manufacturers. The company attaches particular importance to the fulfilment of individual customer requirements. Waagen Dammaschke always relies on the PR 6221 truck scales load cell from Minebea Intec with load levels of 30 tonnes and 50 tonnes and accuracy class C3.

Every load cell from Minebea Intec is precisely calibrated, and many types even have “matched outputs” – i.e. the individual adjustment of the output resistance to match the characteristic value. “With new builds, we see that the load cells are perfectly matched to each other, so that corner adjustment is usually no longer necessary,” confirms Fabian Müller, Managing Director of Waagen Dammaschke. This feature is also a great advantage when it comes to servicing: “For us, the time and effort required for adjustments or maintenance is also decisive. This shows that the load cells require only minimal adjustment, even after years of use.”

Reliable Weighing in Heavy-Duty Applications:

The load cell PR 6221 also has a special measuring element that effectively counteracts errors caused by the deflection of the weighbridge – ideal for use in truck scales where heavy lorries can move the weighbridge in the direction of travel. Thanks to the high restoring force, the load cell also quickly returns to its centred rest position. In this way, Waagen Dammaschke achieve excellent repeat accuracy even with heavy-duty floor scales.

“We are committed to the load cell PR 6221 from Minebea Intec because the quality and the fact that it is ‘Made in Germany’ offer clear added value for us and our customers. Thanks to its durability and reliability, using the PR 6221 from Minebea Intec pays off”, Fabian Müller, Managing Director at Waagen Dammaschke GmbH.

Key facts:

Waagen Dammaschke offers precise truck scales, ideal for the food industry in particular, and relies on the load cel PR 6221 l from Minebea Intec with minimal maintenance requirements and high load capacity.

Application:

Precise weighing of incoming and outgoing lorries with raw materials, animals or liquids.

Products:

• Truck scales load cell PR 6221
• Self-centring thrust pads with antirotation mechanism PR 6021/06N

Customer benefits:

• Thanks to “Matched Outputs”, corner matching is no longer necessary in most cases
• Highest accuracy thanks to pendulum design, among other things
• Reliability and durability even under adverse conditions conditions

About Minebea Intec:

Minebea Intec is a leading global manufacturer of industrial weighing and inspection technologies. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company offers products and services that have stood for innovation, performance and reliability for more than 150 years. The product portfolio includes high-resolution platform scales, load cells, hopper and silo scales, checkweighers, metal detectors, X-ray and visual inspection systems as well as intuitive software solutions. Over 1,000 employees at 18 locations increase the precision and efficiency of industrial customers’ weighing and production processes. A network of over 200 partners in 71 countries complements the global player’s sales and service locations. The high performance and distinctive German quality are reflected in the brand promise “the true measure”.

Minebea Intec is part of the MinebeaMitsumi Group, a leading supplier of high-precision production parts such as ball bearings and motors as well as high-quality electronic components such as sensors, antennas and IoT solutions. The Group, which is headquartered in Tokyo and has around 84,000 employees worldwide, reported consolidated net sales of 1,402,127 million yen (approx. 8.9 billion euros) for the 2024 financial year.