Truck scale standard calibration procedure

from
Fairbanks
October, 2013
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Objective

- Conclude and transfer knowledge for truck scale calibration
procedure

- TCM & BEK make decision to update truck scale calibration
SOP




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Content

- Previous calibration procedure

- Standard calibration procedure

- Note from Fairbanks principle


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Previous calibration procedure
Previous calibration
procedure have 3 steps

Need standard weight 2T

Adjust cell
sensitivity(mv/V)


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Content

- Previous calibration procedure

- Standard calibration procedure

- Note from Fairbanks principle


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Standard calibration procedure
The following procedure is recommended when calibrating
the indicator and a platform.

1. Select the Service Menu.
2. In the service menu, select the Calibration Menu.
3. Enter all of the information asked for in the calibration menu. At the
cell sensitivity selection, enter the mV/V as load cell specification.
(For TCM & BEK enter 2mV/V)
4. Enter the load cell signal resistance. (For TCM &BEK enter 350)
5. With no weight on platform, select Calibrate and press enter key.
6. From the calibration menu, select Trim cells. Enter the number of
the load cell to be trimmed.


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Standard calibration procedure (Continue)
Step 7-8 are same as previous procedure. This step is to weight and
trim at every load cells.


7. Place standard weight 2 ton over cell No.1. Press and hold the Up and
DOWN arrow key until the weight displayed is show 2,000kg.
8. Repeat this process for each of others load cells.


No.1
No.4
No.3
No.2
2T
Trim Load Cell
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Standard calibration procedure (Continues)
Step 9-11 are same as previous procedure. This step is to weight and
trim at every sections.


9. From Calibration menu, select TRIM SECTIONS.
10. Place standard weight 2 ton in the center of section 1. Press and hold
the Up and DOWN arrow key until the weight displayed is show
2,000kg.
11. Repeat this process for each of others load cells.
Section 2. Section 1.
2T
Trim Section
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Standard calibration procedure (Continues)
Step 12 is step to trim scale.


12. Place standard weight 2 ton in the center of the scale. Press and hold
the Up and DOWN arrow key until the weight displayed is show
2,000kg.
Truck scale
2T
Trim Scale
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Standard calibration procedure (Continues)
Step 13-15 are step to check weighing accuracy.


13. Place standard weight 1 ton on somewhere on the scale. The scale
should be show 1,000kg.
14. Place another weight 1 ton on the scale and the scale should be show
2,000kg.
15. Repeat to add and read weight until 10 ton weight on scale.
Truck scale
1T
Weighing check
1T
1T 1T
1T 1T
1T 1T
1T 1T
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Standard calibration procedure (Continues)
Step 16-18 are another step to check weighing accuracy.

16. Separate scale to 3 section.
17. Weight empty truck by 3 sections. The results should be the same.
18. Return truck and weighing 3 sections again.

Note: For 60 Ton scale, Tester may use folk lift or empty truck.
For 200 Ton scale, Tester recommended to use empty truck which is already weight from 60 Ton
scale for test. Due to 10 Ton weight unable to represent TCM normal operation.

Weighing check
Truck scale
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Standard calibration procedure (Continues)



This is complete the truck scale calibration.






Note : if weighing test in step 13-18 are reading out of acceptable. Do step 1 again.



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Content

- Previous calibration procedure

- Standard calibration procedure

- Note from Fairbanks principle


Note from calibrate practice
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1. Conduct calibrate on hot day time. Truck scale construction need free motion.

2. Minimum required for standard weight for calibration is 1T x 10 sets.

3. With good calibration procedure, TCM still need to conduct weight checking every month.

4. To tare weight every cycle is normal procedure in worldwide especially for high cost mine such
as copper. However, this method is also normally using for coal mining in nowadays.

5. Keep load cell clean is important to accuracy of weighing. High pressure water injection are
required.

6. To improve road condition to flat before and after truck scale is better in order to protect force
impact to load cell that may cause error data reading.

7. Long signal cable is not impact to weighing accuracy, please do not cut it, keep it as previous.
(for SB)

Thank you
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