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RCC weighbridge manufacturer, RCC weighbridge exporter, India, South
Africa, Kenya, Bangladesh
Eagle Scales are manufacturer and exporter of RCC weighbridge,
mechanical weighbridge, road in motion weighbridge exporter,
rail in motion weighbridge manufacturer, modular and
mechanical weighbridge, South Africa, India, Kenya, Bangladesh.
RCC weighbridge exporter, RCC weighbridge
manufacturer, road in motion weighbridge manufacturer
and exporter, rail in motion weighbridge manufacturer
and exporter, modular and mechanical weighbridge,
South Africa, Kenya, India, Bangladesh

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CONCRETE PLATFORM
WEIGHBRIDGES :
With ever-rising steel prices, it makes great economic sense
to install concrete platform weighbridges. Apart from low
costs, it offers high strength and is virtually maintenance
free – requiring no painting every year. Its life is 100 years as
compared to that of 15 years of a typical steel platform. Due
to the advantages of concrete platforms, the developed
world has been using them for over 30 years. In Europe 95%
of electronic weigh bridges are made with concrete
platform.

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As the platform gets longer, cost saving increases. Modern day
transportation is moving towards using longer trucks and
trailers. MNC truck manufacturers, such as Volvo, who have
started manufacturing in India, are introducing longer models
which are capable of carrying heavier payloads. The concrete
platform weighbridge can bear heavier loads. That is why all
modern bridges that one sees on the city roads are either
concrete or composite.

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A heavily loaded truck entering the weigh bridge
gives heavy jerks on braking. Vibration thus
caused, reduces the life and accuracy of the load
cell and thus needs to be reduced to minimum.
Vibration is much more in the case of steel as
compared to concrete as it absorbs vibration.

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Advantages of concrete platform
over steel platform
Cost :
The cost of material required for construction of
concrete platform is approximately 40% less than that of
steel platform.
Material quality :
Quality of steel is always a suspect owing to the presence
of a number of local companies which make cheaper and
inferior quality steel, thereby decreasing the life &
performance of steel components over time whereas the
onsite construction of concrete weigh bridges helps
monitor quality capacity.

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Enhancement :
The construction of the concrete platform is designed so as to carry
a load up to 100+ tons by using heavy duty load cells. Hence the
capacity of the weighbridge can easily be enhanced up to 100 tons, if
required, without incurring any extra cost whereas in the case of
steel platform weighbridge, the capacity cannot be increased with
the existing steel structure. Joints & plates of higher proportions
would be required. Add to all this the cost of the cells which will
need to be replaced.

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Maintenance :
Due to rattling of steel structure, nuts & bolts get loosened
thereby requiring periodic tightening. Also steel gets rusted due to
changes in the environment over a period. Being a totally RCC
structure, there is no rusting of components in concrete platforms
hence they are totally maintenance free.

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Design :
Steel being flexible tends to bend & rattles when the truck
comes onto the platform. Due to this there is a lateral pull of
the load cells wherein ideally the load should be transferred
vertically. The concrete platform is a rigid monolithic
structure. As soon as the vehicle comes over the platform,
the load gets distributed to all 6-load cells.

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Strength :
Steel structure being lighter by weight than the gross load of
the vehicle coming on the platform, a cantilever effect takes
place with inverse forces taking place at the ends thereby
having a tendency to twist the steel structure & causing
weighing errors. The concrete platform being a heavy mass
has more stability. Hence, no inverse forces take place in the
platform.

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RCC Weighbridge

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Lightening :
Steel structured weigh bridges are prone to electro-static
charge & high electric field caused by strong winds &
lightening which may damage the weighing
instrumentation & load cells. The platform of concrete
structure is totally immune to such environmental
harshness, thereby the system more stable &
maintenance free.

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Life :
The steel platform/girder structure gets weak due to rusting &
loosening of nuts etc. The top plate & joints have a bending effect
after few years. The concrete platform has a very long life and no
bending effect takes place.

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Transportation :
The steel structured weighbridge is fabricated at works & is
transported to site by truck for installation on the foundation
thus incurring heavy transportation costs. The construction of
the concrete platform is cast on the foundation, at site, thus
saving on transportation.

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Vehicle movement :
Vehicle movement & sudden braking tends to break the anti-
skid strips welded onto the steel platform requiring re-
welding of the strips by dismantling the load cells, thus
rendering the weighbridge out of use for some time. In the
case of concrete platform weigh-bridges, vehicle movement
is arrested due to rough surface of the concrete platform.

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Corporate Office
Address : 302, Ashoka, Nr. Golden Tri Angle Building,
Sardar Patel Stadium Road, Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad-380014.Gujarat (INDIA).
Mobile No. : 9909972557 / 9825072557 / 09879786677
Phone No. : + 91 - 79 - 26560311 / 64502247
Fax No. : + 91 - 79 - 26560311

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Production Unit :
Address Plot No. 140/141, Industrial Estate, Opp. Noble Nagar,
Near Kotarpur Water Works, Post. : Sardar nagar,
AHMEDABAD - 382475.Gujarat (INDIA)
Mobile No + 91 - 9825072557 (MR. KISHORBHAI PATEL)
Phone No + 91 - 79 - 22816169 (O) : 65212557
Tele-Fax No + 91 - 79 - 22816169
E-Mail response@weighbridgeafrica.com
Websites www.weighbridgeafrica.com

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