20110401_MAR_PP_Veh_Weighing_Technology_60MB_EN.ppt

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Webinar
April 2011
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METTLER TOLEDO

Load Cell – the Heart of Every Scale

All rights reserved. © 2010, Mettler-Toledo, Inc., Columbus
Premature bridge failure
Indicator / totalizer / junction box failure
Load cell sensor failure (lightning, moisture, fatigue)
Load cell cable or hydraulic line failure (moisture, cut, worn)
Poor maintenance
Poor site selection
Items Affecting Your Total Cost (TCO)
Primary Failure Causes that Contribute to Total Cost of Ownership
Customer Controlled
Supplier controlled

TRUCK
SCALE
Weighing
Technology
TELEVISION
AUDIO
VIDEO
VCR Tape
8mm film
Blue Ray Disk
Levers & Dial
33 RPM Record MP3
8-Track
Black & White
Load Cells POWERCELL
Color Big Screen HDTV
THE
DIGITAL
DIVIDE
 Clear signal
 High definition
 Virtually no noise
 Less Problems
 Lower Repair costs
 Longer life
 Customer-focused
 The future
METTLER TOLEDO POWERCELL, the only modern solution
The
Past
The
Future
is
here
Better Technology, Better Performance

POWERCELL PDX
POWERCELL® PDX ®
POWERCELL 760 POWERCELL PDX
The Legacy continues with POWERCELL PDX
POWERCELL MTX
POWERCELL PDX
 Highest Accuracy
 Unequaled Reliability
- No Junction Boxes
- Environmental Protection & Predictive Diagnostics
Leveraged 20+ years of field experience and an install
base of 1 million load cells

 Accuracy provides Return on Investment
 A truck scale may still be Legal for Trade with an
error of +/- 30kg per truck
 Legal weights do not equal Accurate weights
- Example:
Material cost = $0.10 / kg or $100 / t
Site processes 200 trucks per day
+/- 20 kg error per truck = $2 / truck
Annual Material Loss > $100,000
 In “Tolerance” is not enough to protect profits
POWERCELL PDX Highest Accuracy
 >60 Lb = 30 kg
 20-60 Lb = 10 to 30 kg
Actual “as found status”
Accuracy is designed-in and field tested, and provides strong ROI
METTLER TOLEDO’s Truck Scale
Competitor’s Truck Scale
 0-20 Lb = 0 to 10 kg

Environmental Protection
Cheating
Flood, punctures & abuse
Rust and
corrosion
Lightning
Rodents
High temperature
Radio and
Electromagnetic
Cold, ice
v
Protects against the key causes of inaccuracy, downtime,
and vehicle scale failure
POWERCELL PDX Unequaled Reliability

Model 7560 Tulare, CA (near Death
Valley)
Locations Recorded temperature
# 1 Al'Az-is-iyah, Libya 136.4° F (58.0° C)
# 2 Death Valley, USA 134.0° F (56.7° C)
Hottest Places on Earth
Locations Recorded temperature
#1 Vostok, Siberia -67° F (-55.0° C)
#2 McMurdo, Antarctic -59° F (-50.0° C)
Coldest Places on Earth
Operates in Extreme Places
Model 7560 McMurdo Station,
(only scale in Antarctic)
Reliability in Extreme Temperatures

Unmatched Lightning Protection
 Can withstand multiple lightning
strikes up to 80,000 Amperes
- An average strike is 30,000 Amperes
 The only cell with REAL Proof of
System Performance
- In the lab & in the field
 METTLER TOLEDO provides total
system protection for Load Cell,
Cables, and Industrial Terminals
 Third party certified
POWERCELL PDX Lightning Protection

Competitive Systems use Junction Boxes
 Hard to seal against moisture
 Complicated installation, troubleshooting
 Expensive to maintain and failure prone
POWERCELL PDX
 Has NO Junction Box
 Easy to install and troubleshoot
 Fast, reliable, and accurate
operation
Eliminates the #1 source of vehicle system failures -
the Junction Box
Manual wiring of
Junction Box
Removing the Junction Box
Removing the Junction Box

Rust & Corrosion = Long Term Health Issues
 Cell constructed 17-4ph stainless
 Cell can constructed of 304L
 Laser welded and vacuum tested
 Receivers 17-4ph stainless
 Stainless cables and connectors
Corrosion Protection

Potential water entry points
Protection from Corrosion & Failure
POWERCELL PDX
 Stainless steel components
 Passed IP68¹ and IP69K tests
 Integrated breach detection
 You will always know that a cell has
been broken open - before failure!
Competitive Analog Solutions
 Often made of painted/plated carbon steel
 Integrated cable connection secure
 Weld seams not leak tested
 You will never know that a load cell has
failed!
¹ 7 days with cables attached
Protection Against Water

¹Creates a Faraday cage
RFI & EMI: Interference Effects Accuracy
 Dual core cable creates a protective shield1
 Passed EMC immunity at 10Volts per meter
- stronger than many competitive products
 Resistant to telephones, CB’s and portable
radios
 Good in areas with overhead power lines
Protection From Interference

Are Rodents Eating Away Your Money?
 Dual core stainless cable is standard
 Not easy to chew
 Abrasion resistant
 Can be replaced without recalibrating the
scale
 Quick release connector
 Is 100% waterproof, oil resistant
Protection From Cable Damage

Typical cheating circuit
 The breach detector, inside
POWERCELL PDX warns you before
cheating occurs
 This can happen with any load cell type!
K2
+EXC
-EXC
-SIG +SIG
K1
R2 R1
Thieves Potentially Stealing Your Profit?
Not with POWERCELL PDX
Protection From Tampering

Common causes of analog truck scale failures and their costs
% of total
failures
Average
Down Time
per event
Lost
Productivity
$0.1 / kg
200 trucks/day
POWERCELL PDX
Protection
Load Cell Damage
from moisture or
lightning
25% 1-2 days $0.6 - 1.2 M
 Lightning protection > 80K a
 Hermetically sealed IP68 cell
 Built in breach sensor
Terminal,
Summing Box, or
Junction Box
20% 0.5-1 day $0.3 – 0.6 M
 No junction box to wire
 Easy “click” connectors
 Automated cell addressing
Cable &
connection failure 15% 0.5-1 day $0.3 – 0.6 M
 Stainless sheathing on cable
 Revolutionary connector
 CAN Bus architecture
Poor or inadequate
maintenance 25% 2-3 days $1.2 – 1.8 M
 Global Service network
 Predictive diagnostic tools
 Remote monitoring capability
Misapplication and
Other site specific
issues
15% 1 week Up to $3.0 M
 Global sales/support network
 Earth’s most experienced team
 Technology leadership
POWERCELL PDX coupled with proactive service
Eliminates causes of down time and lost productivity
Eliminating Downtime

Comprehensive Testing Program
Accuracy under
influence factors
Submersion
1 week
Vibration
and Shock
Stress Full load
@
3.4°x1M Cycles
+20 Field tests
Lightning to 82,500A
Electro
Magnetics
Pressure, Temperature
+salt spray
Proves POWERCELL PDX Performance

 All critical errors immediately displayed to your operator
- Overloads, weighing or cell failures
- Water ingress detected by breach detector in the cell
 Allows a technician to troubleshoot remotely
 Problem causes are accurately pinpointed
 Email alerts for fast communication of key conditions
 Weighing terminals store historical data for analysis
At cell voltages Network condition
Predictive Diagnostics for Network Health
POWERCELL eliminates analog load cell weaknesses
Diagnosing the Scale Network

Click here for a list
of items monitored
with analog load cells
What Can You Monitor With An Analog Cell?
Or Smart junction boxes?

Items Monitored With Analog Load Cells
Complete List:
1. Weight
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Where’s your value?
?

Click here for a list
of items monitored with
POWERCELL PDX
What Can Be Monitored With POWERCELL?

Items Monitored With POWERCELL PDX
 Accurate Weight
 Node Address
 Serial Number
 Cell Counts
 COM Errors
 Min Supply Voltage
 Supply Voltage
 CAN-H Voltage
 CAN-L Voltage
 Major over-voltage/current
 Major under-voltage
 Minor over-voltage/current
 Minor under-voltage
 Total Transactions
 Temperature Deviation
 Current Temperature
 Max Temperature
 Min Temperature
 Gas Concentration
 Displacement deviation
 Current Displacement
 Energy Deviation
 Current Energy
 Zero Drift Errors
 Zero Drift Value
 Cell Overloads
 Average Overload Weight
 Symmetry Errors
 Symmetry Difference

POWERCELL PDX – Retrofits
 Upgrade your scale with POWERCELL PDX to add substantial value
 POWERCELL PDX cell profile allows for easy retrofit of competitive vehicle load
cells such as: SCB, HBM, Flintec, Precia
 Nearly all cell types can be replaced, even if they are not column style cells
 An upgrade can be done in as little as 1 day
 Upgrades can be 30-60% less expensive than a replacement scale (depending
on foundations and other factors)
You don’t have to replace your scale to gain these benefits

New Scale or Upgrade Existing?
An upgrade may be best if:
 Your current scale is in good
mechanical shape
 Your scale is less than 10-12 years old
 You need to minimize downtime for
installation
A new scale may be best if:
 Your current scale has areas of
significant rust or visible wear
 Your scale is over 10-12 years old
 You can be down for 1-4 weeks,
depending on the scale type and
foundation requirements
In either case,
 If uptime is important to your business…
 If scale maintenance costs are hurting your profits…
 If you cannot afford to give away product for free…
The POWERCELL PDX load cell system will save you money!

POWERCELL PDX
Advanced Diagnostics
Unmatched Reliability
Proven Performance
Lowest Service Costs
Highest Accuracy
The load cell network with a proven return on investment
METTLER TOLEDO’s Truck Scale

Feedback and further contact information
We look forward to your participation in one of our future webinars!
• For more information on vehicle weighing techonogy:
 www.mt.com/vehicle
• Contact addresses for any further information
 www.mt.com/contact
• For existing On Demand Webinars
www.mt.com/ondemand-webinars
• For upcoming Live Webinars
www.mt.com/live-webinars

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