Today's steel service centers and similar facilities require more accurate weight data on the products they ship. They also want to move their products faster and less expensively. How can you meet these requirements which appear mutually exclusive?

By combining two process steps into one, Bushman has solved the time consuming problem of load weighing. We have  taken our rugged material handling equipment and fused it with the most advanced electronic load weighing equipment to provide immediate, accurate and dependable digital weight information. By incorporating the load weighing equipment directly into the material handling gear, you can:

• Increase usable floor space by eliminating the need for floor scales.
• Significantly reduce product damage by reducing the number of times the product is handled.
• Increase throughput by reducing material handling time by up to 50%.

Bushman bottom blocks incorporate 360 degree, manual or powered rotating crane hooks which permit the crane operator to position heavy or awkward loads in less accessible work areas.

Strain gauges can be incorporated directly into the bottom block’s sheave pin assembly, which allows for a very stable load weighing configuration. This unique design does not increase the overall height of the bottom block, an important feature for
buildings with low headroom. This design also eliminates the need to have multiple grabs equipped with load weighing electronics and reduces the amount of calibration work required. The load weighing equipment is mounted directly on the
bottom block to reduce EMI/RFI (electromagnetic or radio frequency interference).

While moving through the process bay, coils are often placed on a floor scale and then on the upender. By including a load weighing system in your Bushman Equipment upender, you can upend and/or rotate coils and weigh them simultaneously. This reduces handling time and minimizes damage to the product. Using multiple load cells in the base of the upender, the signals are summed and a stabilized weight that is unaffected by
the motion of the upender is displayed.

Features Include:

• Accuracy from plus or minus 0.2% to 0.5% of full load.
• All electronic components that are easily replaced.
• Calibration settings saved in memory that is maintained even during loss of power.
• Equipment compatible with most current network and computer systems.

Available Options:

• Four-inch digital scoreboard that can be viewed from 100+ feet.
• NTEP (National Conference of Weight and Measures) certified equipment.
• On-site calibration by Bushman technicians.
• Information sent by telemetry to existing shipping computers and printers.
• Electronic filtering and anti-sway programming that provides easy-to-read displays.