Material Handling Weighing Scales That Meets Wine Industry Needs
A family-owned winery in Pasa Robles California with over 50 years of experience was looking for some insight into how much weight their forklifts were carrying. Specifically, they had several production lines with standardized liquid totes and wanted to be able to understand daily production quantity in pounds produced.
Although the liquid totes were standardized and capable of 275- or 300-gallon production would vary hour to hour, shift to shift, day to day. Obtaining specific information pertaining to how much weight each individual fill weighed would allow them to control production and get a better handle on moving inventory. This would reduce waste and allow them to control future storage options by planning instead of reacting at the end of production.
Working with their local servicing dealer they enquired about mobile options on the forklift. Due to the amount of lift truck travel, with several separate production facilities and storage housing on the winery a floor scale was impractical. The suggestion put forth by the dealer was an SkidWeigh Classic SC2. Cost effective and installing in approximately 2 hours the winery chose to retrofit all seven of their lift trucks. The SC2 provided them with the total weight of the liquid totes in 3 seconds of lifting which did not impede the production cycle at all.
In addition, the SC2 model also provides accumulative totaling which in their storage facility allowed them to add multiple loads. The SkidWeigh SC series also comes with automatic overload notification. They operate 3500lb pneumatic tire lift trucks with triple masts and side shifts with a net capacity of 3240lbs. Loads are stackable but defending on the fill quantity double stacking might just put them over the capacity of the lift truck. With the automatic operator overload AUDIO / VISUAL alert notification operators know within seconds if the load is safe for travel.