SO MANY USES FOR THE SKIDWEIGH EP SERIES
Businesses large and small can benefit from an electric pallet truck scale. The vehicles are relatively inexpensive and equipped with an EP system, either an SC5 or an ED3-EP the walkie becomes a mobile weighing platform. This is particularly valuable in tight spaces where square footage is a premium and or in applications that are time sensitive to moving product and you can weigh right at the sources avoiding unnecessary trips. As a manufacturer of electric pallet truck scales, we have been privileged to work with hundreds of companies over the years to improve their businesses. Here are some of the top applications that we have seen throughout North America.
Grocery and Food Processing
A common application that we see that uses electric pallet trucks and has benefited from the retrofit of an SkidWeigh EP series weigh scale is the food business. Weather it is grocery retail or food processing many of these businesses have increased productivity with the addition of the scale. Weighing product upon receiving removes the need to offload the skid then take it to a floor scale, saving time. Often product to be delivered is calculated and sold using weight. The EP allows the processor to weigh the product and produce a ticket right on the dock. Many food processors and grocery retailers operate in relatively small spaces that simply would not allow for a counterbalance vehicle. Electric pallet trucks retrofitted with an EP are small versatile and extremely productive.
Food Bank
Food banks all over North America are using SkidWeigh to account for their operations. Foodbanks move product that is essentially donated therefore the ability to manage inventory is accounted for in tonnage of food moved. All not for profit organizations must show accountability and due diligence in the way food is received, stored and distributed. Food banks rely on the SkidWeigh EP to properly record that food weight and enter it into inventory. Electric pallet trucks are in-expensive with the addition of a SkidWeigh and all not for profit organizations must operate on limited budgets. Food banks also utilize electric pallet trucks with a SkidWeigh scale to facilitate mobile pickups. The walkie fits into a cube van and can drive to the donating facility pick up the food and weigh it at the source.
Manufacturing
Just about every type of manufacturing process you can think of has utilized an electric walkie with a SkidWeigh scale. From weighing raw materials, to finished product, inventory to establishing a recycled materials program the addition of a scale saves time and reduces product movement. Another key objective of almost all manufacturing business is safety. The addition of an electric pallet truck scale allows businesses to be certain about the product lifted. Whether it is the prevention of overloading of the vehicle or overloading racking, the ability to have certainty over the load lifted allows smart businesses to avoid unsafe situations with regards to product weight.
Commercial Retail
From boutique to big box commercial retail the productivity cycle involves high pedestrian, shoppers traffic. Larger counterbalance forklifts might provide a less safe environment and floor scales would take up square footage that could be used to show case product. Electric pallet trucks are practical, ergonomic for operators require little space to move product. The addition of a SkidWeigh EP system now allows that store to have a mobile weighing platform in the back storeroom as well as the store front.
Public Utilities
All municipalities have civic managed operations. They are not necessarily busy with activity but necessary to store various product related to town infrastructure support. Everything from, cables, generators, signage and even the recycling and garbage of a transfer station are required for any municipality. All these operations utilize electric pallet trucks and many with the addition of a SkidWeigh. For the purpose of inventory to load calculation the SkidWeigh EP series provides a reliable method to move and account for the weight of a product.
Class III vehicles account for the greatest number of material handling vehicles in just about all ITA’s across North America. Therefore, it is no surprise that many of those vehicles are equipped with onboard scales to drive their business or operations. The SkidWeigh EP series installs in approximately 2 hours, is accurate and reliable and operator favorite as it is easy to use.