New electronic weighing-in-motion system is in use to speed flow of coal from Kentucky mine; new system can weigh rail car in 3 sec; equipment weighs cars as they roll over 20 ft scale, and feeds information into totalizing printer which automatically prints out gross and net weights; after each car has been weighed, it is automatically coupled to form train for immediate dispatch.
Blue diamond weighs rail cars in three seconds
Mechanization
Mechanization ; 26 , n 12 ; p 51
1962
Article (Journal)
English
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