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.


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    Title :

    Blue diamond weighs rail cars in three seconds


    Additional title:

    Mechanization


    Published in:

    Mechanization ; 26 , n 12 ; p 51


    Publication date :

    1962


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :




    Rail cars

    Tritton, J.S. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1934


    Rail cars

    Ablett, N.L. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    Rail cars

    Tritton, J.S. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1934