LiDAR Technology Powers Wingfield Scale & Measure’s WingScan Product Line
Since 1937, manufacturers in need of scale and measurement solutions have turned to Tennessee-based Wingfield Scale & Measure. Key to Wingfield’s success over three generations of leadership has been its commitment to innovation. The company has expanded its capability beyond scales to include industrial inventories, stockpile measurement, and, most recently, volumetric load scanning.
Since 2013, Wingfield Scale & Measure has been relying on LiDAR technology to accurately inventory stockpiled materials. Knowing its capabilities could do even more to serve customers and seeing a need across many industries for volumetric load scanning, Wingfield Scale & Measure turned to advanced LiDAR technology German software company LASE Industrielle Lasertechnik GmbH to develop its WingScan product line. The WingScan product line includes solutions for measuring in-motion bulk material moving by conveyor belt (WingScan-B), open-top truck (WingScan-T), and rail (WingScan-R).
“With WingScan, we are taking our expertise in the field of measurement to a whole new level. We are making it possible to know the precise quantities of materials across the raw material and product supply chain,” said Joseph Wingfield, President of Wingfield Scale & Measure.
WingScan-B measures the volume of bulk materials moving over a conveyor belt and relays real-time data to a facilities’ PLC. With WingScan-B, clients can accurately track inventory as it is moved, above and underground, with customizable solutions to seamlessly fit with existing systems.
WingScan-T applies LiDAR technology to measure in-motion material in open-bed haulage vehicles and commercial dump trucks. Companies can track the movement of material in real-time during large earth-moving projects load by load with WingScan-T with RFID. WingScan-T gives accurate volumes on inbound or outbound client trucks, tracking haul back autonomously. When mounted over a scale, the volume from the scanner used in conjunction with the scale’s weight provides real-time, load-specific densities.
WingScan-R autonomously measures loaded product volumes in open-top rail cars, offering in-motion or stationary scan options and gives reliable accounting of inventoried material being shipped or received by rail. Using each car’s intrinsic RFID tags, WingScan-R measures one car or one thousand, in any order.
“We have been using LiDAR for over a decade to accurately inventory stockpiled materials”, says Dan Caine, Managing Director of Wingfield Survey Group. “Because LiDAR hardware and software applications are very dynamic, Wingfield uses this technology to accurately capture real-time volumetric data for material moving across belts, trucks, and rail. Better than after-the-fact stockpiled material measurements we now offer highly accurate digitized data capture at the point you assign dollars to your mining activities, informing you to best manage your plant activities. From the onsite origination of your material production to final delivery, WingScan has a variety of solutions for mining clients.”
Some of the nation’s leading manufacturers depend on Wingfield for accurate scales and industrial inventories, including GE, Bosch, Husqvarna, and MasterCraft. Additionally, many of the nation’s leading companies in the mining industry depend on Wingfield for accurate stockpile and quarry scanning, including Martin Marietta, Holcim, and Arcosa Aggregates. And now many of the nation’s producers are starting to rely on WingScan for accurate load volume scans, including Cargill, Heidelberg Materials, Liberty Tire, and Argos Cement.
Learn more about WingScan by visiting https://wingfieldscale.com/solution/wingscan/.
