Standard Scales & Services specialises in weighbridges. We supply, install, test and certify new weighbridges. We ensure that your new weighbridge continues to operate in top working order. Our service expertise extends to all makes and models.

Our skilled team of weighbridge technicians provides the highest level of service and customer support. We provide a calibration, testing and breakdown service that is available 24 hours 7 days a week. Our expertise extends to all makes and models. Our everyday work is carried out in Sydney. We visit our customers in the Central West, North West, North Coast, South Coast, Canberra, Newcastle and Wollongong often for a week at a time, which ensures that our prices are reasonable when working in your area.

The weighbridge platform sits on load cells which are installed at ground level. Concrete ramps are needed for trucks to drive up and onto the weighbridge platform. This is the easiest weighbridge to clean and maintain. There is no weighbridge pit which means no build up of debris in pit and no confined space. This is the cheapest option because of a saving in concreting costs. This is the easiest weighbridge to relocate to a new site. Simply load the platform onto a truck and retrieve the load cells.

In ground weighbridges are installed when space is at a premium. A full pit is constructed and the platform is installed at ground level. No ramps are required. The weighbridge pit is more difficult to clean than an above ground design. Access to the pit is through hatches. The confined space means special safety requirements. Concreting costs are more expensive than an above ground design because of the construction of the full pit. Concrete kerbs provide guidance for trucks as they approach the weighbridge. The weighbridge may be constructed without kerbs where there is restricted access for trucks to exit the weighbridge.

Open sided weighbridges are installed at ground level with no need for ramps. A shallow concrete pit is constructed with a 1m clear space down both sides of the platform for service access and for cleaning. Open sided weighbridges are more expensive than above ground weighbridges because of additional concreting works. They are an alternative to in ground weighbridges, with cheaper concreting works and no confined spaces issues.

Multi deck weighbridges are connected to a digital indicator for each platform and to a total weight indicator. Two, three or four platforms end-on-end allow trucks to be weighed in one transaction, with weights for each axle grouping helping to ensure that trucks are not overloaded. State of the art technology for multi deck weighbridge systems include software, driver control stations, truck identification systems, remote displays, traffic control systems.

Portable weighbridges are all steel construction and involve some concreting works. They are mostly used in the quarrying industry and are designed for easy relocation. They are expensive, particularly where semi-trailer size weighbridges are needed. Above ground weighbridges are usually the preferred option.

Axle weighers are all steel construction and are installed in shallow concrete pits. They are mostly used by transport companies to check axle groupings to ensure that trucks are not overloaded. They are often linked to remote displays and ticket printers to provide a record of the axle groupings and total weight. Long level concrete approaches are needed to assist with accurate weights.

Most new weighbridges include a steel deck frame with reinforced concrete in-fill and concrete foundations, approaches and ramps. Approximately 40-50% of the total cost is in the concreting works. These site works are critical to the quality of the new weighbridge. We employ skilled and experienced contractors to carry out the concreting works.

Weighbridges are often set up with accessories that control the truck weighing process. Weighbridge accessories include: remote displays, ticket printers, computer hardware and software, driver control stations, truck identification systems, boom gates, traffic lights. These accessories are not mandatory. A weighbridge digital indicator displays the weight. That is the minimum requirement.

As well as Weighbridges, we also offer Platform Scales, Axle Weighers and Bench Scales