Accurate and portable weigh-in-motion system for manifesting air cargo

Robert N. Nodine; Matthew B. Scudiere; John K. Jordan

doi:10.1117/12.228837

22 December 1995 Accurate and portable weigh-in-motion system for manifesting air cargo

Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, John K. Jordan

Proceedings Volume 2595, Machine Tool, In-Line, and Robot Sensors and Controls; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228837
Event: Photonics East '95, 1995, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Abstract

An automated and portable weigh-in-motion system has been developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the purpose of manifesting cargo onto aircraft. The system has an accuracy range of plus or minus 3.0% to plus or minus 6.0% measuring gross vehicle weight and locating the center of balance of moving vehicles at speeds of 1 to 5 mph. This paper reviews the control/user interface system and weight determination algorithm developed to acquire, process, and interpret multiple sensor inputs. The development effort resulted in a self- zeroing, user-friendly system capable of weighing a wide range of vehicles in any random order. The control system is based on the STANDARD (STD) bus and incorporates custom- designed data acquisition and sensor fusion hardware controlled by a personal computer (PC) based single-board computer. The user interface is written in the 'C' language to display number of axles, axle weight, axle spacing, gross weight, and center of balance. The weighing algorithm developed functions with any linear weight sensor and a set of four axle switches per sensor.

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Robert N. Nodine, Matthew B. Scudiere, and John K. Jordan "Accurate and portable weigh-in-motion system for manifesting air cargo", Proc. SPIE 2595, Machine Tool, In-Line, and Robot Sensors and Controls, (22 December 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.228837

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