System for automatically initializing a weighing process of one or more loads at a concrete plant or an asphalt plant
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1. A system for automatically initializing a weighing process of one or more loads, comprising:
- a plant including a staging area and a loading area;
at least one comprising an output device, the output device having a unique output device ID identifier;
an output device reader in signal communication with at least one of a plurality of non-transitory storage media and arranged to read the output device when the at least one truck is in the staging area;
the plurality of non-transitory storage media comprising at least a reader non-transitory storage media, a material load verification non-transitory storage media, a master truck file containing a truck file for the at least one truck stored on at least one of the plurality of non-transitory storage media, the material load verification non-transitory storage media configured to compares one or more output device ID identifier reader values detected by the output device reader and to compare the one or more output device ID identifier reader values to data fields in the truck file and one or more data fields in a load matrix stored on at least one of the non-transitory storage media, the load matrix comprising at least predetermined amounts of mix constituents of a load to be weighed or metered at the plant for eventual discharge onto a selected truck; and
wherein the reader non-transitory storage media cooperatively communicates with the material load verification non-transitory storage media to initiate a weighing process when either, (i) at least one primary key data field in the truck file or (ii) a signal generated by the output device reader, matches a corresponding primary key data value in the load matrix, the weighing process comprising weighing or metering the predetermined amounts of the mix constituents.
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A system for automatically initializing a weighing process of one or more loads at a concrete plant or an asphalt plant. The system includes a plant, a staging area, a truck and a fleet of trucks. Each truck contains one output device which contains a unique output device ID identifier, an output device reader or readers, a batch non-transitory storage media, a dispatch non-transitory storage media, a reader non-transitory storage media and a material load verification non-transitory storage media, a third party or cloud non-transitory storage media and a master truck file containing a truck file for each truck and a database.
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1. A system for automatically initializing a weighing process of one or more loads, comprising:
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a plant including a staging area and a loading area; at least one comprising an output device, the output device having a unique output device ID identifier; an output device reader in signal communication with at least one of a plurality of non-transitory storage media and arranged to read the output device when the at least one truck is in the staging area; the plurality of non-transitory storage media comprising at least a reader non-transitory storage media, a material load verification non-transitory storage media, a master truck file containing a truck file for the at least one truck stored on at least one of the plurality of non-transitory storage media, the material load verification non-transitory storage media configured to compares one or more output device ID identifier reader values detected by the output device reader and to compare the one or more output device ID identifier reader values to data fields in the truck file and one or more data fields in a load matrix stored on at least one of the non-transitory storage media, the load matrix comprising at least predetermined amounts of mix constituents of a load to be weighed or metered at the plant for eventual discharge onto a selected truck; and wherein the reader non-transitory storage media cooperatively communicates with the material load verification non-transitory storage media to initiate a weighing process when either, (i) at least one primary key data field in the truck file or (ii) a signal generated by the output device reader, matches a corresponding primary key data value in the load matrix, the weighing process comprising weighing or metering the predetermined amounts of the mix constituents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for automatically controlling weighing a load to be dispensed onto a truck, comprising:
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moving at least one truck into a staging area in a plant; automatically reading identifying information disposed on the at least one truck; in non-transitory storage media, comparing the automatically read identifying information with identifying information associated with each of a plurality of trucks; communicating to the at least one truck to move to a loading area of the plant if the automatically read identifying information corresponds to one of a plurality of trucks associated with properties of a load in a load matrix stored in the non-transitory storage media, the load matrix comprising at least predetermined amounts of mix constituents of to be weighed or metered at the plant for eventual discharge onto a selected truck; and initiating a weighing process comprising weighing and metering the predetermined amounts of the mix constituents. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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