Load Scanners Unseen Environmental Benefits

After looking into Load Scan technology and how well the technology works within several industries that are involved in the shipment of material, we found an unseen benefit to the technology. Due to a load scanner’s ability to ensure the correct metric weight in the materials delivered to customers, there has been a reduction in the number trucks and other transports used for shipping.

The technology behindLoadscanners is quite advanced; while, the actual equipment is extremely easy to operate. Load Scanners have literally put traditional weighing systems used within the construction, shipping, and logistics companies to shame. Traditional weighing systems cannot take into account loss in weight during shipping, or the fact the size of the material may shrink during loading. These are all facts brought to our attention by a leader and pioneer in the industry https://www.loadscan.com/.

To resolve this issue, load scanners were invented. A load scanner gives the exact metric weight of the material and calculates the physical compound of the material so upon delivery, the correct amount is delivered. This is very important for the environment and something that not many people seem to take into account when considering the use of load scanners.

If a company delivers materials underweight, then this can pose several issues. If the company the material is being delivered to does not have a good waste management system, then more materials may need delivering. This will be to make up for the losses in delivery and wasted materials during production in the secondary sector.

Try to remember the materials are coming from the primary sector and being delivered to the secondary sector. The transport of the materials in between is where a lot of the harmful carbons enter our atmosphere. if another truck needs to be sent from primary to secondary, this increases the amount of pollution that comes from the supply chain process.

Let’s look at it from another point of view. If a company has 3,000 truckloads per year, and 20% deliver under the weight needed, then that is 600 trucks. If 50% of these companies need resupplying, then that is an extra 300 trucks per year being sent – this is 300 times more pollution entering the atmosphere then needed. We say 300 times more than needed because, with a load scanner, this number will be reduced to next to 0 additional truckloads.

We can also look at this from another point of view. If the truck delivers materials higher than the weight that is needed, what happens to the material not used? Either the material will need collecting, or it may just get dumped. This means materials were mined for no reason. Moving back to the primary sector, and the idea is that all machinery polluting the atmosphere is doing this for a good reason, which is to develop our economy.

However, with over delivery of materials, and then the dumping of materials that were over delivered, this basically means the efforts and pollution of mine that material was wasted. The waste material could have been used on another problem, therefore, maximising the output of mining materials. The result is that maximising output means that even though carbons were released into the air mining, at least that material was put to good use and not just dumped.

Load scanners also prevent an oversupply of materials. This helps the environment in two key ways. Firstly, additional trucks to clear oversupply will not need to be sent. Secondly, the use of our earth’s resources is maximised and not wasted.

If you are a business involved in the primary and secondary industries and the supply chains that connect these two industry sectors, then you will consider the benefits of load scanners simply because the environmental benefits they have. On top of this, it does not take a genius to figure out that load scanners also come with huge saving when it comes to transporting material.

To find out more information about trucking and carbon monoxide, you can read this article: https://www.abe.iastate.edu/extension-and-outreach/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-vehicles-aen-208/