聪明的称重和票务可以使谷物接收受益

接触less weighing and ticketing systems can help a grain processing or feed mill facility improve many tasks, including accounting, biosecurity, worker shortages, traceability, efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Truck drivers are the lifeblood of the feed and grain industries, responsible for delivering freshly harvested grain and finished feed for livestock. Without them, very little product would move, and the modern agricultural supply chain would fall apart.

尽管驾驶员是必不可少的，但它们也是饲料制造商或谷物处理经理必须考虑其操作中最重要的变量之一。一旦驾驶员在路上，可能无法控制发生的事情，但是非接触式称重和票务系统可以帮助管理人员控制现场驾驶员的情况。（请参阅框，“将谷物卡车司机安全地置于座位上。”）

“卡车司机不需要从车辆上脱颖而出，并在称重过程的任何部分都在秤平台上走来走去，” Marketing和Cardinal/Det​​ecto Scale的客户支持副总裁乔纳森·萨博（Jonathan Sabo）提醒。“这有助于避免由于受伤引起的安全责任的潜力。”

What is a true contactless ticketing system?

当it comes to weighing and ticketing systems, “contactless” means much more than avoiding physical contact. Weighing and ticketing systems can be created to allow a driver to make their way through a facility without having to speak to an employee.

Some day in the near future, an employee will not even need to be on site when using the most advanced systems. Right now, drivers are only limited by the speed of the equipment being used as they move through the system. There are many different levels of complexity, depending on what is right for your facility.

“称重可以像使用接近ID的ID输入一样简单，并预先输入内存并与ID相关联，或者与所有更复杂的相关数据记录相关的WinVRS车辆记录系统数据集成。”萨博。“这两种系统都允许真正的非接触式票务。”

智能称重，票务创造效率

非接触式称重和票务系统的开始方式与任何其他称重和票务过程相同，通过将卡车与拖运谷物的合同联系起来。

With a traditional system, the driver needed to contact a facility employee by a speaker or go inside the facility or weigh house. After contact is made, the employee is responsible for taking the driver’s information, linking them to the right contract and processing a sample taken by a grain probe.

这些步骤中的每个步骤都有人为错误的风险，这可能会导致延误和其他成本。

“某种程度上，在谷物行业中，谷物电梯从事农民会计的一部分，” Compuweigh Corp.销售和营销高级副总裁Tim Ciucci解释说。

Ciucci说：“每次农民寄出大量谷物时，您都会想到100％的负载是支付给农民的。”“但是，许多农民与他人共享农场的所有权，但是谷物电梯负责向每个所有者写支票，而不是让农民弄清楚它。”

Ciucci说，根据谷物的田地，农民也可能有不同的分裂。

Ciucci说：“它可能很快变得复杂。”“非接触式系统的一部分是将选择什么合同选择在驾驶员而不是Scale House雇员的决定中。”

完全不接触的系统组件

At the lowest level, a scale kiosk allows a driver to select to which contract they are delivering grain, freeing up the scale house attendee to focus on processing the grain sample. With a few more pieces of equipment, grain elevators can upgrade to an almost completely automated process.

对于大多数谷物电梯，完全无接触式的规模票务系统包括：

• 卡车秤，其中包括一个或两个秤，用于入站/出站量
• 重量指示器
• RFID reader, either short range that scans 3 to 5 inches or long range that scans up to 15 feet
• RFID徽章
• 远程重量显示器和相关电缆
• connectivity
• PC上的车辆记录系统软件

Sabo说：“这些系统都可以由规模服务公司轻松安装。”

实施RFID标签可以使谷物电梯通过非接触式称重系统进行更多操作。

Ciucci说：“接收谷物的目标是在不必帮助驾驶员的情况下尽可能有效地保持探测。”

“我们之所以这样做，是因为每辆卡车都给了他们一个RFID标签。”

无接触式称重和票务工作如何

使用非接触式票务和称重的卡车穿过谷物电梯，将遵循以下过程：

1.扫描仪记录到到达谷物电梯的卡车。

“By tracking how long a truck is in grain receiving, a grain elevator can show farmers how quickly they unload grain,” says Ciucci. “Tracking how long a truck is at each point of the grain receiving process also lets the company figure out their slow points.”

2.驾驶员向前驶向要探测的秤房屋，RFID传感器标志着其到达。该卡车驱车的最新合同显示了卡车司机，但驾驶员也可以从过去的合同中选择。

Ciucci说：“由于驾驶员正在触摸屏上选择合同，因此这也使调查人员更加有效。”“几乎90％的时间，司机都在自行检查。谷物电梯员工无需与驾驶员交谈。他们的评分比以往任何时候都要快。”

3. Once weighed and sampled, the driver is shown what dump pit to pull into on a digital display.

“Sometimes, when things are busy, a probe attendant selects the wrong pit for the truck because they’re not paying attention to the moisture,” explains Ciucci. “With automation, the software automatically selects the right pit.”

4.当驾驶员拉入错误的转储坑时，发出警报。

“You’re keeping people out of the dump pit area by scanning trucks and confirming that they will go to the right dump pit,” says Ciucci. “By preventing mixing corn and beans, your company is eliminating the biggest mistake that elevators make, which is identifying the wrong truck.”

5.卸下后，将卡车在出站尺度上进行扫描，然后称重并给予票。

“When you visit grain elevators, they can have 10 to 20 white trucks on site at any time,” says Ciucci. “If somebody pulls over to use the restroom, the queue gets out of order. Then when they weigh out, it’s easy to mix up two trucks. At that point, the elevator has screwed up two tickets. RFID tracking eliminates this mistake.”

当卡车离开谷物电梯时，最终传感器记录了。■

Keeping grain truck drivers safely in their seats

当visiting a grain or feed facility, the best place for a truck driver to stay is in the truck’s cab. Every time they leave, they create a delay in the loading and unloading process and, more importantly, a safety and biosecurity risk.

In 2015, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released a study on its attempts to identify highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) transmission pathways.

该疾病最近导致了数百万只鸟类的损失，整个行业的利益相关者都希望对什么负责。

尽管结果不是结论性的，但人们认为其中一个因素是家禽农场的生物安全失败。生物安全性失败之一是允许车辆和人在不同地点之间的运动 - 例如提供饲料的驾驶员。

禽流感和其他牲畜疾病（如猪流行腹泻和非洲猪热）的传播改变了行业对生物安全性的看法，生物安全性最简单的步骤之一就是使驾驶员保持卡车的驾驶员。

安全的影响也显而易见。当drivers leave their trucks, facility staff and management now have an unknown variable in their safety plan.

请记住，驾驶员可能没有在您的设施中接受安全培训，可能没有适当的PPE，并且可能会因移动交通和谷物而陷入危险的情况。

设施正在为设施人员和谷物司机带来不必要的风险，因为他们不竭尽所能将这些驾驶员留在卡车内。非接触式称重和票务系统可以使它们安全地置于座位上。

-Steven Kilger