WEIGHT-MEASUREMENT RETROFITTING FOR RECYCLABLE-WASTE BALERS

    公开(公告)号:US20190224935A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-25

    申请号:US16371747

    申请日:2019-04-01

    申请人: BACE, LLC

    摘要: A recycling method is disclosed that includes the steps of compacting recyclable material into a fixed bale of recyclable material while concurrently weighing the OCC in the compactor and independently of the force that the compactor applies to the material or to the bale, assigning an individual identifier to the fixed bale in which the identifier includes at least the weight of the bale, and sending the fixed identified bale to a destination selected from the group consisting of shippers, mills, rebalers, or a customers for the baled recyclable material. Also, devices and methods are disclosed for upgrading existing or new balers to enable them to perform at least some portions of the improved recycling methods. Example devices include baler-mounted load-cell weight sensors and U-shaped anchor plates for securing them in place in a free-floating arrangement.

    WEIGHT-MEASUREMENT RETROFITTING FOR WASTE COMPACTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20190293478A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-26

    申请号:US16371915

    申请日:2019-04-01

    申请人: BACE, LLC

    摘要: A weight-measurement system for inclusion or use with a waste container includes scale devices in communication with a remote computer via a communications module. In some embodiments, the scale devices are mounted to a wheeled base frame that is integral with and supports the waste container. In other embodiments, the scale devices are mounted to a stationary base frame upon which a conventional waste container is retrofittingly positioned and supported during use. The scale devices can be provided by load cells, for example load-pin load cells used as axles for wheels of the integral base frame or as axles for rollers of the retrofit stationary base frame. The remote computer can be programmed to receive weight data from the scale devices, via the communications module, determine the actual weight of the waste contained in the waste container, and provide pre-defined weight-based notifications.