On-board scale

[3] In addition, some states allow on-board scales approved under the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) to be considered legal for trade.

[6] The scale was one among several systems intended to provide information for researchers developing tools to determine the safety fitness of a vehicle.

[7] Considering an unrelated possible non-commercial application, in 2015 the Federal Highway Administration wrote: "Recording and collecting data from on-board load cells can provide a metric for [weight law] compliance.

[12] Already by 1995, the Society of Automotive Engineers was publishing a "History of On-Board Electronic Truck Scales and Future Design Trends".

This review's abstract notes that newer on-board scale systems included calibration data in the load sensors, which would function as part of an on-truck computer network.

Acceptance of on-board scales increased to the point that in 2008, for instance, all thirteen comments from poultry growers and agricultural associations, concerning a proposed U. S. Department of Agriculture rule, requested that the Department "not permit the delivery of ... feed for more than one grower on a single truck unless the truck has an on-board scale and weighing system, specifically when feed is taken from one farm directly to another.

[15] As with other electronic scales, the bin weight may be transmitted to an operator readout, or via a wide area network to a company office or corporate headquarters.

Suitable for air-ride applications, they show on-the-ground weight in pounds (LBS) or kilograms (KG) instead of standard PSI.

Channels of distribution for these scales include Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) sales through truck or trailer companies as either a standard part of the vehicle or an option.