Desenvolvimento de uma balança para empilhadeira

Abstract

The increase in production capacity in the industry has encouraged investment in forklifts, machines used for the safe handling of loads. They are the most appropriate alternative for the efficient transportation of loads produced and the organization of warehouses and inventories. However, in many locations reserved for this purpose, it becomes a challenge and a risk for the operator of the forklift suspend loads up to four tons, because in many cases does not know the weight of the load. Because of this and how existing solutions for this problem are expensive presented in this paper the development of a weighing-machine to automate forklifts. This has as main components a pressure transducer, a central storage and processing of data and interfaces through display and keys. This development was divided into stages of research, hardware design, firmware implementation, testing equipment, testing and calibration of general functioning. After the system is completed, the test results obtained showed the applicability of the product. The solution developed is presented satisfactory and feasible.