Malegaon weighbridges for powerlooms and the onion trade.
Malegaon, on the Mumbai–Agra highway in Nashik district, is one of Maharashtra's largest powerloom towns: thousands of looms weave grey cloth that leaves by the bale for processing houses, while yarn and beams arrive the same way. The country around it is onion land. Umrane and the other markets of the district trade onion by the tractor-trolley, Satana and the Baglan area grow pomegranate, and Manmad is a railway junction with fuel depots at Panewadi. Symphony supplies weighbridges, truck scales and dharam kanta (धर्म कांटा / tol kanta) across Malegaon and the Baglan, Deola and Nandgaon belt.
A Malegaon yarn dealer or grey-cloth trader usually needs a 30–40 MT, 12 m weighbridge for tempos and 10-wheel trucks (9 m if only tempos and 6-wheelers come); an onion trader or storage-shed owner 40–60 MT on 12–16 m, so every trolley is weighed in and every truck weighed out; an onion and pomegranate packer loading containers 60–80 MT on 18 m; a public weighbridge on the Mumbai–Agra highway 60–100 MT on 16–18 m (dharam kanta). Symphony builds it in Ahmedabad and dispatches it about 2 weeks after a commercially cleared order with PO.
Measured onion shrinkage and challan-matched slips for Malegaon's two big trades.
- Weight in, weight outThe same stamped weighbridge for storage intake and sale, so onion shrinkage is measured, not argued.
- A slip for every consignmentSMFW prints vehicle, party, gross, tare and net, with a remarks field for the yarn or cloth challan.
- Built for black soilFoundation to the drawing and a raised, open-sided build that drains in the monsoon.
Who needs one in Malegaon: Powerloom units, sizing and warping units, yarn dealers and grey-cloth traders in Malegaon; onion traders and storage-shed (kanda chawl) owners at Umrane, Malegaon and Satana; onion and pomegranate packers and exporters in the Malegaon–Satana belt; pomegranate packers in Baglan and grape packers in Chandwad; maize and grain traders; transporters at the Manmad railway goods shed and the Panewadi fuel depots; construction-material suppliers and public dharam kanta operators on the Mumbai–Agra highway.
Also called a dharam kanta (धर्म कांटा), truck scale or weigh bridge. We also serve Manmad, Nandgaon, Satana, Chandwad, Deola, Umrane, Nampur.
Yarn dealers, onion traders and exporters across Malegaon and Baglan.
Yarn dealers and grey-cloth traders
Yarn cones, warp beams and cloth bales move on tempos and trucks every day, and each consignment is billed on its own challan.
Our setup: A 30–40 MT, 12 m pit-less weighbridge (9 m for tempos only), with SMFW slips that carry the party name and a remarks field for the challan number.
Onion traders and storage sheds
Onion dries and loses weight in the kanda chawl, so the profit on stored onion depends on knowing the weight in and the weight out.
Our setup: A 40–60 MT, 12–16 m stamped weighbridge used for both intake and sale, with lot-wise SMFW records.
Onion and pomegranate packers
Container trailers must be weighed whole, and the figure goes on the shipping papers.
Our setup: A 60–80 MT, 18 m pit-less steel or concrete (RCC) weighbridge, so a 40 ft container trailer stands on the platform in one weighing (16 m suits 20 ft containers).
- Malegaon powerloom clustersgrey cloth, sizing and warping units, yarn trade
- Umrane krishi utpanna bazar samitionion
- Satana and the Baglan areapomegranate and onion
- Manmadrailway goods shed and the Panewadi fuel depots
- Nandgaon and Chandwadonion, maize and grape trade
Cloth bales, onion trolleys and container trailers: sizing a Malegaon weighbridge.
Malegaon weighs a steady stream of medium cloth loads and a seasonal flood of onion trolleys. The powerloom trade is made of many medium loads: yarn cones and warp beams come in on tempos and trucks, and grey-cloth bales go out to the processing houses, so a 30–40 MT weighbridge of 12 m covers most units, with an SMFW slip for each consignment and a remarks field for the challan number. Onion comes in one season, by the thousand trolleys. Onion loses weight in storage as it dries, so a trader who stores in a kanda chawl and sells weeks later needs the weight in and the weight out from the same stamped weighbridge, or the shrinkage cannot be measured honestly. Packers loading 40 ft containers need 18 m so the whole trailer stands on the platform in one weighing (16 m suits 20 ft containers), with a printed gross, tare and net on every slip. Onion trolleys queue in the hot months, so plan a straight approach and space to park off the road. The soil around Malegaon is black and swells in the rains, so the foundation drawing takes the footings down to firm ground or onto a compacted base, and a raised pit-less weighbridge with open sides drains better than a pit in the monsoon.
| Recommended for | Vehicles | Capacity | Weighbridge | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarn dealer / grey-cloth trader | Tempos, 6- and 10-wheel trucks | 30–40 MT | 12 m (9 m for tempos) | Pit-less steel, slip with challan number |
| Onion trader / storage shed | Tractor-trolleys, trucks | 40–60 MT | 12–16 m | Pit-less steel or pit-type, stamped |
| Onion / pomegranate packer, container loading | Container trailers | 60–80 MT | 18 m | Pit-less steel or concrete (RCC) |
| Public weighbridge, Mumbai–Agra highway | Multi-axle trucks, trailers | 60–100 MT | 16–18 m | Concrete (RCC) or pit-less steel, printed slip |
Starting points only. Send your heaviest truck and daily traffic and we confirm the size.
From the storage shed to a printed sale slip: six steps in Malegaon.
Six steps for your project in Malegaon. Most of the waiting is the foundation curing, so the drawing comes first.
- 1 · Your traffic in MalegaonTell us the heaviest vehicle you weigh (here, typically tempos, 6- and 10-wheel trucks), the space at the gate and the daily count. An engineer replies within one working day.
- 2 · Size and quotationOur usual starting point (yarn dealer / grey-cloth trader): 30–40 MT, 12 m (9 m for tempos) weighbridge, Pit-less steel, slip with challan number. The quotation comes with the foundation drawing.
- 3 · Foundation on siteYour civil contractor builds it to our drawing; a pit-type weighbridge needs a drained pit with a sump. We can check the levels before the weighbridge arrives.
- 4 · Fabrication and dispatchBuilt and tested in our Ahmedabad workshop; dispatch in about 2 weeks from a commercially cleared order with PO, then delivered and placed on your foundation.
- 5 · Installation and calibrationWeighbridge placed, load cells and indicator connected and calibrated, slip printing set up, and Legal Metrology verification supported.
- 6 · AMC and serviceAMC, breakdown visits, calibration and annual re-verification support from our technical desk, so the weighbridge stays accurate for years.
Questions from Malegaon's loom owners, onion traders and transporters.
Who supplies weighbridges in Malegaon?
Which weighbridge suits a powerloom yarn dealer or grey-cloth trader in Malegaon?
Why should an onion storage-shed owner weigh both in and out?
Which truck scale suits an onion or pomegranate packer loading containers?
What decides the cost of a weighbridge in Malegaon?
मालेगांव में प्याज़ (कांदा) व्यापारी के लिए कौन सा धर्म कांटा उपयुक्त है?
Tell us your site. We recommend the platform.
Send a site photo, vehicle size and daily vehicle count. An engineer replies within one working day.