Yavatmal weighbridges for cotton gins, APMC yards and coal.
Yavatmal district, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, is one of the state's largest cotton districts: kapas from its black-soil farms is ginned and pressed into bales in units around Yavatmal, Pusad, Wani, Digras and Pandharkawada, and soybean and tur are traded through the APMC yards of Yavatmal, Pusad, Wani and Digras. The Wani side of the district has coal mines, and the Penganga river runs along its southern edge, with Telangana across it. Symphony supplies weighbridges, truck scales and dharam kanta (धर्म कांटा / tol kanta) across Yavatmal district.
A Yavatmal, Pusad or Wani ginning unit usually needs a 40–60 MT, 12–16 m pit-less steel weighbridge stamped for trade; an APMC trader or dal mill 40–60 MT on 12–16 m; a coal mine or coal transporter on the Wani side 80–100 MT on 18 m in heavy-duty steel or RCC; a public weighbridge 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.
Kapas by the trolley, bales by the truck: one record through the cotton season.
- Cotton seasonFast slips for the October to winter rush.
- Coal duty18 m, 80–100 MT, sealed load cells.
- Black cotton soilFoundation taken to firm strata.
Who needs one in Yavatmal: Cotton ginning and pressing units and cotton traders; cotton procurement centres; soybean, tur and gram traders and commission agents at the Yavatmal, Pusad, Wani and Digras APMC yards; dal mills and oil mills; coal mines and coal transporters on the Wani side; MIDC units at Yavatmal; warehouses; public dharam kanta operators.
Also called a dharam kanta (धर्म कांटा), truck scale or weigh bridge. We also serve Pusad, Wani, Digras, Darwha, Umarkhed, Pandharkawada, Ner, Arni, Ghatanji.
Ginning units, coal sites and dal mills across Yavatmal district.
Cotton ginning and pressing units
Kapas is bought by weight with its moisture in mind, and the October to winter rush brings long queues of trolleys at the gate.
Our setup: A 40–60 MT, 12–16 m stamped pit-less steel weighbridge with SMFW slips by party, vehicle and lot.
Coal mines and transporters on the Wani side
Loaded tippers run at their limit all day in fine black dust, and every dispatch is billed by weight.
Our setup: An 80–100 MT, 18 m heavy-duty steel or RCC weighbridge with sealed IP67/IP68 load cells and the unmanned option.
Dal mills and APMC traders
Tur and soybean are bought from many small sellers, so each trolley needs its own slip.
Our setup: A 40–60 MT, 12–16 m stamped pit-less steel weighbridge with SMFW party-wise records.
- MIDC Industrial Area, Yavatmaltextile, agro-processing and engineering units
- APMC Yavatmalcotton, soybean, tur and gram
- APMC Pusadcotton, soybean and tur
- APMC Wanicotton, soybean and tur
- Wani coal beltcoal mines and coal transport
Black cotton soil, coal dust and the winter cotton rush: sizing a Yavatmal weighbridge.
Cotton sets the rhythm in Yavatmal. Kapas starts arriving in October and the rush runs through winter, in tractor-trolleys and small trucks that queue at the ginning gate from early morning, so the weighbridge must weigh fast and its slip must match the purchase register. Kapas is bulky for its weight and its moisture changes the price, so SMFW records gross, tare and net with the party, vehicle and lot on every slip; bales and cotton seed then leave in 10- and 12-wheel trucks over the same weighbridge. Soybean and tur arrive at the APMC yards after the monsoon. Coal on the Wani side is the heavy duty: loaded tippers run at their limit all day in fine black dust, which calls for 80–100 MT on 18 m, sealed IP67/IP68 load cells and a gap under the platform that can be cleaned. Most of the district is black cotton soil, which swells in the rains and shrinks and cracks in summer: take the foundation down to firm strata as the drawing for your site requires, and keep drainage away from the pedestals. Plan stamping and re-verification before the October cotton arrivals, and keep the coal-site weighbridge on its own schedule, since it runs all year.
| Recommended for | Vehicles | Capacity | Weighbridge | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton ginning and pressing unit | Trolleys, small trucks, bale trucks | 40–60 MT | 12–16 m | Pit-less steel, stamped |
| APMC trader or dal mill | Trolleys, 10-wheel trucks | 40–60 MT | 12–16 m | Pit-less steel, stamped |
| Coal mine or coal transporter | Tippers, multi-axle trucks | 80–100 MT | 18 m | Heavy-duty steel or RCC, stamped |
| Public weighbridge | Trolleys to multi-axle trucks | 60–100 MT | 16–18 m | Pit-less steel or RCC, stamped |
Starting points only. Send your heaviest truck and daily traffic and we confirm the size.
From the kapas trolley to the bale truck: six steps in Yavatmal.
Six steps for your project in Yavatmal. Most of the waiting is the foundation curing, so the drawing comes first.
- 1 · Your traffic in YavatmalTell us the heaviest vehicle you weigh (here, typically trolleys, small trucks, bale trucks), the space at the gate and the daily count. An engineer replies within one working day.
- 2 · Size and quotationOur usual starting point (cotton ginning and pressing unit): 40–60 MT, 12–16 m weighbridge, Pit-less steel, stamped. The quotation comes with the foundation drawing.
- 3 · Foundation on siteYour civil contractor builds the concrete pedestals to our drawing; 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 Yavatmal's cotton, pulse and coal trade.
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What decides the cost of a weighbridge in Yavatmal?
यवतमाल में कपास जिनिंग इकाई के लिए धर्म कांटा स्थापित करने से पहले क्या देखें?
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.