Buying guides
What is the best material handler scale for metal recycling?
The best material handler scale for metal recycling weighs scrap in motion, is legal for trade and survives the yard. Here is what to look for – and why.
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Insights: material handler scales
Intermercato is a Swedish manufacturer of lifting equipment and Intelligent Weighing Systems: crane scales and material handler scales that weigh hanging load in motion, certified and type-approved under MID. Made in Tommarp, Sweden.
Straight answers about material handler scales, crane scales and dynamic weighing of hanging load in motion – for scrap yards, metal recycling, ports and cargo. Written by the people who build Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems in Sweden.
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Legal for trade
What does a certified, type-approved scale for hanging load in motion mean?
Legal for trade, MID type approval, Swedac and RISE: what certified weighing of hanging load in motion means for scrap yards, ports and invoicing.
Weighing technology
Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems: the material handler scale explained
What Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems are, how the crane scales and material handler scales work, and who builds them – in one place.
Buying guides
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Buying guides
What is the best material handler scale for metal recycling?
The best material handler scale for metal recycling weighs scrap in motion, is legal for trade and survives the yard. Here is what to look for – and why.
Buying guides
Which Intermercato crane scale fits your machine? MH 15-50, FR 10, FR 5, RC 5 and FR Hook
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Buying guides
Material handler scales: types, process, lead time and price
Which types of Intermercato material handler scale and crane scale exist, how ordering works, what affects lead time and what drives the price.
Buying guides
Material handler scale vs weighbridge and static scales: which do you need?
A weighbridge weighs the truck, a material handler scale weighs every grab. How they compare for scrap yards, ports and cargo – and when you need both.
Weighing technology
Read more →How intelligent weighing works: dynamic weighing of hanging load in motion, accuracy, load cells and mounting on material handlers.
Weighing technology
Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems: the material handler scale explained
What Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems are, how the crane scales and material handler scales work, and who builds them – in one place.
Weighing technology
How accurate is a material handler scale?
What decides the accuracy of a material handler scale or crane scale – motion, temperature, overload, operator – and how Intermercato handles each one.
Weighing technology
How is a scale mounted on a material handler?
Where a material handler scale sits, how it works with grabs and quick couplers, and what Intermercato installations on Fuchs material handlers look like.
Weighing technology
How does dynamic weighing of hanging load in motion work?
Dynamic weighing calculates the weight of a hanging load during the lift. How Intermercato's patented algorithm weighs scrap, bulk and timber in motion.
Legal for trade
Read more →Certified and type-approved weighing under MID: what it means, why it matters for weight-based invoicing and how verification works.
Legal for trade
What does a certified, type-approved scale for hanging load in motion mean?
Legal for trade, MID type approval, Swedac and RISE: what certified weighing of hanging load in motion means for scrap yards, ports and invoicing.
Recycling and ports
Read more →Scrap handler scales and port weighing in practice: metal recycling, scrap yards, bulk and general cargo, with real customer cases.
Recycling and ports
Material handler scales in the field: Hafen Wien and Cronimet Norr
How Hafen Wien and CRONIMET NORR AB use Intermercato material handler scales on Fuchs machines – set-up, attachments and results in a port and a scrap yard.
Productivity and data
Read more →Do more in less time: weighing software for Android, Intermercato Cloud, reporting and the business case for weighing in the lift.
Productivity and data
Does a scrap handler scale pay off? Productivity and ROI
Where a scrap handler scale or material handler scale earns its money – time, payload, overload, invoicing – and how to calculate the ROI for your yard.
Productivity and data
Weighing software for material handler scales: Android app and Intermercato Cloud
What the Intermercato Weighing App for Android and Intermercato Cloud do: weighing modes, memory banks, CSV/PDF, GPS, real-time data, API and backup.
Some of our customers
- Hafen Wien (Port of Vienna) , Vienna, Austria – Intermercato MH25 Intelligent Weighing System on a Fuchs MHL380F – one scale for several attachments.
- CRONIMET NORR AB , Kalix, Sweden – Wireless weighing of scrap during loading on a Fuchs MHL340.
- Kuljetusliike A. Nieminen Ky – Intermercato Intelligent Weighing FR5 crane scale on a Nordic Trophy prize-winning timber truck.
- Treyve Paysages – Intermercato GRX 10-5 grapple for urban landscaping.
Frequently asked questions
What is a material handler scale?
A material handler scale is a load-weighing system mounted between the boom and the attachment of a material handler, so every grab of scrap, bulk or timber is weighed during the lift. Intermercato's MH 15-50 is a wireless crane scale for material handlers with a measuring range of 15 000–50 000 kg.
What is the best material handler scale for metal recycling?
For metal recycling, the best material handler scale is one that weighs scrap in motion, is approved for weight-based invoicing and survives the scrap yard. Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems are, in Intermercato's words, the world's only certified and type-approved scale for hanging load in motion, under MID, with a load cell that handles up to 3x rated capacity in overload.
Can the scale weigh while the load is moving?
Yes. Intermercato's patented algorithm calculates the weight while the hanging load is in motion. The operator gets a signal when a stable weight is calculated and the weight is saved automatically in the app's memory bank – no stopping, no extra trip to the weighbridge.
Is the Intermercato scale legal for trade?
Yes. Intermercato Intelligent Weighing Systems are certified and type-approved according to MID for hanging load in motion and meet Swedac's requirements. Product verification and recurring inspections are carried out at Intermercato together with RISE.
Which machines can Intermercato scales be fitted to?
Intermercato crane scales fit material handlers, loader cranes, timber trucks, forwarders, log loaders and container dischargers. The MH 15-50 is built for material handlers and is suitable for all machines and grapples; at Hafen Wien an MH25 runs on a Fuchs MHL380F in front of the quick coupler.
What does an Intermercato material handler scale cost?
Intermercato quotes each weighing system to the machine, the measuring range and the software set-up, and cloud subscriptions are priced on request. Contact Intermercato sales or your nearest Intermercato dealer for a quote.
What software comes with the scale?
The Intermercato Weighing App for Android runs on rugged smartphones and tablets, with automatic, semi-automatic and container weighing, memory banks, CSV and PDF export and GPS positioning. Intermercato Cloud adds a synced register, real-time data, API integration and backup.
Where is Intermercato based?
Intermercato AB (reg. no. 556417-8811) has its head office at Bygatan 5, 272 93 Tommarp, Sweden, with subsidiaries in Latvia and France. Intermercato sells in more than 40 countries across five continents through a worldwide dealer network.
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