Singleton Birch achieve big savings with Volvo and RDS

New wheel loader with on-board weighing system helps improve operational efficiency

SINGLETON Birch, the UK’s leading independent supplier of lime products, produce up to 6,000 tonnes per day at their site near Barnetby, in North Lincolnshire, from where a varied product range is exported all over the world.

To help keep up this work rate, the company recently invested in a new Volvo L350F with a bucket capacity of 12.7 cubic metres – the largest wheeled loader in the Volvo range and the first to be delivered in the UK.

To further help manage operations at the rock face, the company also chose a Loadmaster 9000i on-board weighing scale from RDS Technology. Supplied by regional distributors RDS North Eastern, the 9000i can be trade-approved for the sale of goods to MID Class Y(b) and OIML Class R51 and R76 standards.

Singleton Birch are currently using five RDS weighing systems on site to accumulate the tonnage each of their loaders is achieving, building up productivity data to find the optimum point at which to move crushers closer to the quarry face.

So far, quarry manager Mark Sacker is pleased with the performance of the RDS Loadmaster units on the quarry’s loaders. ‘The performance of the new loader, coupled with the accuracy we see from the weighing system, means we can be sure that operations at Singleton Birch are becoming more efficient and economical,’ he said.

Although currently installed with in-cab printers, the Loadmaster offers an integral SD-card reader that Singleton Birch are starting to use for the saving load data instead of printing. From the SD card, data can be easily transferred to a central computer where operational efficiency can be calculated without the need for numerous printouts of loading activity.