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weighing-in-motion system
An electronic system which weighs individually loaded coal wagons as they roll over a rail scale, feeding the information into a totalizing printer, which automatically prints out gross and net weights. It employs hermetically sealed load cells which accurately convert physical weight into electrical impulses.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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