Fast, simple loading
- with automated access and billing

The first time you drive into DSV’s gravel quarry, you will need to step into the office. Have a good look around – you may never go in again.

Automated access and billing
On their first stop at DSV, drivers receive a magnetic card. The card provides access to the quarry area, and automates future loading of goods as well as billing. The system saves time and effort for customers and personnel alike. In addition, site security is improved through limited access to the quarry.

At the next visit, the driver stops by a data terminal, runs his card through, and is provided with access to the area. At the same time, the lorry is weighed, and the driver can monitor the result on an high-resolution display. If the driver needs help, he can use the intercom, which is integrated in the terminal.

Thereafter, he drives in, has the lorry loaded, and drives out to the terminal again. While the weight of the lorry is registered, he runs his card through the terminal. The system calculates the price, based on weight and materials. The billing process starts up, and terminal prints out a receipt for the driver. The process takes place quickly and simply. Now you only need to go into the office, if you want to say hello to someone.

Robuste units
The system is comprised of the right combination of Instrumeter data terminals, high-resolution displays, and specialised printers. One of the special challenges in this solution was the quarry environment; the air is constantly filled with fine gravel particles.

This is best illustrated by a problem, Instrumeter was recently asked to correct. One of the data terminals was simply not responding to the magnetic cards. When we disassembled the unit, we realized that the flaw was not an electronic one, but rather a result of the particle-filled air: a 1½ mm stainless steel plate in the bottom of the unit  had been worn entirely through, by countless magnetic-card transactions, each with a bit of quarry dust as an abrasive!

After a 14-EUR repair, the terminal was working again.