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Weighwell
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Weighwell was formed in 1988 by Paul Horsfall when he was only 22 years old. The company began by servicing and maintaining weighing equipment of all shapes and sizes from small laboratory scales to large weighbridges. The company grew steadily and the development into manufacturing came naturally.
The first DTI innovation award was won in 1995 as a result of the design and development of a Portable Bogie Weighing System for ABB Transportation. The concept of a Portable Train Weigher (PTW) had been born! A concept that was greeted with a measure of disbelief, but for Paul it was a challenge that quite simply had to be accepted.
The concept achieved a second DTI innovation award and by 1997, after extensive tests and trials, Weighwell had designed and developed a basic prototype PTW. A working demonstration was arranged at Foster Yeoman, Merehead Quarry by Stuart Palmer, Production Strategy and Development Manager, Railtrack. The demonstration proved that what was previously impossible was now a reality. A portable train weighing system that could be carried by two men to a rail vehicle located…'85.anywhere!
