RFID Supports Better Ways to Weigh Trucks

ORNL Review: Better Ways to Weigh Trucks

... "Each vehicle has a distinctive radiofrequency (rf) signature, which is identified by an rf reader as the vehicle passes over a WIM scale. The vehicle's weight and center of balance are measured and transmitted with its rf identification to a computer, which has load-planning software. The computer decides where on the aircraft each vehicle should go to give the aircraft the proper center of balance so it can take off safely. " ...