Inaccurate compaction and bulking factors can reduce profits
Material never behaves the same way twice – and every supplier and producer knows it. Moisture content, stockpile size, how long the pile has settled, and the type of material all influence how much a load will compact or bulk. Yet many operations still rely on generic bulking and compaction factors that offer only rough estimates and rarely reflect the true condition of their material.
When these factors are guessed, outdated, or misunderstood, the result is simple: profit loss through inaccurate volume measurement on both incoming and outgoing loads. One cubic yard in the stockpile is not one cubic yard in the truck, and it certainly isn’t one cubic yard when dumped.
Material from the stockpile typically compacts when loaded into a truck bin. At the destination, it bulks up again when it’s tipped off, but almost never to the same volume it occupied in the original stockpile.
This natural variation makes loose‑volume measurement difficult and challenging, and potentially introduces costly uncertainty.
Without accurate, site‑specific factors to determine the true loose volume in each truck bin, you risk paying for material you didn’t actually receive or supplying more than you’re being paid for.
The Loadscan LVS eliminates this guesswork. It allows you to determine and apply your own precise compaction and bulking factors for every material you handle. That makes it the only reliably accurate method for measuring true load volumes – and the only way to protect your margins with confidence.
A typical example of how compaction and bulking changes the volume of material
Material in stockpile
Volume reduces when loaded into truck due to compaction
Volume increases when dumped, returning to the original stockpile volume
Inaccurate compaction and bulking factors can reduce profits
Every supplier and manufacturer has a somewhat unique situation, where material is affected to different degrees by factors such as moisture, size of the pile, how long the pile has been settled, and type of material. Using common bulking and compaction factors provide generic estimates only, and don’t necessarily reflect the actual state of your material.
Incorrectly estimated or misunderstood factors can significantly reduce profits due to material measurement inaccuracies on incoming and outgoing loads. One cubic yard in the stockpile does not translate into one cubic yard in the truck, nor one cubic yard when dumped.
Material from the stockpile tends to compact when loaded into a truck bin. When the material is unloaded at the destination it tends to bulk up, but usually not the the same volume that was extracted from the original stockpile. This makes accurate loose measurement challenging.
Without accurate factors to determine the true volume of loose material in a truck bin you could be paying for material you haven’t actually received, or you could be oversupplying your customers.
The Loadscan LVS gives you the ability to accurately determine and apply your own compaction and bulking factors of each of the materials you receive and supply, making it the only reliably accurate method of measuring volumes.
A typical example of how compaction and bulking changes the volume of material
Material in stockpile
Volume reduces when loaded into truck due to compaction
Volume increases when dumped, returning to the original stockpile volume
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Put an end to inefficiencies, waste, and guesswork.
Get accurate product densities
Optimise truck loading
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Don’t pay for water content
Eliminate disputes over volumes
Proven accurate to +/- 1%
Only pay for what you receive
