On-board mass monitoring test report: final

This report is a report of the testing of on-board mass (OBM) monitoring systems undertaken in 2008 by Transport Certification Australia (TCA). TCA is developing specifications for an evidentiary OBM system and the results and learnings from this testing program will inform TCA in its development of the functional and technical requirements for such an evidentiary system. The key questions are to establish the accuracy of OBM systems, is this sufficient for regulatory applications and can an evidentiary standard OBM system be developed in specifications. The testing program received the full support of the Australian OBM industry. A total of twelve OBM systems from eight Australian suppliers were tested across five Australian states in the course of seven months, commencing in April and finishing in October 2008. Individual test reports for each system against reference and weighbridge have been made available to the respective OBM system supplier. In this consolidated report, the supplier identities have been anonymised. The phasing of the testing program was in three stages. A test plan was developed, circulated for comment to jurisdictions and suppliers and finalised with the feedback received by April 2008. A pilot test was commissioned and the results and learnings from the pilot was used to refine the test plan and develop a full scale testing program by July 2008. In conclusion, the tests have found that the commercial OBM systems have sufficient accuracy for all types of regulatory applications, tampering can be addressed via the use of dynamic data and therefore it is possible to specify an evidentiary standard OBM system. The development of such specifications is now underway by TCA.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ewd.gov.au/images/stories/pdfs/OBM_test_report_FINAL.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Certification Australia

  Melbourne, Victoria   
• Authors:
  • Karl, C
  • Davis, L
  • Cai, D
  • Blanksby, C
  • Germanchev, A
  • Eady, P
  • Harcourt, R
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 68p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compliance; Equipment; Field studies; Freight transportation; Loads; Monitoring; Policy, legislation and regulation
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Compliance; Equipment; Field study; Freight transport; Load; Monitoring; Transport regulation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501277
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Report/Paper Numbers: TCA-A43
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 13 2013 12:42PM