🌾 Harvest Helper Scale EHW with 83sigma Operation – Easy, Fast, and Flexible

Above all, a harvest helper scale should simplify everyday harvesting. With the 83sigma weighing terminal, you can record harvest quantities quickly, reliably, and transparently – whether for strawberries, asparagus, blueberries, or other fruit and vegetable crops.

Depending on the configuration, the collected data can be saved directly to a USB stick or transferred via Ethernet to a PC or the company network. Optionally, the system can be expanded with a barcode scanner and a label printer, so that data entry occurs almost entirely without keyboard input.

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🛠️ What hardware is needed for the harvest helper scale?

The Harvest Helper Scale EHW consists of several components that can be individually combined depending on the application area.

⚖️ Weighing Platform

The basis of the system is a robust weighing platform. Depending on the application, various platform sizes and weighing ranges are available. All platforms are optionally available completely in stainless steel or with a painted steel sub-structure and stainless steel cover, and are ideally suited for daily outdoor use.

💻 Weighing Terminal 83sigma

The heart of the system is the 83sigma weighing terminal. Here, all weighing data is processed, employee and product information is recorded, and data storage is managed. The robust stainless steel housing with protection class IP65 reliably protects the device from dust and splash water.

💾 Data Storage

Depending on the equipment, the recorded weighing data can be:

• saved on a USB stick,
• transferred via Ethernet to a PC or the company network, or

This allows the data to be easily processed or archived.

📱 Optional: Barcode Scanner

For particularly fast data acquisition, the harvest helper scale can be equipped with a hand scanner. Wired or wireless models with integrated batteries are available. Employee, product, and tare information are simply scanned – this reduces input errors and speeds up the entire weighing process.

🖨️ Optional: Label Printer

With the optional TM-L90 label printer, Code128 barcodes can be created directly. This allows employee, product, or tare barcodes to be reprinted at any time and new labels to be generated within seconds.

🔋 Power Supply

The harvest helper scale can be operated flexibly:

• via 230 V mains voltage,
• with 10–30 V DC voltage, for example via a vehicle battery,
• or mobile with a 12 V battery pack.

This makes the system suitable for stationary use in the company as well as for mobile use directly in the field.

📦 Typical System Configuration

A complete harvest helper scale usually consists of:

• ✅ Weighing platform
• ✅ 83sigma weighing terminal
• ✅ USB data logger or network interface
• ➕ optional barcode scanner
• ➕ optional TM-L90 label printer
• ➕ optional tripod and battery pack for mobile use

Depending on the size of the operation and workflow, the system can be individually configured and expanded at any time.

📋 What data is collected during weighing?

The harvest helper scale can be individually adapted to your workflow. The following information can be queried:

• 👤 Employee
• 🍓 Product
• ⚖️ Tare weight (empty weight of the container)

Not every operation needs all information for every weighing. Therefore, the software can be flexibly configured.

Possible Variants

✅ Only employee per weighing

Ideal when the same product and container are used for a long time. Product and tare are set once, and then only the employee is recorded for each weighing.

✅ Employee and tare weight

This variant is suitable when different containers with different empty weights are used. The product remains the same, but the tare weight is entered or scanned anew for each weighing.

✅ Employee, product, and tare weight

The most flexible variant. It is recommended when regularly switching between different products or containers. All information is re-recorded for each weighing.

⚙️ How a weighing works

Regardless of the chosen variant, the process is always similar:

1. Select or scan product (if required)
2. Tare container or enter tare weight (if required)
3. Place filled container on the scale
4. Record employee
5. The 83sigma automatically calculates the net weight.
6. The data record is saved or directly transferred to a PC or a USB stick.
   
   

The file generated on the USB stick can be easily opened with Excel.

💡 Tip: The fewer data points queried per weighing, the faster harvest helpers can work.

📱 Even faster with the barcode scanner

The harvest helper scale works particularly efficiently with a barcode scanner. Instead of typing numbers, the required information is simply scanned.

Depending on the configuration, the employee scans:

• 👤 Employee number
• 🍓 Product number
• ⚖️ Tare weight

Finally, only the barcode "Save Weighing" is scanned. Only when all required information is available will the data record be saved. If, for example, the employee number is missing, the system automatically points this out.

This virtually eliminates input errors and completes data entry in a few seconds.

🖨️ Easily create barcodes yourself

With the optional TM-L90 label printer, you can create all necessary Code128 barcodes directly via the 83sigma.

The following barcodes can be printed:

• 👤 Employee
• 🍓 Product
• ⚖️ Tare weight
• 💾 Save weighing or send data record

Depending on the setting, single or multiple identical barcodes can be printed in one operation – ideal for new employees or changing products.

✅ Conclusion

The harvest helper scale with 83sigma flexibly adapts to your operation – from small asparagus farms to large fruit growing businesses. You decide whether data is entered via keyboard or with a barcode scanner.

Thanks to the flexible configuration, you can collect exactly the information you really need. This saves time, reduces input errors, and ensures complete documentation of all harvest quantities.