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Digital Load Cells

Digital load cells are measuring devices that serve as newer, more technically advanced alternatives to analog. They are designed to record and transfer information and data like tension, compression and shear. This measuring device monitors and gauges the amount and how well objects and machine components stand up to force and strain. The measured force is then converted into measurable electrical output that is displayed on a digital readout.

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Strainsert Company
West Conshohocken, PA
610-825-3310
Strainsert is a manufacturer of force transducers for research, testing, weighing and control applications in such industries as aerospace and marine. We produce accurate, rugged and dependable parts such as strain gauges, load pins, digital load cells, force sensing links, bolts and tension links. In addition to standard sizes and materials, our products are available in custom designs and specs.
 
The Montalvo Corporation
Gorham, ME
207-856-2501
The Montalvo Corporation manufactures web control. This includes load cells-cantilevered, compact, idler- and live-shaft, live roller, narrow web, under pillow block-plus tension roller assemblies. We build ribbon and filament load cells, too. Every product we manufacture is built for quality and performance to meet the demands of today's industry. We Are Your Partner in Web Tension Control.
 
Stress-Tek, Inc.
Kent, WA
800-237-0022
Stress-tek designs and manufactures custom and high volume weighing, force measurement, pressure and deflection sensors. The result is an extensive line of shear beam, bending beam, shear pin, tension and compression load cells. We design and manufacture digital, two-wire electronics to integrate with our load cells and sensors to provide complete solutions. Contact us!
 
Interface, Inc.
Scottsdale, AZ
800-947-5598
Interface has been the trusted world leader in force measurement for half a century. We lead by designing, manufacturing and guaranteeing the highest performance and most accurate products available. Our engineers help provide force measurement solutions to our customers in all industries - from grams to millions of pounds - and hundreds of configurations. Quality is our obsession, call us today!
 
SENTRAN, LLC
Ontario, CA
888-545-8988 Ext 12
SENTRAN's corporate charter is to manufacture and market premium quality sensors and transducers for the measurement of physical quantities directly related to force and torque. We serve the biomedical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, material handling, aerospace, automotive, agricultural, fitness and health, petrochemical and off-shore industries. We are here to serve you!
 
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Digital Load Cells

Digital load cells are used in mechanical testing, system monitoring, fatigue testing and calibration systems as well as being components built into industrial machinery for the manufacturing, aerospace, automotive, energy, materials testing and healthcare industries. Load cells that have gone digital feature high accuracy and resolution. These transducers most often operate with a rechargeable battery and are charged overnight or after about 8 hours of work. They operate alone or in conjunction with other equipment or computer systems. Digital load cells have an LED digital display panel with screens and may have more than one load cell. They measure weight or force, process the information found and display the result on a digital readout screen in appropriate units. The digital aspect of load cells don't do the measuring, but rather monitor and record data and are attached to the measurement components. This style of read-out is now preferred to analog output because it saves time and is more accurate.

The actual measuring of force is done in two parts within a load cell. Strain gauges are the sensor part of the load cell, which is a coil shaped sensor that is deformed by the weight of a push or pull force and is then able to convert this deformation into an electrical current. A push force, also known as a negative force is measured by a compression load cell, while the pull away or positive force is measured by a tension load cell. Since there are multiple strain gauges working within a single load cell, they require the second part of the load cell configuration, the circuits, which link them together and translate the electric signal to the analog or digital output system. Another sensor tool used in load cells is piezoelectric sensors, which utilize crystals to do the measuring of force instead of a coil. Either way, the more sensor tools that are configured together in a single load cell the more sensitive it will be and therefore the more accurate and precise the information gleaned will be.