Force Sensing Reference Materials

Description: Since 2014, the company has been on a mission to achieve status in the development of smart products for engineering structures. “We already developed a reputation for analyzing vibrations and ...

Description: Load cells are transducers that convert a force or load into an electrical signal. They are commonly used in various industries and applications to measure force, weight, or pressure. Load cells are ...

Description: Since the earliest days of auto racing, attempts have been made to engineer cars that will go faster and handle better. The difference between winning and losing can often be measured in fractions of ...

Description: A steel rolling mill in China has achieved highly stable force measurement using robust, accurate load cells on its rolling mill, raising productivity, and cutting waste. Cutting the amount of wasted ...

Description: A metal rolling mill in Northern Europe has improved its productivity, ensuring it can maximize the production of high-quality, recycled stainless steel. As the world seeks to reduce energy ...

Description: A Plug & Play Smart Load Cell is a Load Cell that is compliant to the IEEE 1451.4 Standard. TEDS, or Transducer Electronic Data Sheet, is a set of electronic data in a standardized format defined ...

Description: Although the adaptability and reliability of industrial robots are increasing, their low positioning accuracy is often a major obstacle in their application. To improve that, a 6-axis force torque ...

Description: Two easily overlooked, yet extremely critical parameters when evaluating and specifying torque transducers are - Mechanical Overload Rating and Electrical Overrange. Each is important, but often ...

Description: MarsMetal designs and manufactures configurable test weight systems that exactly meet our customers' requirements. Test weight systems are an important component of being able to certify safe ...

Description: A jet propulsion laboratory located in California that carries out robotic space and Earth science missions was faced with the challenge of continuously renting weights to conduct yearly testing of ...

Description: Ultra-thin force sensors are a useful embedded component for integration into smart, force-sensitive devices. Their thin and flexible properties allow the ability to fit into tight spaces within a ...

Description: Measures taken by engineers early in the design process can have a significant impact in later stages of design. One of the crucial but often-overlooked first steps is Sensor Characterization. This ...

Description: FlexiForce sensors are a design-engineer-friendly embedded technology due in large part to their thin and flexible form factors. This allows them to be embedded into tight space constraints that can ...

Description: This article shares the basics of force sensing resistor technology, how they work, and how they can be used to capture force measurements as an embedded component within a device. ...

Description: For many devices or designs embedded with thin sensors like FlexiForce, the force sensor is used to correlate voltage output to an absolute unit of force (e.g., newton, kilogram, pound, etc.). This is ...

Description: Many engineers wonder about the best circuit to drive a FlexiForce™ sensor in an embedded design? If you've browsed our standard FlexiForce sensors recently, you'll notice that we recommend an ...

Description: Obtaining solid, extremely high temperature vibration measurements presents challenges to mechanical designers of many different types of products. Traditional sensors specified to operate at ...

Description: A load cell is a transducer that converts an input force into a measurable electrical output. Load cells are built with different force measurement devices; however, strain gage load cells are the ...

Description: Extended range output, or XR as we abbreviate it, is the name of an option that DFE offers with its tension transducer (load cell) and corresponding electronics products. By doubling the excitation ...

Description: Each installation is unique; consult a structural engineer when in need of very high accuracy, long-term stability, custom applications and specifications, and when using varied R&D environments. In ...

Description: BillerudKorsnäs' machines for manufacturing of packaging paper, consumer board and container board are running with Pressductor PillowBlock load cells providing accurate wire and web tension ...

Description: The clamping force is the main factor that is needed in controlling a fastened joint. Unfortunately, for large-scale production, no particular method has yet been developed to allow us to do this. ...

Description: Sherborne Sensors, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of sensors for military, aerospace and industrial applications, has helped Canada's Carleton University complete ...

Description: The following graphs show the response of the viscously damped 59579-02 Wide-Angle Sensor to a sudden impulse. The impulse was generated by rotating the tiltmeter through angles of 19.8 and 4.4 ...

Description: Strain gage load cells are manufactured all over the world; some with very high quality and others with marginal to poor quality. Load cell users should be aware of what goes into manufacturing a ...

Description: A calibration technique was developed by the writer about thirty years ago which provided load cells for multi-cell weighing platforms which eliminated the time consuming corner or shift error ...

Description: British Gaskets are a major manufacturer of gaskets, sealing products and mouldings. These are made from a variety of materials to suit a range of applications. British Gaskets required a test system ...

Description: Jonard Force Gauges (also referred to as Dynamometer or Tension Gauges) are all ergonomically designed industry standards for measuring force. ...

Description: Which system to choose for your weighing application? ...

Description: The customer, Oxford Instruments, wished to perform a destructive pull-out test to evaluate the maximum tension force to pull the 2 components apart. The system was designed to confirm the tensile ...

Description: The customer was a manufacturer and developer of braking systems for the heavy goods vehicle, bus and truck industries. This involves the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBâ s), hot bar ...

Description: The process of manufacturing wire and termination assemblies used in automobile wiring harnesses involves crimping terminals on the ends of individual wires of various lengths. The quality of this ...

Description: The use of load cells is prevalent in many aerospace ground and flight test applications. In considering this technology, it is important to understand why load cells are an ideal choice for aerospace ...

Description: Plug and play technology implemented according to IEEE P1451.4 promises to considerably simplify the configuration of automated measuring systems. An important point to keep in mind is that P1451.4 ...

Description: An aircraft manufacturer needs to measure the force a pilot must apply to the brake pedal to stop an airplane. To do this, a load cell is affixed to the brake pedal's upper surface. A test technician ...

Description: The customer needs to measure the force on a hydraulic cylinder in a down-hole well logging tool. The pressure inside the oil-filled tool can reach 20,000 psi, which will cause the load cell to give ...

Description: Below is a common assembly line lineup. It is a conveyor based assembly line where a piece of sheet metal is traveling through several operations. The first step is the stamping / punching station in ...

Description: FUTEK load cell system can be used in an automated assembly-line bag filling application. As shown the upper conveyor loads parts into a hanging container. The container is connected to a load cell. ...

Description: As common test among major automotive manufacturers, brake testing isn't only required by government regulation, it is also a safety measure that any consumer would definitely want undertaken before ...

Description: In this particular application, a car door is being tested. This test can be used to determine whether or not the door could function for a certain time period, or how long it will last before it ...

Description: The diagram below is a good example of closed loop feed back operation. It shows how donut / thru hole load cells and pancake load cells can be used in insertion / press applications for precision ...

Description: FUTEK products are widely used in Medical Instrumentation devices and equipment to further automate and minimize human error and provide extended features for smarter interface. Some common ...

Description: FUTEK load cell and instruments can be used in suspension bridges. Our load cells can be installed on the cables to measure the tension and stress applied to the cables under various traffic ...

Description: Load cells can be placed on the legs of a silo or tank in order to monitor how full it is. When more than one load cell is used, a junction box is needed to average the load of all the load cells and ...

Description: This particular application is used in batching or mixing of multiple chemicals. By measuring the viscosity, you can determine when to stop adding a liquid to the mix. As shown here, the table can be ...

Description: Utilizing a single or multiple load cells, you may monitor all stresses induced due to high wind activities on the towers located in remote areas. The load cells via a junction box are connected to ...

Description: Wire and wireless force sensors / load cells can now be used as an everyday accessory for consumer use. They are used in shoes in combination with an MP3 player to measure your activity and transfer ...

Description: As illustrated in this application the volume of a single or multiple container of any shape or form can be monitored and controlled during an automated process using load cells and instrumentations ...

Description: In this application FUTEK load cells are used to control material distribution while monitoring the tank level. The load cell with in-line amplifier can be directly connected to a plc or computer for ...

Description: The population is growing, people are aging, and modern medical miracles are available in plenty. To support this growth as more and more people seek medical help, there is a need to reduce manual ...

Description: A transfer function of a mechanical system describes its dynamic behavior in response to an applied stimulus (excitation). There are six major transfer functions used in mechanical systems analysis. ...

Description: Low Impedance Voltage Mode (LIVM) force sensors contain thin piezoelectric crystals which generate analog voltage signals in response to applied dynamic forces. A built in IC chip amplifier converts ...

Description: Low Impedance Voltage Mode (LIVM) sensors are piezoelectric devices with integral FET impedance converting amplifiers. To bias the amplifier, a high value resistor is placed in parallel with the gate ...

Description: Low Frequency Response - The ability of a sensor to measure very low frquency sinusoidal or periodic inputs (pressure, force and acceleration) with accuracy. This ability is best characterized by a ...

Description: Piezoelectric sensors (Transducers) measure dynamic phenomena such as force, pressure and acceleration (including shock and vibration). Inside the sensor, piezoelectric materials such as quartz and ...

Description: Low frequency response, piezo sensors ...

Description: Welcome to the Principles of Checkweighing. Hi-Speed first introduced "The Principles of Checkweighing" booklet in 1976. For years the booklets have been used by prospective and present checkweigher ...

Description: These mechanical properties of the load cells are based on the installation of Figure 1, in which the outer rim of the cell is clamped to a heavy, rigid base which deflects negligibly under load, and ...