New compression load-cells
The SCL compression load-cell, now available from Celsum Technologies Ltd, can be supplied with full scale ranges between 1-tonne and 100 tonnes, or 10kN and 1,000kN (or 1MN).
Fabricated from stainless steel, these precision force transducers are sealed to IP67 to the BS60529 standard, and use a 700 ohm strain gauge bridge with a sensitivity of 1.5mV/V. Designed with long-term resistance to fatigue, the SCL load-cells have a high cycle life, a safe overload capacity of 150% of full scale, and an ultimate overload limit of 300% of full scale. The maximum error is 0.05% of full scale, and they have a compensated temperature range of 0-50 degrees C. Excitation voltages of 5-15V AC or DC may be used, and traceable calibration certificates may be supplied for just the load-cell or for the load-cell with instrumentation. For systems using multiple load-cells, the outputs of the sensors can be standardized.
Celsum Technologies Ltd, The Innovation Centre, De Montfort University, 49 Oxford Street, Leicester LE1 5XY; tel: (0116) 207 8807; fax: (0870) 120 9370.
