Force Sensing

Instruments, sensors and equipment for measuring static or dynamic force or torque.

Checkweighers are weighing systems used to verify that the weight of a product is within prescribed limits.
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Dynamometers are used in motor and engine testing. These devices apply braking or drag resistance to rotation, and measure torque at various speeds and power input levels.
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Force and load sensors covers electrical sensing devices used to measure tension, compression, and shear forces.
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Force and torque instruments are used to measure force, weight or torque. Some can measure force and torque by changing the sensor / transducer.
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Impact hammers are used in structural and modal analysis to determine component or system response to impacts of varying amplitude and duration. A hammer with a force transducer in its head is paired with an accelerometer on the component being tested to compare impact and response.
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Laboratory balances are used to measure an object’s mass to a very high degree of precision.
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Load cells are force sensors that often incorporate mechanical packaging to fit into testing and monitoring systems. They can be used for tension, compression, and/or shear measurement, and can be configured to measure force or load along one or more axes. 
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Scales and balances are used to measure static or dynamic loads for a wide range of industrial applications.
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Six-axis force and torque sensors measure the full six components of force and torque: vertical, lateral, and longitudinal forces as well as camber, steer, and torque movements.
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Strain gauges are measuring elements that convert force, pressure, tension, etc., into an electrical signal.
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Tension meters are instruments that measure tension in cable, fiber, belts and webs, or sheets.
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Torque sensors, gauges, instruments, and switches are used to measure torque in a variety of applications.
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Traction dynamometers and tension dynamometers are used to measure force in tension, traction and weighing applications with cables, guy wires and chain.
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Web tension indicators measure and report tension parameters in web or other flat-sheet production processes. Some types of web tension indicators have control functionality as well.
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Web tension sensors are used to measure static or running tension in webs or sheets during the manufacture of textiles, paper, and other sheet materials.
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Weigh modules are subassemblies designed to be mounted to tanks, trucks, bins, silos and other applications requiring the incorporation of an integrated weighing system.
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