Load Cells & Force Transducers

Load cells and force transducers from 1 N to 50 MN

The right design determines the measurement quality. That's why you'll find not a universal cell here, but the entire spectrum: from miniature button cells for a few Newtons to column cells for bridge and silo scales in the Meganewton range.

Not sure yet which design fits? The page Choosing an industrial force transducer works through the selection in six steps – direction of force, installation space, rated capacity, signal, environment and custom builds. If a failed or discontinued cell has to be replaced, Replacing a load cell or force transducer covers the values needed from the old sensor.

• S-type load cells and tension link load cells for alternating tension and compression
• Bending beam and shear beam load cells as well as double-ended shear beams for tank, silo, and floor scales
• Platform load cells (single point) and button load cells for dosing and filling systems
• Force washers, flange and spoke load cells, column load cells
• Crane scale load cells, tension links, and rope tension load cells for suspended loads
• Load pins that replace existing load pins and turn a machine into a measurement system without modification

Force transducers and force sensors: measuring force instead of weight

The same component, a different task. If you want to measure a force – in a press, on a test stand, in a material testing machine, on a cable car, or directly in the force flow of a machine – you select it according to different criteria than when weighing: by nominal force in kN instead of weighing range in kg, by tension, compression, or alternating load instead of only compression, by accuracy class instead of legal for trade capability.

Our force transducers work with foil strain gauges, achieve accuracies from 0.01% of full scale, and cover measuring ranges from 0.5 N to 50,000 kN:

• Tension and compression force transducers for continuous and inline applications, robustly designed with external threads at both ends
• Force washers and ring force transducers for medium to very high compressive forces – screw pretensioning, press spindles, cutting tools, propeller shafts
• S-type force transducers for material testing machines, cranes, cable cars, and suspended load carriers
• Flange and spoke cells as well as flat designs when installation height is limited
• Load pins and measuring axles that replace an existing load pin
• Multi-axis force sensors for simultaneous detection of multiple force directions
• Force sensors with integrated display for direct reading without separate electronics

Typical fields of application include mechanical engineering, automation and process technology, as well as cranes and hoists, agricultural technology, and port logistics. Where no standard design fits, we develop the transducer together with you – from metrological consultation on site to design, commissioning, and subsequent recalibration, in small batches as well as in series. More information can be found under custom force transducers.

For environments where standard cells fail

Most of our cells are available in 17-4PH or AISI 420 stainless steel, hermetically encapsulated, and protected up to IP69k depending on the version. For hazardous areas, there are versions with ATEX and Ex protection, and for safety-related applications, versions up to SIL 3 / PL e according to Machine Directive 2006/42/EC.

The cells provide the signal classically as mV/V, but also analog, with integrated display or directly digitally via IO-Link on request. Price, data sheet, 3D data and delivery time are available online for each item. On request, we calibrate in our own laboratory according to ISO 17025.