This type of measuring axles, operating by means of strain
gages, is suitable for a lot of applications. The principle, on shear with a
double Wheatstone bridge, matches with existing instrumentation and reduces the
effect of undesired influences.
The sturdy construction,
temperature resistance and high protection class make these sensors fit for
heavy duties such as mobile weighing, on or in all kind of conveyor systems, in
hoists, cranes and winches. This makes it easy to provide such installations
with an overload protection and/or a force measurement or weighing system. For
high demanding applications, such as maritime and offshore, a redundant, so fail
safe, measuring circuit can be provided.
The load monitoring
pins are as a standard manufactured out of high quality stainless steel. The
protection class is IP66 or IP68. The temperature is compensated over a wide
range, from -20 up to +60 Centigrade. For the standard model + 90 Centigrade is
permissible. As an option these pins can be prepared for utilisation in areas
with temperatures up to + 180 Centigrade. The measuring ranges vary from 0,5 up
to 1 000 metric tons ( 5 up to 10 000 kN) with an accuracy of 0,5 %. The
measuring pins are custom dimensioned, so there is no need to adapt the, new or
existing, design.