Load Cell Engineering

Strainsert’s load cell engineering services focus on manufacturing, recalibration, testing, data analysis, repair, design, installation and alignment issues. Generally, a load cell is a device that transforms one type of energy into another. A battery, for example, could be considered a load cell (chemical energy converted to electrical energy), as is a glass thermometer (heat energy converted into mechanical displacement of a liquid column).

Strainsert designs and manufactures load pins and other load cells: devices which translate an input of mechanical energy into equivalent electrical signals, for identifying load and force measurement. They range from load pins to load bolts or load studs to load cells to tension link load cells. Furthermore, Strainsert innovated the design of an internally gaged load cell that can perform accurately in all types of applications ranging from common force measurement, to products for harsh environments such as space and deep in the oceans. Previously, most load cells had been externally gaged and thus vulnerable to such conditions and environments and not as useful or versatile.

Strainsert holds 16 U.S. patents for this internally gaged technology, designs standard and custom load pins and load cells along with complete force measurement systems, including wireless options, load indicators, weight indicators, cabling and signal conditioners, to complement the performance of the load cells. All the load pins and load cells Strainsert develops typically have the following:

  • The strain gage sensing elements are all bonded directly and internal to the host material.
  • All electronics are protected inside the transducer
  • All gaging is performed on a neutral axis with split gages 180 degrees apart

Strainsert has a complete staff of application and design engineers available for real-time application and design discussions with our customers.

Strainsert’s engineering team assists customers in several ways:

All of these services are a result of over sixty years of experience in the industry and repeated innovations on our products and for our customers.