Various Forms of Load Cells and their Application Usage

The various form of cell for load comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, and capacities. They have become the industry standards for all kinds of measurements. Searching for the right kind of load cell in the market can be a daunting task. To control the load by cells, you need to find the right kind of load cell suiting your application. Find below a discussion on some of the load cells presently available in the market and their usage in various applications.
The single point load cells are used in retail scales, postal scales, parcel scales, counting scales, and medical scales. They are cheaper and reliable to use.
The canister type is used in high capacity compression applications. These are used for both single and multiple weighing applications.
The double-ended shear beam load cells are used for medium to high capacity applications. It is also available in the weighing module kit.
The single ended shear beam is an ideal solution to the medium capacity weighing applications. These are also available in the weighing module form.
The tension link are ideal for applications such as lifting scales, crane weighing scales, winching, and hanging scales.
The torsion ring is used in wide range of low profile weighing application solutions.
The weighing module load cells are widely used in weighbridges, vehicle scales, axle weighing scales, tank scales, and silo weighing.
The wireless technology for weighing scales comes at an exorbitant price. However, it may become the industrial standard for future.
The S type load cells are popularly used in most tension application such as hanging scales, crane scales, and hoist scales.