• Load Cell Terminology
• Load Cell Fatigue
• Load Cell Resolution
• Moment Compensation
• Temperature Compensation
• Cable Length Effects
• TEDS Circuitry
• Shunt Calibration for Dummies (PDF)

The Load Cell Primer

LOAD CELLS - An Introduction to the Design and Use of Strain Gage Load Cells

• The “Elastic Force Transducer”
• Adding Sophistication
• A Rudimentary Load Cell: The Proving Ring
• Creep
• Deflection Measurement
• Temperature Effects
• Response to Extraneous Forces
• Conclusion
• Improvements on the Proving Ring Idea
• Introducing the Strain Gage
• Thermal Tracking
• Temperature Compensation
• Creep Compensation
• Frequency Response
• Non-Repeatability
• Resolution
• Flexure Configurations: Bending Beams
• Bending Beam Cell
• Double-Ended Bending Beam Cell
• S-Beam Cells
• SMT Overload Protected S-Cell
• LBM and LBT Load Button Cells
• SPI Single Point Impact Cell
• 1500 Low Profile Rotated Bending Beam
• Flexure Configurations: Shear Beams
• SSB Shear Beam Cell
• Low Profile Shear Beam Cell
• Extraneous Load Sensitivity
• The Low Profile Precision Series
• The Low Profile Ultra Precision Series
• The Low Profile Fatigue Rated Series
• Fatigue Rated Load Cell
• Compression Loading
• WeighCheck Weighing System
• Competitive Load Cell Product Configurations
• The Simple Column Cell
• Advantages of the LowProfile Cell
• Input/Output Characteristics and Errors
• Gage Interconnection Configurations
• Temperature Effect on Zero and Output
• Load Cell Electrical Output Errors
• Resistance to Extraneous Loads
• System Errors

GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF LOAD CELLS

• Excitation Voltage
• Remote Sensing of Excitation Voltage
• Physical Mounting: “Dead” and “Live” End
• Mounting Procedures for Beam Cells
• Mounting Procedures for Other Mini Cells
• Mounting Procedures for Low Profile Cells With Bases
• Mounting Procedures for Low Profile Cells Without Bases
• Mounting Torques for Fixtures in Low Profile Cells.

• Torque Measurement Primer (PDF)