December 2021 Newsletter

It should be no surprise that in 2021 the products that garnered the most interest this year were our renowned blue load cells. The number one pick by Interface customers was overwhelmingly the 1200 Standard Precision LowProfile, in both high and low capacities.

What are your peers and colleagues around the world most interested in? Did your top pick make this year’s list? Learn what the 20 favorite products were this year in Top Interface Products in 2021.​

TRENDS AND UPDATES ON WHAT YOU WERE BUYING IN 2021

Even with load cells remaining in the top product position and winning the most interest in 2021, there are many product categories taking a run for a top 10 position, including instrumentation, miniature load cells, and multi-axis sensors. Based on our interest data, here are the results.

INTERFACE 2021 TOP 10 PRODUCT CATEGORIES

1. Load Cells
2. Torque Transducers
3. Instrumentation
4. Multi-Axis Sensors
5. Mini Load Cells
6. Digital Instrumentation
7. Accessories
8. Calibration Systems
9. Load Pins
10. Wireless Telemetry Systems

You can read our latest review of the WTS system and why it is growing in popularity.

The number of products Interface offers has increased significantly over the past few years so that we can help our customers with complete test and measurement solutions. In fact, our Interface products total count including models, capacities, and configurations is well over 30,000 now. This does not include our specialty engineered-to-order, custom and OEM solutions. Our new 2021 Product Catalog provides you a glimpse of what you have available from Interface. 

CATCHING UP ON YOUR FORCE MEASUREMENT READING

In our recap for 2021, we’ve put together a quick list of Interface reading favorites. How does something make a favorites list? We created the lists from what test and measurement professionals and colleagues have been reading on our website this year.

Go to Top Picks for Your Interface Reading List to see what content took the highest rankings this year. We compiled a reading list of the most popular Interface IQ Blogs in 2021, along with new articles, white papers and new case studies that we published this year to highlight exactly how Interface helps our customers different products and solutions.

Here is a quick glimpse of the three most popular Interface IQ Blogs of 2021.

1. Understanding Load Cell Temperature Compensation
2. Load Cell Basics Sensor Specifications
3. Load Shackles 101

Read the post to see the top 10, along with additional popular content that rank as test and measurement industry favorites.

FORCELEADERS CONTENT FOR THE YOUTUBE GENERATION

We know that it’s important to provide resources in a variety of formats and mediums to fully engage our Interface followers and customers.  In 2021, we produced 19 new videos that cover a range of topics from product overviews to technical installation and set-up training guides.

In case you missed any of these new video releases, we have a quick and easy guide to the 2021 Video Watch List for the latest additions to Interface’s video vault.

You’ve told us variety matters, so we worked to ensure we had a selection of product introductions, industry solutions, animated application notes, use cases, installation tips, and explainers.

We also extended our popular ForceLeaders Webinar Series in 2021. We hosted seven expert-led online events that included product overviews, technical tips, installation support, use cases and FAQs for several Interface products and services. Each is archived on our site and on our YouTube channel. Watch for more Interface events and videos in 2022.

NEW USE CASES AND APPLICATIONS WE SHARED IN 2021

One of the benefits we have at Interface is learning different use cases for our load cells, torque transducers, instrumentation and accessories. In this fortunate position, it gives us an opportunity to illustrate some of these use cases and share them with you.  We like to present them in what we call application notes. Every app note details the problem to be solved, the products used and the results. 

Each application note has a drawing to depict how the products work together. In 2021, Interface produced more than 50 new application notes.  Read Where to Find 50 New Force Measurement Application Notes and find easy links to each new application note along with our new Applications Catalog.

ENDING THE YEAR WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE!

​​​​​​Interface Mounting and Force Plates were highlighted in a recent post, detailing features and benefits of mounting your sensors for accuracy in testing. Learn more.

Load Cell Basics Q & A Part 2 is a summary of answers to technical questions we answered from participants of the popular Load Cell Basics webinar.

New Product! BX6-BT is a 6-channel measuring amplifier with Bluetooth connection and data logger function, which offers exceptionally many features in the smallest dimensions. Get more information.

As we finish 2021, we are sending well wishes for a Happy New Year. Thank you for your continued interest in Interface. On behalf of our global network, we are all looking forward to what’s ahead in 2022.