July 2021 Newsletter

Interface designs load cells with a high standard for performance, which is why you will often see our products listed as precision test and measurement devices. It’s our hallmark to ensure we meet and exceed quality, reliability, and accuracy specifications.

Every LowProfile® Load Cell we manufacture is moment compensated to improve performance and reduce loading and eccentric error loads. Moment compensation is labor-intensive to ensure through repetitive testing and adjustments we pull the load cell into very tight specifications. Every adjustment we make is fully traceable and recorded for review at any time. This type of rigorous performance off-loading and static error testing allows us to clearly state with certainty the maximum allowable extraneous loads and maximum errors by model.

Test Engineer LowProfile® Load Cell Favorites

#1 – 1200 Standard Precision LowProfile® Load Cell: Eccentric load compensated tension and compression with performance to .04% with various models that can measure 1 pound (4.45N) or up to 2 million pounds (9000kN) of force.

#2 – 1000 Fatigue-Rated LowProfile® Load Cell: Eccentric load compensated high safe overload with performance to 0.03% with various models that can measure 1 pound (4.45N) or all the way up to 1 million pounds (4500kN) of force.

#3 – 1500 Low Capacity LowProfile® Load Cell: Eccentric load compensated with performance to .05% with various models that can measure 25 pounds (111N) to 300 pounds (1.33kN) of force.

#4 – 1100 Ultra Precision LowProfile® Load Cell: Tension and compression eccentric load compensated with very low nonlinearity, hysteresis, eccentric load sensitivity, and temperature sensitivity with performance to 0.02%. Various models can measure 300 pounds (1.33kN) to 200,000 pounds (890kN) of force.

#5 – 2400 Standard Stainless Steel Low Capacity Load Cell: Tension and compression LowProfile® hermetically sealed in a compact size, with models that can measure 100 pounds (.44kN) to 5,000 (22kN) pounds of force. The 2400 series also is available in high capacity.

Most of our standard top picks are available for online ordering and can ship within 48 business hours. Every LowProfile® Load Cell is customizable if a standard model does not meet your exact specifications. Contact our Application Engineers to inquire how you can get a custom-made Interface LowProfile® for your next project.

Imagine All the Applications for Our Products

When you work with design engineers, testing labs, and all those that take part in building new and innovative products around the world, it is hard to contain our excitement. Knowing that our sensor technologies have a role in the test, launch, and maintenance of inventions from all types of industries, we feel compelled to share. That is why we have put together our first Interface Applications Catalog. We showcase dozens of applications from the thousands that we supply our products for every year. In these illustrated examples, we highlight the products used and provide a synopsis of the challenge, solution, and result.  

Our intent is to inspire others to think about the possibilities and how our vast line of measurement solutions can help you. We also write about these applications in our blog, InterfaceIQ. This month shared aerospace applications in Interface and The Race to Space, and we detailed five new application notes related to testing bicycle components from e-bike torque to bike frame fatigue in Interface Plays a Role in Testing Bicycles. You can subscribe to our blog here.

Plowing Through Use Cases in the Agriculture Industry

Any time you are manufacturing tractors, self-propelled harvesting combines, farming robots, silo structures, ag monitoring technologies, and other equipment used for crop production and farm animal management, test and measurement have an essential role. T&M is essential in validating performance, functionality, and safety. Interface load cells, torque transducers, multi-axis sensors, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems are necessary for these different kinds of agricultural applications.

Highlighting these applications in the new case study Interface Solutions Used in Growing Agriculture Innovation, we summarize how our sensor technologies and data acquisition devices provide high-quality force and torque data to monitor and confirm the design and in-action processes of a wide variety of equipment and new inventions. You can see all our application notes for the Agriculture Industry here. We highlight everything from poultry weighing solutions to grain silo management
automation. Read more.

In Case You Missed It!

LATEST FORCELEADERS WEBINAR NOW ON YOUTUBE – If you missed out on the recent event, Instructional on Instrumentation, you can read the recap online and watch the recording on our Interface YouTube channel.

FACES OF INTERFACE FEATURES BOBBY CALLEJA – Our latest team member highlight profiles Interface’s planner of our Mini Load Cell product line. Read more about Bobby here.

NEW MULTI-AXIS LOAD CELLS – We recently added to our multi-axis sensors product offerings with solutions that are aimed at covering a wider spectrum of product tests and custom measurement applications. Get more information about the new multi-axis products here.