Sensor technology is transforming safety and efficiency in cranes and heavy-lifting equipment. Interface load cells, load pins, shackles, and tension load links are integrated directly into the machinery to monitor forces during operation, provide real-time data on load status, and ensure safe operation.
The measurement data obtained from the measurement devices is crucial for preventing overloads, optimizing load distribution, and enhancing safety. By accurately measuring the weight and forces exerted during lifting, these sensors help operators stay within safe operational limits, preventing accidents and equipment failure.
These advanced measurement solutions are used across various applications, from construction and shipping to manufacturing and material handling. By providing precise, real-time data on load status, this technology empowers operators to make informed decisions, maximize productivity, and ensure the longevity of their equipment.
Interface Products for Crane Applications
Load cells play a crucial role in various crane types, from the towering giants of construction sites to the simple lifters in workshops. By accurately measuring the forces exerted during lifting operations, these sensors prevent overloads, optimize load distribution, enhance safety, and prevent machinery failure.
Here’s how this technology is applied across different crane types:
- Tower Cranes: Maintain stability and prevent overloads in high-rise construction.
- Mobile Cranes: Monitor weight and prevent tipping, especially on uneven terrain.
- Overhead Cranes: Ensure precise load handling and positioning in industrial settings.
- Marine Cranes: Account for vessel movement and maintain load stability during ship-to-shore operations.
- Gantry Cranes: Prevent overload and ensure stability when moving heavy items across their span.
- Smaller Cranes: Ensure safe lifting within capacity in workshops and service trucks.
Whether a massive gantry crane hoists shipping containers or a service truck crane lifts equipment, integrated load cells provide crucial real-time data, enabling operators to work safely and efficiently within the crane’s limits. This technology is essential for preventing accidents, optimizing performance, and extending the lifespan of heavy machinery.
Interface crane solutions are used in various industries and settings, including construction sites, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, transportation, healthcare facilities, maritime docks, aircraft testing and assembly, and infrastructure projects.
At Interface, safety and the well-being of others in environments using cranes are of the utmost importance due to the high risks associated with heavy loads, heights, and moving parts. The use of our load monitoring devices, such as load cells, tension links, load pins, or load shackles, is critical to ensuring efficient and safe crane operations.
Aerial Lift Overload Control 
Bridge Lifting and Positioning
Commercial Fishing Wire Rope Testing
Gantry Crane Weighing
Hydraulic Jacking System Testing
Jib Crane Tension Monitoring
Lifting
Lifting Heavy Objects
Sensors Provide Intelligence for Safe and Automated Hoisting
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassIntegrating Interface load cells, load pins, tension load links, and load shackles into hoisting equipment provides real-time force and weight data. Measurement sensors provide accurate data for overload protection, WLL, load balancing, alarm systems, weighing, equipment monitoring, and testing. Smart hoisting and automation utilizing sensors increase safety, ensure compliance, and prevent catastrophic failure.
Tension Load Link Systems and Applications
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface tension link load cells are specialized force sensors designed to measure tensile or “pulling” forces. Tension load links are frequently used in demanding environments, including nearshore and offshore areas, which require certifications for hazardous locations. They’re designed for lifting, weighing, mooring, towing, as well as tension testing and monitoring applications, and are used in marine, aerospace, manufacturing, construction, and logistics industries.
Boundless Opportunities in Payload Management Using Force Measurement
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface force measurement products are staples for payload management, from early design through testing to launch. Payloads for aircraft, drones, rockets, and satellites are subject to extreme forces during launch, in-flight maneuvers, and landing. High-accuracy measurement tools, including load cells, torque transducers, DAQ systems, wireless sensors, and multi-axis sensors, are used for managing payloads.. Interface is a preferred supplier of test and measurement solutions for the aerospace industry.
3-Axis Load Cells 101
/in 101 Series, Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface 3-Axis Load Cells measure forces along three mutually perpendicular axes: X, Y, and Z. Interface offers 3-axis load cells with varying capacities, dimensions, and specifications to measure force and torque. The multi-axis sensors require no mathematical manipulation for standard 3-axis force measurements as each signal directly correlates to a specific measurement direction. These advanced load cells are used in aerospace, medical, automotive, automation, robotics, manufacturing and product testing applications.
Interface Measurement Solutions for Wireless Weighing Systems
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface wireless load pins, load shackles, tension load links, and load cells are reliable measurement sensors required for accurate wireless weighing systems. Interface wireless solutions are crucial for weighing applications in aerospace, manufacturing, infrastructure, maritime, and other quality control environments.
Load Cells are The Force Multiplier in Precision Gripping Applications
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface load cells measure the applied force of grips used in robotics, industrial machines, medical devices, aerospace and drone applications, lifting, and research. Sensors must be selected based on capacity, size constraints, environmental conditions, and measurement requirements. Interface load cells measure the applied force of grips used in robotics, industrial machines, medical devices, aerospace and drone applications, lifting, and research. Sensors must be selected based on capacity, size constraints, environmental conditions, and measurement requirements. Learn about our gripping measurement products, including multi-axis sensors, miniature load cells, buttons, S-type load cells, low profiles, and wireless sensors.
Digital Prototyping and Precision Load Cells Advance Modern Manufacturing
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassDigital prototyping in manufacturing uses simulation for product development. Interface load cells validate these simulations and digital models using accurate real-world measurement data for physical product development in testing and validation. This important collaboration saves time, resources, and costs in modernizing manufacturing.
Additional Types of Testing Using Load Cells
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface is renowned for its extensive product line of sensor technologies and testing solutions, catering to a diverse range of testing types used across various industries. Our standard and engineered-to-order models and capacities of force measurement products offer numerous options […]
Robust Load Pins Measure Force with Accuracy
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassInterface load pins are load cells commonly used in lifting, weighing, hoisting, rigging, and retrofitting for accurate force measurement. The load pins are versatile, rugged, and easy to integrate into existing equipment. They are used in infrastructure, aerospace structural testing labs, parts in industrial machines, for optimizing manufacturing, in submersible maritime equipment, and for oil and gas top drives.
Interface Top Industry and Application Insights of 2024
/in Blog /by Jamie GlassExplore Interface’s top industry solutions and applications using force measurement products. Discover medical, aerospace, automation, automotive, energy, and other industry test and measurement applications. Find inspiration and answers for your specific needs using Interface load cells, torque transducers, and instrumentation.