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Examining Force Measurement in Subsea Oil and Gas
Interface subsea oil and gas industry force measurement solutions for applications, including pipeline integrity monitoring, riser tension monitoring, and wellhead fatigue analysis, are important in deep sea exploration projects. Accurate force measurement ensures the safety and efficiency of subsea operations, preventing costly failures and environmental damage.

Exploring Vacuum Load Cells
Vacuum load cells are essential sensor devices used in various industries to measure force, weight, or load under vacuum conditions. Interface custom engineers load cells to operate where air pressure is significantly reduced or absent, providing precise measurements in critical applications. From aerospace engineering to medical device R&D, vacuum load cells are indispensable in environments requiring high sensitivity and accuracy in force measurement.

Integrated Measurement Solutions Elevate Design and Enhance Functionality
Interface, a pioneer in load cell design, supports innovation by offering integrated measurement solutions that ensure the safety and reliability of machines, products, and processes in sectors including aerospace, energy, medical and healthcare, automotive, manufacturing, and industrial automation. Our sensor technologies are seamlessly integrated into diverse products and machines, from lifting equipment to consumer goods. This adaptability ensures that our solutions can be tailored to your unique requirements.

Silo and Tank Measurement Solutions
Interface provides testing sensors, weighing devices, and force measurement solutions used for tanks, silos, vessels, and industrial storage containers in several industries, including agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing, natural resource management, and energy. Load cells are invaluable tools for silos and tanks, providing accurate and reliable force and weight measurements. The benefits of implementing precision measurement systems for testing and monitoring include improved accuracy, real-time data, reduced waste, enhanced safety, and cost savings.

Hazardous Locations ATEX 101
Interface offers a comprehensive range of ATEX-certified products, designed to ensure safety in hazardous locations. An ATEX (atmosphere explosive) certification is given to equipment that conforms to the requirements of the European Union's harmonized standards for equipment used in potentially explosive atmospheres. These intrinsically safe products, including amplified and non-amplified ATEX-certified load cells, load pins, load shackles, load links, instrumentation, and accessories, are your reliable devices designed for test and measurement projects and OEM components. They are also backed by IECEx and North American certifications, further validating their safety standards.

Force Makes the Circular Economy Go Around
Interface load cells and instrumentation are used in different facilities and resource manufacturing processes within the circular economy. Our sensor technologies help to measure and monitor forces, loads, and weight within the tools, robotics, and machinery used to optimize resources. Our sensors are also commonly used to test new products for material strength, fatigue lifecycle, quality, and function.

Seaside Ports are Optimizing Efficiency and Safety Using Interface Sensor Technologies
Interface supplies measurement solutions to infrastructure and equipment makers for seaside ports, global trade shipping companies, and waterway terminals that heavily rely on quality measurement solutions. Our sensor technologies are used in cranes, gantry systems, lifting reach stackers, hoisting equipment, winches, anchors and mooring lines, plus weighbridges and scales. Ports turn to Interface for accurate load cells, load pins, shackles, tensions links, submersible solutions and wireless instrumentation.

Monitoring and Controlling Spillway Lift Gates
Interface load cells are used in spillway gates to measure the force or load acting on the gate. Measuring accuracy is essential for managing water flow in spillways, dams, and similar water management structures. Civil engineers and equipment manufacturers need immediate data to modernize vital infrastructure worldwide. Retrofitting spillways with advanced sensor technologies is essential to maintain gates, improve lift and closure, protect the environment, and safeguard people.

Force Measurement is Fundamental in Material Testing
Interface load cells, multi-axis sensors, and data acquisition systems are used for material testing. Common uses of force measurement in material tests include applications to measure hardness, torsion, strength, compression, bending, shear, impact, creep, fatigue, and nondestructive capabilities. It is common to have our 1200 LowProfile load cells installed into material testing machines at test labs and onsite. We also supply a variety of miniature load cells and load pins for material testing, depending on the type of equipment and environment used for tests.