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Strain Versus Stress

The Divergence in Force Measurement of Strain Versus Stress

Interface details stress testing versus strain testing using force measurement sensors to quantify material deformation and internal resistive forces. Distinguishing between stress and strain is critical for defining test parameters, selecting sensor capacities, and interpreting data from a material’s elastic and plastic regions.
Data Sheet 101

Interface Data Sheet 101

Interface Data Sheet 101 reviews what to expect from our technical product data sheets. Consider data sheets as a technical roadmap of mechanical and electrical performance information. Interface data sheets include features, a reference image, performance specs, and drawings. The characteristics defined on a product data sheet are used to distinguish successful validation from a system failure by highlighting the individual model's specifications, dimensions, diagrams, characteristics, connectors, and wiring, when applicable.
Essential Load Cell Specs

Expert Tips for Essential Load Cell Specifications

Interface force measurement experts share top load cell specification tips for capacity range, accuracy, temperature, calibration, and system-level considerations. Choosing a load cell requires an understanding of how the sensor will perform within your specific system. Get the tips, watch the video, and find a helpful glossary of specifications terms.
Future Auto Performance Torque

The Future of Automotive Performance Requires Precise Torque Measurement

Interface torque transducers have a driving impact on the automotive industry. Torque sensors transform how automotive engineers design, test, and manufacture vehicles, leading to new inventions and improvements in driving dynamics and production. Interface torque transducers are used in testing brakes, powertrains, electric motors, batteries, fuel pumps and other critical performance and safety components.
Load Cell By Design Recap

Load Cell Performance Starts by Design Webinar Recap

Interface Load Cell Performance Starts by Design emphasizes the engineering perspective in designing the world's leading force measurement devices used to test everything from rockets to medical devices. In the recap and webinar recording, learn about flexures, strain gages, specifications, engineering design tips, types of load cells and more in this advanced technical load cell seminar.
INTERFACE 101 FLEXURES

Load Cell Flexures 101

Interface designs all of our load cell flexures. A flexure is a specially designed component that can bend under a load without breaking. They are used in sensors where precise, frictionless movement is needed, like measuring force. The flexure, a complex machined part, acts as the spring element. With thousands of models, capacities, and configurations, manufacturing our flexures is paramount to our load cell accuracy, quality, and precision performance.
INTERFACE TECH TALK Millivolts Per Volt 2

Detailing Sensor Rated Output Millivolts Per Volt

Interface sensor specifications state rated output, expressed in millivolts per volt (mV/V), as the electrical output of a load cell, multi-axis sensor, or reaction torque transducer in mV/V of excitation at the rated load. It essentially expresses a load cell's sensitivity. RO represents the change in output voltage in millivolts of the load cell relative to a change in the excitation voltage in volts applied to it.
Low Profile Versus Simple

Low Profile Load Cells versus Simple Single Column Load Cells

The Interface LowProfile Load Cell, a pancake design, is dramatically better than the simple single column cell in every respect. The low profile design outperforms the single column design. The overall proprietary Interface LowProfile design is more compact, with all the components bonded to the flexure structure, making it better able to withstand the 100 million-cycle fatigue life. Our standard 1200 “Blue” LowProfile Load Cell is the most popular load cell in the market and is used in testing labs and industry applications worldwide.
INTERFACE TECH TALK ZERO BALANCE

Why Is Load Cell Zero Balance Important to Accuracy?

Several factors go into the accuracy and consistent performance of a load cell. These factors include non-linearity, hysteresis, repeatability,…