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Agenda
• Determining Factors• Definitions• Standard Load Cell Features• Special Adaptation• Pure Custom• Why Interface?• Q&A
Determining Factors
• Your Application • Environment• Size vs. Capacity• Performance Specifications• Connectors & Cable Length• Mounting Needs• Output Needs• OEM
Environment
• Hot or Cold? Dry or Wet? Inside or Outside? Lab or Production Line?
• Special Considerations for the Oil & Gas and Industrial Industries
• Materials• Sealing• Vacuum• Electrical Noise
Size vs. Capacity
• Special Sizes to Fit Your Application• Custom Capacities• Small Load Cells w/ Large Capacities• Large Load Cells w/ Small Capacities
Mounting Needs
• What To & How You Mount a Load Cell is Important!– Flange vs
Integral Stud– Threads– Legacy
Mounting– Custom
Adapters
Output Needs
• mV/V• Trimmed or Not• Amplification– ±5V– ±10V– 4-20 mA– Digital
• Amplifier Gains• Internal vs Inline Amps
Definitions
• Standard Product – in the catalog• Special Adaptation – adaptation of a
standard product • Pure Custom – 100% New Design• NRE – Non-Recurring Engineering
Standard Load Cell Features– Flexure– Base– Integral Thread– Connectors–Material Type: • Stainless• Alloy• Aluminum
– Outputs
Special Adaptation– Changing features of a standard product
to better fit your application.(Can include paint color)
– NRE (non-recurring engineering) – $ hundreds to thousands depending
– Requires longer lead times to develop– Great For: OEM & Private Label– NASA is one of Interface’s largest
Special Adaptation customer
Special Adaptation Example
• NASA– 200K Integral Studs (10, 20, 50, & 200K)– Updated:• Capacities• Performance• Mounting
Special Adaptation Example
• Major Medical Manufacturer– Adapted Load Button– Increased Performance– Special Connector– TEDS
Pure Custom– Larger NRE – $ thousands to tens of
thousands– Requires even longer lead times to
develop– Oil & Gas and Medical industries are our
biggest customers–When it becomes a pure custom
Why Interface?– Best Engineering Team in the Industry– FEA Analysis Expertise– State of the Art Cad Cam Systems– Expedited Prototyping– Fully Integrated –load cells are designed,
machined, assembled and tested in-house– We continue to expand our capabilities and
standard product line– We have expanded our in-house capabilities
for OEM indicator design