AEP: design and manufacture of force transducers

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Mar 20

For years we have been on the side of various types of industries and at the service of numerous sectors, dealing with the design, production and sale of many high quality components.
These include force transducers. Let’s see what this is all about and what we can guarantee you.

Do you know the force transducer?

For beginners, it is useful to point out that a force transducer is a device that converts a force into an electrical quantity.
In other words, we have an input force that is converted into an electrical signal proportional to the strain generated.

How a force transducer is made and how it works

Force transducers consist of a strain gauge, that is a resistive conductor applied to an insulating support and a spring element.
Usually, a strain gauge sensor consists of four strain gauges connected to a Wheatstone bridge and a spring element made from a mechanical structure.

The mechanical structure can be made with different geometries depending on the type of application, column, ring, membrane, etc…

When the mechanical structure extends, the strain gauges applied to the mechanical body are stretched.

When the mechanical structure contracts, the strain gauges are shortened, resulting in a change in resistance and consequently in the output voltage.

AEP transducers: design and manufacture of quality products

If your company needs the support of high quality force transducers, know that AEP transducers can certainly help you.

We are a team that specializes in the design and manufacture of these and many other products in the field of weight, force, pressure, torque and displacement measurement.

AEP markets force, pressure and displacement transducers, digital pressure gauges, load cells, torque transducers, dynamometers, electronic instrumentation and related application software.
All products manufactured are of the highest quality, reliability and stability over time.

They are certified according to ISO 376 and ASTM E74 standards and are extremely easy to use.

The products to be evaluated

• Star-F is a professional handheld indicator that measures displacement, torque, force, weight, pressure and depression.
  It is equipped with a backlit graphic display and is powered by an internal rechargeable battery with 24 hours autonomy.
  In addition to the internal sensor, it can alternatively manage up to 7 external sensors.

• CLF “Titan line” is a column force transducer able to measure static and dynamic loads in compression.
  Entirely made of stainless steel, and LASER welded, it boasts an excellent mechanical resistance.
  It is extremely stable and perfect for calibration of material testing machines.

• CFLEX is a transducer capable of calibrating the main force and checking the self-alignment of the joints.
  It is also used in compression testing machines on hardened concrete for monitoring force centering.
  It is made of laser welded stainless steel and equipped with 5 independent strain gauge bridges.

• CLB measures static and dynamic loads in traction and compression.
  It is a column component, used for the tare weight of high class material testing machines,
  This transducer is also laser welded and made of stainless steel.

• KAL and microKAL, on the other hand, are very precise force transducers for the tare weight of material testing machines and metrological comparisons between laboratories.

Our 50 years of experience allows us to guarantee all this and much more.
AEP transducers not only designs and manufactures force transducers and components of various kinds, but also provides consulting in the fields of metrology in various industrial sectors.