A load cell is the main component used in digital weighing scales and similar devices. A load cell is a sensor which converts the amount of force placed on it into an electrical output or measurement.

Vishay Intertechnology Inc., today announced plans to acquire Tedea-Huntleigh BV, a manufacturer of load cells used in digital scales, as it continued an expansion strategy designed to fill holes in ...

Until about 10 years ago, the force test and measurement industry had been fairly unimaginative. It had developed a standard way of building analog load cells, torque transducers and other devices, ...

• Force vectors don’t want to remain in line with the object being pushed. • Load-cell specifications usually do not call out accuracy, but rather linearity, repeatability, and hysteresis. • Accuracy ...