40Kg Load cell – Electronic Weighing Scale Sensor

A load cell is a transducer that is used to create an electrical signal whose magnitude is directly proportional to the force being measured. The various types of load cells include hydraulic load cells, pneumatic load cells and strain gauge load cells.

This is a standard load cell for measuring weight upto 40 Kg. The most common use of this sensor is in weighing machine. Every weighing machine which shows weight has a loadcell as sensing element.

This conversion is indirect and happens in two stages. Through a mechanical arrangement, the force being sensed deforms a strain gauge. The strain gauge measures the deformation (strain) as an electrical signal, because the strain changes the effective electrical resistance of the wire. A load cell usually consists of four strain gauges in a Wheatstone bridge configuration. Load cells of one strain gauge (quarter bridge) or two strain gauges (half bridge) are also available.

The electrical signal output is typically in the order of a few millivolts and requires amplification by an instrumentation amplifier before it can be used. The output of the transducer is plugged into an algorithm to calculate the force applied to the transducer.

Load cells are used in several types of measuring instruments such as weighing scales, universal testing machines.

Method of connecting wire: I/P  – Red(+),Black(-)
O/P – Green(+),White(-)

Specifications:-

load cell- 40kg
Total Precision- C3 class
Material- Aluminum Alloy
Surface-Anodized Treatment
Protection- IP65
Suggested Platform Size- 350 x 350 mm
Rated Load- 40 Kg. Max
Rated Output- 2.0mV/V+/- 5%
Zero Balance- +/- 1% Full Scale
Input Resistance-405 +/- 6 Ohm
Output Resistance-350 +/- 3 Ohm
Excitation Voltage-5-12V DC
Nonlinearity-0.017% Full Scale
Hysteresis-0.02% Full Scale
Repeatblity-0.01% Full Scale
Creep(30min)-0.015% Full Scale
Operating Temperature- -20 °C to +65 °C
Temperature Effect on Zero- 0.017% Full Scale / 10 °C
Temperature Effect on Span- 0.014% Full Scale / 10 °C
Insulation Resistance-5000 Mega Ohm(50V DC)
Safe Overload-150% Full Scale
Ultimate Overload-200% Full Scale
Cable-420mm(3mm dia 4 wire shielding cable)

Applications:-

• Electronic platform scale
• Digital scale
• Parcel post scale
• Electronic balance
• institutes and colleges experiments
• labs weighing scale etc.

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