This folded bending beam load cell is manufactured from high quality tool steel, and fully sealed to IP67.
Although normally utilised in tension, given the suitable adaptors and the appropriate application, it is possible to use the cell in compression or even in a bi-directional manner.
The cell is typically used in tank and vessel weighing, bag filling machines, concrete batching equipment and conveyors.
Comment: The UK is closer to deindustrialisation than reindustrialisation
"..have been years in the making" and are embedded in the actors - thus making it difficult for UK industry to move on and develop and apply...