I am looking for a force sensor (3D washer cell in good condition) for measuring the three orthogonal components of a dynamic or quasi-static force acting in any direction. Special characteristics: miniature 3-component force sensor, high sensitivity, high rigidity, minimal crosstalk, multipole connector.
The measuring range needed is around 1kN for share forces and 2kN for compressive force.
I have been looking for Kistler, Bertec and Entran products but any other solutions with a good price/performance ratio will be taken into consideration.
Thank you for your time.
If you are looking for quality I'd suggest HBM products (www.hbm.com).
Futek has a line of measurement sensors that are very reasonably priced. For the load range you are considering, your sensor could probably be rather large, but I'm not sure there is a way around that unless you spend a lot of money. Good luck!
If you are that concerned make your own. Load cells are pretty easy to make form first principles. You may find you will get the platform you actually want at a fraction of the price. Low load, low frequency load cells are relatively simple.
If, however, you feel unable to make your own load cells, go further afield and look at some states companies: also you may wish to look at RDP in the UK. All you need do, then, is make the plates. However, if you want industry standard than Kistler jumps out, but you should look at others too.
For a full 6 DOF load cell I like the AMTI line, but for cheap, Bluetooth and 2 moments, I am partial to Europa.
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I suggest you visit the SENSIX website. It is a French company that makes sensors 6 components (force and torque) according to your need. Its sensors were very good.
http://www.sensix.fr/index_uk.html
I completely agree with (and also thank very much to) Michael S. Orendurff
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