Sartorius Ag

Sartorius Lab Instruments Gmbh & Co., Kg

Volker Relling

Tanja Mueck

Otto Kuhlmann

Werner Schulze

Helga Covic

Gerald Petzold

Michael Steps

Tanja MÜCK

Force plate () having a plate-shaped carrier () which, when arranged vertically, has an upper carrier section () at the top in the vertical direction and a lower carrier section () at the bottom in the vertical direction. A first end carrier section () is connected, on the one hand, to the upper carrier section () via a vertical rod () and, on the other hand, to the lower carrier section () via a horizontally oriented spring element (). That end of the lower carrier section () which faces away from the first end carrier section () is connected to the upper carrier section () via a horizontal rod (). A second end carrier section () connects the horizontal rod () to the lower carrier section () via a vertically arranged spring element ().

Force plate with spring elements

A precision force transducer having a spring element () whose load-dependent deflection is converted into an electrical signal by means of strain gauge elements (). The spring element () is made of a precipitation-hardenable nickel-based alloy with a nickel content in the range of 36 to 60 percent and a chromium content in the range of 15 to 25 percent. The strain gauge elements () are composed of a polymer-free layered film system. This makes it possible to produce a precision force transducer that features great accuracy, low creep and low moisture sensitivity.

Nickel alloy precision force transducer with strain gauge elements

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