A force is the power that is exerted upon an object. The exertion of a force may producemotion to the object the force is exerted upon, or may deform the object. Through force exertion, energy may be expended, or alternatively can be balanced by an opposing force, resulting in no energy being used.
Accurate force measurement is essential in engineering, as force determines many other quantities such as pressure, torque, drag and thrust. Force measurement can help tooptimise the use of materials for weight saving and cost reduction; aiding safety and quality control; and testing structural integrity and strength.
HBM offers a range of force transducers and sensors that are expertly designed foraccurate and reliable force measurement. Our force transducers measure static and dynamic, tensile and compressive loads, with virtually no displacement. The full range of transducers and sensors are developed especially for your force measurement needs, and can be supplied in the most varied designs and classes of accuracy.
Especially for your force measurement applications, we provide:
- Force transducers for industrial measurement tasks.
- Customized sensors specifically developed for your requirements.
- High-precision force reference transducers for calibration tasks.
- Analog and digital amplifiers- to suit your measurement task.
- Intuitive software for visualization and analysis of measurement signals.
Stress Analysis: HBM force transducers measure the forces acting on modules and assemblies. Together with HBM Strain gauges, which measure the resulting strains, our transducers help to optimise the use of materials for weight saving and cost reduction, for example in the aerospace, railway and automotive industries.
Production monitoring: Automation in production monitoring ensures uniformly high quality,fast cycle times and reliable processes. HBM force transducers utilize custom made digital electronics to control press-fit processes, force curves in function tests, forming processes and web tension.
Materials testing: The range of force transducers test and check the required specificationsin various types of testing equipment. International quality guidelines require the properties of materials and products to be checked for safety, our force measurement products canreliably and accurately aid with this process.
Calibration: HBM force reference transducers with a calibration certificate can verify production and measurement tools, calibrate material testing machines and provide force measurement at high precision for international force comparison.