Force Meters

Force meters for laboratories, for measuring in situ and for educational purposes are available on the website. Force meters are accurate to ±0.3% of the load and have a range of 20% of the surface weight and provide measurements in grams (g) and Newton (N). The force meters with a surface weight of 5 to 1000gr have a clamp as a load support, and those of 2.5 to 50kg have a hook and most devices up to 100 t, a carabineer.
Measuring with a compression kit available on the web can convert a traction meter, with a simple change, into a compression meter. Together, with mechanical force meters, we also offer digital force meters. A lot of our force meters possess an internal storage to guarantee that all your measuring results can be stored. In addition to that, some are equipped with an RS-232 interface and require an optional software pack to allow for data to be transferred to a computer for analysis. Mechanical force meters are applicable for educational purposes. It is very useful to have force meters in class when it comes to the topic of force in physics lessons. The larger models come equipped with a segmented indicator and a drag needle. Digital force meters are primarily used in research and development. 
If you cannot find the force meters you are looking for, feel free to contact us. Our technicians and engineers are available to assess your needs and recommend the best suited force meter and any of our other products. Simply call our offices on: UK customers +44(0) 23 809 870 30 / US customers (561) 320-9162. Our engineers and technicians will be happy to help you with our measuring instruments and of course, with the other products in the field of regulation and control, and scales and balances. 

Here you can select the main groups of our Force Gauges. By choosing one group, you will be directed to the corresponding Force Gauges:

Here you can see force meters from these companies:

Technical specifications for out Force Meters can be found at the following links:

Force Meters for specific application

- Force Meters in Newton 
  (Meter reading in the unit Newton)

- Force Meters with Gram-Devision
  (Force Meters with easy, fast assembly, conversion and high-quality material, design)

- Force Meters with Newton-Devision
  (Force Meters with easy, fast assembly, conversion and high-quality material, design)

- Force Meters Trummeter
  (for belts, easy to use and accurate)

- Force Meters PKH 2.0
  (Force meters with external loading cell and hand terminal up to 1500 N)

- Force Meters SKM 1.0
  (Force meters up to 100 N, large-sized display, internal loading cell)

Hydraulic Force Meters

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- Force Meters 830 series
  (up to 100 kN, force measurement in different versions)

- Force Meters 833 series
  (force gauges for easy and affordable measurement of forces on machines)

- Force Meters 835 series
  (point force gauges for model depending force measurement of up to 10 kN)

- Force Meters 844 series
  (force meters for the measurement of forces up to 1.000 kN)

Digital Force Meters

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- Force Meters PCE-FM series 
  (up to 200N, accurate, economical)

- Force Meters PCE-DFG 500
  (for traction and compressive force up to 500 N, 6 different test prods, incl. Software)

- PCE-MMT I Force Meters
  ( sampling rate 20 ... 5000 Hz, forces 20 N .... 5 kN, 3 digital open-collector outputs)

- PCE-MMT E Force Meters
  (for force test beds, sampling rate 20 ... 5000 Hz, torque or force with external sensors)

- Force Meters SKM 1200 / SKM 1500
  (for 2-, 3-, 6- grippers measurement, 0 ... 200 kN / 0 ... 500 kN, battery operation 10 hrs

- Force Meters PCE-FB series
  (Force Meters with internal memory, SD card,  PEAK function, USB interface)

- Force Meters TZL series
  (up to. 20 t, several units:kg, tons, pounds, kN, long life battery up to 200 h)

- Force Meters TZR series
  (Instruments with external display, rugged housing, max. 20 t, measurement units: kg, t, lbkN)

-ZPM Force Testers
  ( load cells between 20 and 5000 N, force and distance programmable on computer)

Dynamometers

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- Force Meters PCE-HS 150
  (Force Meters up to 150 kg, resolution 100g)

- Force Meters PCE-CS 300
  (digital, solid, up to a maximum of 300 kg, with remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-CS 1000
  (digital, solid, calibrated models, up to a maximum of 1 t, with remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-CS 3000 HD
  (digital Force Meters, powered by accumulator, industrial use, max. 3000 kg, remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-CS 5000 HD  
  (digital Display, powered by accumulator, industrial use, max. 5000 kg, remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-CS 10000 HD / 20000 HD
  (digital, powered by accumulator, industrial use, 10000 kg / 20000 kg, remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-PS 300MLS
  (verifiable Force Meters, up to 300 kg, resolution 100 g, with an accumulator)

- Force Meters PCE-MCWNT-M
  (verified, industrial applications, powered by batteries, up to 6000 kg, remote control)

- Force Meters PCE-MCWHU15M
  (Verified models, powered by batteries, up to 15000 kg, remote control)

- Force Meters Scales PCE-DDM series
  (measurement range up to 50.000 kg, PEAK function, with remote indication, incl. shackle)

Torque Meters

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- Force Meters PCE-FB-TW series
  (for values up to 500 Nm, external torque transducer 1/4' female square )

- Force Meters PCE-MVD series
  (Force meters to measure torque of bottles or doses, high measuring range)

- Force Meters 516.33 series
  (to test torque keys, variable tool holding fixture, measuring range 1 ... 240 mNm)

- Force Meters DTX2
  (Desktop-torque meter for checking the opening and close torque of bottles, glas jars, cosmetics etc.)

- Force Meters 516.34 series
  (variable tool holding fixture, precision of measurement: ±6 % tolerance, measuring range 1 ... 150 cNm)

- Force Meters PCE-TM 80
  (Force Meters to determine the torque moment up to 147 Ncm, selection of diverse units)

- Force Meters HTG2
  (Hand-held torque meter with separate sensor for measuring the torque of screws)

- Force Meters 516.12 series
  (to adjust torque keys, measuring range 3 ... 800 mNm or 3 ... 800 cNm)

- Force Meters MTG
  (Automatic desktop-torque meter with memory and output signal for checking the opening and close torque)

- Force Meters 516.0100
  (with automatic shutoff, precision of measurement: ±1 % tolerance, measuring range 5 - 500 Nm)

- Force Meters TI 112
  (Force meters for measuring the torque of screw tops, measuring range up to 1000 N)

What is the mean of Force?

In physics, force is a physical quantity that measures the intensity of the exchange of momentum between two particles or particle systems (in the language of particle physics this is called interaction). According to a classical definition, force is any agent capable of modifying the amount of motion or the shape of material bodies. This should not be confused with the concepts of effort or energy.

Kinds of Force

Tensile Force:
Tension is the name given to the internal strength put on a body by applying two forces that pull in opposite directions and stretch it.
Logically, the tension of any section that is perpendicular to these forces is normal to that section, and they have the opposite effect to the forces trying to stretch the body. 
In the case of solids, the deformation can be permanent; in which case, the body has exceeded its yield point and behaves like a plastic, in that after the traction force stops, it remains stretched; if the deformation is not permanent, the body is said to be elastic, so that when the traction force disappears, it recovers its original length. 
The relationship between the tensile force that occurs and the deformation that is produced is usually represented graphically by means of a Cartesian axis diagram that illustrates the process and offers information on the behaviour of the body in question.

Compressive Force:
Compression is the result of tensions or pressures that exist within a deformable or half continuous solid, characterized because it tends to have a reduction in body volume and is the body shortened in a determined direction. 

In general, when a material is subjected to a set of forces, so much flexion is produced, such as shearing or twisting, all these forces bring about the appearance of tensions, both traction and compression. However, in engineering there is a distinction between compression force (axial) and compression tension.
In a mechanical prism the compression force can simply be the resulting force that pulls on a determined section that is transversal to the barycentric axis of said prism, which has the effect of shortening the piece in the direction of the barycentric axis. Prismatic pieces subjected to a considerable compression force are susceptible to experience flexional buckling so for proper sizing it is necessary to examine this type of non-lineal geometry.

Apart from measuring maximum force of a tear or a break, with the help of force meters, it can determine the temporal discourse of force. To do this, an optional software pack is required and the LTS-20 manual test position. To the right you can see a photograph showing the combination of these devices. The PCE-FM series of force meters can determine many measurement values, but the software is able to transfer this data, one value every 2 seconds. If a higher transfer rate is required, Windows hyper terminal can be used. Call our offices on: UK customers +44(0) 23 809 870 30 / US customers (561) 320-9162. If you have any questions regarding the software or transferring data to a computer. The following link has information about: Calibration certificates for force meters.  

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