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Weighing GA aircraft, helicopters, turboprops, corporate jets, UAV/UAS, or transport category airliners can be accomplished in two ways: top of jack load cells and platform scales. Equipment selection is dependent on the operator's needs and or equipment currently on hand, as well as the airframe manufacturer's recommendations.
Onboard’s pin load cell technology offers a host of benefits including reduced weight, a streamlined profile, and reduced gimbal points. Rather than mounting as a separate link above the hook, the pin load cell simply replaces the attach bolt.
Trucks, aircraft and trains all need periodic weighing. This is done using load cells. A load cell employs either strain gauges where a measurable change in resistance occurs as the material is deformed or piezo materials that produce electrical charge when under pressure. These signals are amplified and can yield readings accurate to ±1%.
General Electrodynamics Corporation offers several different models and types of aircraft weight and balance systems. From ultra-light and UAV aircraft to A380’s, our aircraft scales are engineered using the highest quality aircraft composite materials and advanced technologies available.
Load cells can be used to test frame structure integrity, endurance and life cycles, with the goal generally being to validate aircraft design and ensure specified criteria are met. For instance, dual bridge load cells are used for airframe testing. See the Load Cell Overview section for more information on load cell varieties.
27 wrz 2017 · Something as large as an aircraft—even a Boeing 747— can be weighed effortlessly with load cells. This article from OMEGA Engineering explains how load cells are employed to weigh extremely large objects.
Weighing something as large as an aircraft—even a Boeing 747—is not particularly difficult. The way it’s done is using load cells as weight sensors. This White Paper from OMEGA Engineering explains how load cells are used to weigh very large objects.
