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WH/BK F Ye/Wh GN/WH BN/BK: © Festo Didactic GMBH & Co. KG, 06/2004 Subject To Change
WH/BK F Ye/Wh GN/WH BN/BK: © Festo Didactic GMBH & Co. KG, 06/2004 Subject To Change
WH/BK F Ye/Wh GN/WH BN/BK: © Festo Didactic GMBH & Co. KG, 06/2004 Subject To Change
Force sensor
WH/BK
F
YE/WH
GN/WH
BN/BK
Design
The force sensor is fitted with a short rounded stem to enable the load to be applied
centrally. The sensor is mounted in a hollow box profile made of steel. There is a
hole in the hollow profile opposite the force sensor, through which a force can be
introduced in the form of a calibration device, or a pneumatic cylinder. The hollow
profile can be mounted on to the profile plate by means of a knurled screw or a Thead nut.
The weight support is used for calibrating and consists of a metal rod with screwedon disk, on to which the circular weights of the set can be placed.
Function
The force sensor is a strain gauge diaphragm sensor. The strain gauges are fitted to
the strain gauge diaphragm in the form of a full-bridge. Under load, the diaphragm
becomes deformed, resulting in the strain gauge full-bridge becoming unbalanced.
The resulting signal which is in the millivolt range can be amplified and evaluated.
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Force sensor
Note
The wires and plugs of the connection cable are colour coded as follows:
Wire
Plug
white
(WH)
black
(BK)
brown
(BN)
black
(BK)
yellow
(YE)
white
(WH)
green
(GN)
white
(WH)
WH/BK
R1
R2
YE/WH
R4
R3
BN/BK
GN/WH
In the characteristic curve below, the sensor signal, balanced and amplified by the
measuring bridge amplifier, is plotted against the force.
2.50
2.40
2.00
1.75
1.50
1.25
1.00
0.75
0.50
0.25
0
20 40 60 80 100
Characteristic curve
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Force sensor
Technical data
Mechanical
values
Environmental
conditions
Electrical value
Measuring range
0 200 N
Measuring error*
1 % of final value
Sensitivity (nominal)
1 mV/V
Overload
Breaking load
0.1 mm max.
50 % of measuring range
Material
Force sensor: Al
Hollow profile: Steel, galvanized
Weight
750 g
-30 +70 C
0 +70 C
IP 54
350 (nominal)
3 10 V = or
5V
Isolation resistance
>10 M
Electrical connection
15 mm
Connection
4 mm-safety plugs
* The measuring error is defined as the sum of the errors for non-linearity, hysteresis and reproducibility.
1N = 1 kg m s-2 = 0.1019 kp = 0.2248 lbf
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