#CHAPTER 1

TYPE OF LOAD CELL

1. Compression Type and Tension Type
- Compression: Press load upside to down side.

- Tension: Pull the load cell up side

2. Load Cell Type Change

If you have change the type of load cell, (Compression  Tension or Tension  Compression)
Change the Wire connection of Signal + and Singal -.
Example) You have compression type load cell, but you want to use Tension type.
Exc + ---- Exc +
Exc - ---- Exc -
Sig + ---- Sig –
Sig - ---- Sig +
Shield ---- Shield
Digital Weighing Indicator Load Cell

If you change the connection like this picture, you can change the load cell type, easily.
As same as above picture, change the “Signal wire”, you can use compression type load cell, as
Tension.

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 #CHAPTER 2
ACCURACY
1. Concept Accuracy
Degree of how sensitive and reliable to use load cell. We can express this accuracy level, with combined
error of nonlinearity and repeatability, expressed as a percent of full scale output.

Accuracy Level Average Low Medium High Ultra

% of Full Scale 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.05% 0.03%

Normally, we can guarantee 1/3,000 accuracy for only Load cell. But, the main factor to determine
Scale’s accuracy is Digital Weighing Indicator. Digital Weighing Indicator amplifies Load cell output
and converts to Digital signal, so we can guarantee higher accuracy than Load cell itself. If the
Indicator has high Accuracy(resolution), you can make higher accuracy scale with same load cell.

Example) If you have 100kg capacity Load Cell.

One Customer has 1/10,000(resolution) Digital Weighing Indicator
The Other Customer has 1/20,000(resolution) Digital Weighing Indicator.
Then, you can guarantee following accuracy to each customer.
Customer 1 : 100,000g / 10,000(resolution) = 10g
Customer 2 : 100,000g / 20,000(resolution) = 5g

- As above, if your customer has same load cell, but the accuracy level is different. The important
factor to determine accuracy is not load cell, Digital Weighing Indicator. But, normal commercial
Scale, which you can see in super market, is 1/3,000 accuracy one.

2. Accuracy Factors

Rated Output(R.O) : Output Voltage, at the Max. capacity.

Normally, load cell’s Rate Output(R.O) is 1 / 2 / 3mV.
And most of load cells’ Rate Output(R.O) is 2mV.
Rate Output means, When you load 100% weight of load cell’s capacity, load cell gives you 1 / 2 /
3mV.

Example) If you have 100kg capacity load cell and its Rate output is 2.0mV.
Simply, if you press 50kg load on the load cell, load cell gives you 1.0mV
If you press 75kg load, you can get 1.5mV

Normally, Calibration of Digital Weighing Indicator uses rate output of load cell. Digital Weighing
Indicator takes rate output from load cell at each weight point and calculates weight value, and
calibration process is making standard for this weight calculation. But, there is big difference to
use 3mV load cell and 1mV load cell.(The important thing is Digital Weighing Indicator)

Combined Error Rate : Accuracy factor of Load Cell.

This is one of important factor to accuracy of Load cell. The small value means high accuracy,
and normally, the degree is around 0.03% of Load cell capacity.

Repeatability Rate : Accuracy factor of Load Cell.

The accuracy factor of measurement.
This factor means, when you load same weight continuously, how much error will be occurred.

Example) Load Cell Capacity is 100kg.

That means, when you put same weight on the load cell, ±10g error can be occurred.

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Creep for 30min. : Accuracy factor of Load Cell
The accuracy factor of measurement. This factor means, after loading weight on the load cell and
observe 30min., then how much degree of error can be occurred. “CS” brand load cell has 0.03%
of loaded weight and it means as follow.

Example) If you loaded 100kg on the load cell during 30min.

Then, you can get ±30g weight after 30min.

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 #CHAPTER 3
SUMMING BOX GUIDE

1.Plural Number of load cells connection

Normally, one digital weighing indicator can take Max. 8pcs of load cells(Max. 350Ω).
When you connect plural pcs of load cells, the capacity and Rate output voltage will be as follow.
The basic concept of plural load cell connection is parallel.
That means, when you use plural load cells in one scale, you can sum each load cells’ capacity
and use this calculated value as Total Capacity of Scale.
But, the Rate Output can not be summed.
The Rate Output is same as 2.0mV, like when you use 1pcs load cell.
This concept is main idea of “Simulation Calibration mode”. – The more information will follow
next.

Example) plural Load Cells connection : 4pcs of 100kg load cells and rate output is 2.0mV.
Max. capacity calculation : 100kg * 4 = 400kg
Rate Output voltage : 2.0mV (Because the connection is parallel).

※Caution: If you make connection plural pcs of load cell, you have to use all same
Rate output(2mV) models.

Reference Picture
Case 1. Plural load cells connection with “Summing Box”.

Load Cell No.1 Input

Load Cell Signal Out

Go to Indicator

Load Cell No.2 Input

Using “Summing Box”, you can connect Max. 8pcs load cells with one Digital Weighing Indicator.

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 #CHAPTER 4
CONNECTION DIAGRAM
Load cell cable specification
Basically, one digital weighing indicator able to connect any Load Cell maker’s load cell. However
each load cell maker they have their own wiring specification.

Example 1) SEWHACNM load cell wiring. There are total 5 wire exist.

Example 2) VISHAY load cell wiring. There are also 5 wire exist. But wire colors are different.

Example 3) PT load cell wiring. There are 7 wire exist. Also wire colors are different.

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[Summing box]
*Application: There are SI4500 one unit and four SB210 load cell connected.

SIG12- SIG12+ SIG14- SIG14+ EXC- SEN- SHIELD SEN+ EXC+

EXC+
SEN+
SHIELD
SEN-
EXC-
SIG+
SIG-
SIG11- SIG11+ SIG13- SIG13+ EXC- SEN- SHIELD SEN+ EXC+

*Make sure EXC- and EXC+ common terminal for two load cell’s wiring.

Example 1) If you use SEWHACNM’s load cell no need to connect with SEN- and SEN+.

Example 2) If you use PT’s load cell need to connect with SEN- and SEN+ either.

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 [Summing box]
*Application: There are SI4500 one unit and three SS300 load cell connect.

EXC+ EXC- SIG+ SIG- SEN+ SEN- SHIELD EXC+ EXC- SIG+ SIG- SEN+ SEN- SHIELD
SHIELD
SEN-
SEN+
SIG-
SIG+
EXC-
EXC+
EXC+ EXC- SIG+ SIG- SEN+ SEN- SHIELD EXC+ EXC- SIG+ SIG- SEN+ SEN- SHIELD

Example 1) If you use SEWHACNM’s load cell no need to connect with SEN- and SEN+.

Example 2) If you use PT’s load cell need to connect with SEN- and SEN+ either.

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 #CHAPTER 5
How to adjust the weight balance with the Summing box
1. After calibration progress done in Indicator with load cell, double check load the weight(10%
of full capacity) & check the weight value.

If the weight value showing different at every single corner, please turn the POT. in the summing
box. Whenever you turn it, the weight display will be increasing or decreasing.

Example) If the weight is 20kg, each weight value display at single corner 18.9kg,19.1kg,19.0kg,
20.2kg,then make the balance as 19kg than making them 20kg(although the weight is 20.0kg).
(At the last you must process calibration after all the value of corner has same value as 20kg or
19kg.)

Indicator
Summing box
Load cell1 Weight Load cell 4

Load cell 2 Load cell 3