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Force Measuring Instruments

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    Force measuring means measuring a certain load in Newton, independent of the gravity. It is most commonly done as part of the safety system or as part of the (product) quality control system, and used in research & development, during the manufacturing process or during the installation, testing and use of a product. The two most common applications are checking material for stress/strain or fatigue characteristics, and checking the machine or product performance.




    When Weighing Counts

    PENKO force measuring devices are all bi-directional and can therefore be used for both tension as well as compression measurements. They measure at high speed (1600s/s) and have a high internal resolution (24bits), which makes it capable to do extremely accurate measurements. The data collected by the devices result in an accurate test pattern for non destructive tests (duration tests) and very accurate peak forces during destructive tests, for example determining the load at break. This high measuring speed also has the advantage that the devices react within milliseconds to protect your machine from overloads.

    The broad variety in available communication protocols makes it easy to integrate the PENKO force instruments in a process control system. Protocols like Ethernet-IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, FINS, Profibus-DP slave and ASCII are available. The PENKO Web interface protocol gives the freedom to configure PENKO instruments on any PC or mobile device available on the same network. The configuration is done via a web browser, making software installation on a fixed PC unnecessary.

    Together with the PENKO Data Reporter software, the measuring data can easily be transfered to Windows based programs like Access and Excel. This give you the opportunity to process the data arithmetical and/or integrate the data in standard forms or export to Excel readable ERP systems. PC based scope software is available for graphically monitoring the measuring signal.


    PENKO 1020 FMD

    1020 FMD 547x400This Force Measuring Device (FMD) is user friendly designed. The graphical colour screen, the ease to operate and the high speed measuring makes this PENKO instrument in line with the PENKO Range.

    It also includes:

    • 3 digital inputs, 4 digital outputs
    • panel mount or desktop / wall mounted stainless steel instrument
    • communication portals: USB & Ethernet
    • communication protocols: Ethernet-IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, ASCII, Fins, PENKO Web interface
    • alibi memory
    • measuring speed: 1600s/s
    • trend indication readout value (TIR) function
    • 1 force measuring range
    • optional: l analogue output l serial communicatie, CAN interface, Profibus-DP
    • certificates: UL (listed), CE


    PENKO 2100 FORCE

    FLEX2100 Force 547x400

    Product Features:

    • 8 digital inputs, 8 digital outputs
    • panel mount or desktop / wall mounted stainless steel instrument
    • communication portals: USB & Ethernet
    • communication protocols: Ethernet-IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, ASCII, Fins, PENKO Web interface
    • alibi memory
    • measuring speed: 1600s/s
    • 2 force measuring range
    • optional: l analogue output l Profibus-DP communication portal, protocol DP slave
    • certificates: UL (listed) only 24V DC version, CE


    PENKO FLEX FORCE

    Flex Force 547x400

    Product Features:

    • 16 digital inputs, 20 digital outputs
    • panel mount instrument
    • communication portals: USB & Ethernet
    • communication protocols: Ethernet-IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, ASCII, Fins, PENKO Web interface
    • alibi memory
    • measuring speed: 1600s/s
    • 2 force measuring range
    • optional: l analogue output l Profibus-DP communication portal, protocol DP slave
    • certificates: CE

     


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