Pancake Load Cells represent one of the more common configurations offered for force measurement applications because their low profile can be installed within limited real estate. Stellar Technology provides a comprehensive offering of pancake load cells including tension, compression, and combination tension/compression designs with load ranges from 5 pounds-force to millions of pounds force.

  Model# Description Ranges (lbf) Tension and/or Compression Accuracy (BFSL) Material Of Construction mV/V Analog OutpuT Digital Outpu
PNC770 PNC770/772 Integral Base 25 - 300 T/C 0.05% FSO Aluminum 2 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)
PNC760 PNC760 Fatigue Rated 250 - 5K T/C 0.05% FSO Alloy Steel 2 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)
PNC740 PNC740 Fatigue Rated 250 - 5K T/C 0.05% FSO Stainless Steel 2 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)
PNC720 PNC720 General Purpose 100 - 120K C 0.10% FSO Stainless Steel 3 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)
PNC710 PNC710 General Purpose 100 - 200K T/C 0.10% FSO Stainless Steel 3 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral)
PNC7001 PNC700 General Purpose 100 - 5K T/C 0.05% FSO Stainless Steel 3 mV/V 4-20 mA; 0-5 Vdc; 0-10 Vdc (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)
Tubing-Injector-Load-Cell-350px1 Coiled Tubing Oil Field 10K - 200K T/C 0.20% FSO Stainless Steel 4-20 mA (Integral) CANbus, RS-232, RS-485 (Integral)

Pancake Load Cells

All Stellar Technology pancake load cells incorporate bonded foil strain gauge technology to ensure stability for higher temperature applications, reliability in demanding conditions, and design flexibility. Each pancake load cell incorporates a dual diaphragm design which provides excellent off-axis performance.

To meet the complex variety of customer requirements, Stellar Technology provides an array of pancake load cells, constructed of all welded stainless steel, aluminum or 4130.

Pancake load cells designed for tension and compression applications which have a threaded thru-hole that comes with standard thread configurations and mounting holes to accommodate standard bolt diameters.

Customers can also specify metric threads or special threads and mounting holes consistent with safety factors that are specific to each application. These same load cells can be calibrated for tension-only application or provided with a load button accessory for compression-only applications.

Load cell static accuracies range from 0.03% of full scale output to 0.10% of full scale output. The standard electrical output for our pancake load cells is mV/V. Nearly all of these pancake load cells can be made with high level analog current, analog voltage, or digital outputs.

The high level output load cells come with an internal signal conditioner that has proprietary electronics.

Every unit, whether amplified or mV/V output, are created with standard electrical receptacles (MS3102-14S-6P, PTIH-10-6P, MIL-C-5015). Customer-specified electrical terminations are able to be applied to these units.

Each STI pancake load cell is made with a calibration record with a minimum of 11 calibration references for hysteresis, linearity, repeatability, and temperature.

Learn More About Our Pancake Load Cells

Stellar Technology also custom designs pancake load cells for specific applications. We deliver excellence at each stage of the process through support our engineers who bring years of design experience to custom load cell. Our ISO9001 registered documentation and control process ensure quality is maintained during manufacturing at our state-of-the-art facilities in Amherst, New York Complete recalibration and repair services are provided at our manufacturing center and field service support is also available upon request.

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