FEATU

URES
Ø Ru
ugged & robus t
con
nstruction
Ø Su itable for hostile &
ST
TRAIN GA
AGE TYP
PE CENTR
RE sevvere enviro nment

HO
OLE HIGH
H CAPAC
CITY LOA
AD CELL Ø Te mperature
com
mpensated
Model E LC-30S- H Ø Eig
ght or more
m strainn
gag
ges incor porated to o
INTRODUC
CTION red
duce positio
oning effectt
Load cell is used t o determin ne load in n rock boltts, tieback s, Ø An y standard strain gage
e
foundation anchors, c ables or st ruts depend ding on thee applicatio n. bri dge measu uring read -
Encardio-ri te model ELC-30S-H
E is also useed for comp pressive loaad outt device can
n be used
measureme ent betwee n structura l members i.e. tunnel supports or o
at the juncttion betwee
en a beam and
a the top of a pile strrut.
The Encard dio-rite mod del ELC-30S
S-H is a pre ecision eng ineered hig
gh
capacity lo
oad cell wi th a centra al cylindriccal hole. It is special ly
designed for
f civil e ngineering applicatio ns. It is available in
capacities ranging
r from
m 3500 kN to 10000 kN N.

APPLIICATIONS
OVERVIEW
W Ø To determine load in rockk
bollts, tiebacks
s, foundationn
The centerr hole load cell compr ises of a cyylinder of high
h strengtth ancchors, cablees or struts
martensitic stainless steel. It generally uses eigh ht 350 Oh m Ø Prooof testing and long g
resistance strain gagges, wired to form a 700 Ohm m bridge foor ter m performance
p e
capacity 35500 kN an d 5000 kN N. For capaacities abov ve 5000 kNN, moonitoring of
o differen t
sixteen 3500 Ohm resi stance stra
ain gages a re used to form a 140 00 kin
nd of anchorr systems
Ohm bridge e. Ø Coompressive load d
meeasurement between n
To minimizze the effecct of uneven n and ecce ntric loadin
ng, the stra in str uctural meembers i.e e.
gages are equally
e spaaced along the
t circumf erence. Loaad applied to
t nnel supporrts or at the
tun e
the cell ca n be meassured by ussing any sttandard dig gital read-o ut jun
nction betwe een a beam m
unit suitabl e for resista
ance strain gage appli cations. andd the top of a pile strut
Ø Us ed exten
nsively fo r
The sectionnal area of the elemen nt is varied in the differrent capaci ty
corrrelating daata obtainedd
load cells to give ap pproximatelyy the same e millivolt output for a fro m borre holee
variation off zero to ful l load. exttensometers s
DIMENSIO
ONS ECIFICATIO
SPE ONS

Type Resisstive strain gage

g
Ra
ange (kN/ID mm)
m 35000/185, 5000/2
202,
75000/227, 10000
0/210, or as
speccified
Ov
ver range 120 %
cap
pacity
No
on linearity ± 1 % fs ( ± 0.5 % fs also
available)
Ou
utput 1.5 m
mV/V ± 20 %
Excitation 10 V DC (max. 20
0 VDC)
Terminal resis
stance (35000/5000 kN)
Inp
put 770 O
Ohm ± 5 %
Ouutput 700 O
Ohm ± 1 %
Terminal resis
stance (abovve 5000 kN)
Inp
put 1540
0 Ohm ± 5 %
Ou
utput 1400
0 Ohm ± 1 %
Temperature limit -20 to
o 80°C
Ca
able connecttion Fourr core shieldeed 5m
long//or as specified
Re
equired Porta
able read-out unit/
acc
cessories Loggger
*All specifications
s su
ubject to chang
ge without priorr notice

ORD
DERING IN
NFORMATIO
ON

Mod
del ELC
C-30S-H- X/Y
Y
Cap
pacity kN/ID

Capacity kN Centrre hole load

d cell Lo
oad distributtion/bearing
g plate
D1(ID
D) D2(OD)) Ht. (A) Wt. D1(ID) D3//D2 Ht. (A) Wtt. kg
mm mm mm kg mm
m (OD
D) mm m
mm
3500 185 260 90 11 185 250
0 60
0 11
5000 202 293 150 34 202 295
5 70
0 20
0
7500 227 315 150 36 227 315
5 70
0 21
10000 210 315 150 42 210 315
5 80
0 28
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