Working machines like mobile cranes are designed to hoist and move heavy loads. Despite their sturdiness, cranes do have an upper limit of how much weight they can handle. That’s where force measurement comes in. For cranes without hydraulics, tension links measure …
Mobile Working Machines
Case Study: Why a Major Agricultural Machinery Company Started Using WIKA’s Level Sensors
| Jeff Placek | Applications, LevelA U.S. manufacturer of agricultural equipment has long relied on WIKA’s pressure sensors for machine control. It now is starting to use the RLT-1000 in its sprayer tanks, a critical area for level measurement in farm sprayers, due to this level sensor’s quality, …
Force Measuring Instruments for Preventing Overload, Damage in Mobile Working Machines
| Jeff Placek | ForceIn mobile working machines, overload conditions – especially on the booms of cranes, hoists, and lifts – can result in serious safety and operational problems. Force measuring instruments, such as WIKA’s F53 series of thin-film load pins, can help save time, …
A Supplier Development Partnership Maximizes Value, Drives Innovation
| Patrick McGrath | ApplicationsWhether you work with industrial gases or manufacture components for mobile working machines, you deserve more from your instrument supplier than just off-the-shelf technology. You need a supplier development partnership with a company that has a deep knowledge base …
Highly Customizable Level Measurement Solution for Mobile Working Machines
| Jeff Placek | LevelAccurate level measurement of tanks and vessels is key to cost-effective operations in mobile working machines like agricultural sprayers and fire trucks. However, due to various tank designs, manufacturers of such machinery can’t use standard off-the-shelf sensors. …